SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
Dr.R.S.Tomar
Prof. Gong Zhiyuan
Department of Biological Sciences,
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
TOPIC Applications of transgenic
zebrafish in aquaculture, environmental
science and biomedicine.
Prof. Victor Agustin Martinez
Associate Professor, Universidad De chile,
Chile
TOPIC Selective breeding and Genetic
improvement programs in Aquaculture.
Dr. Nguyen Nguyen
Sr. Lecturer, Univeristy of Sunshine Coast,
Australia
TOPIC Genetic improvement strategies for
commercially important aquaculture
species.
Dr. Nakul Chandra Maiti
Division of Structural Biology and
Bioinformatics, CSIR-Indian Institute of
Chemical Biology, Kolkata, 700032, India
TOPIC Finding potentially druggable sites
for use in orthosteric and allosteric lead
detection in a single virtual screening
setup.
Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences, IISER Bhopal, MP
TOPIC Epigenetic mechanisms from
basics to translation.
Dr. Sankar Chakma
Associate Professor, Department of
Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal, MP
TOPIC Physical Mechanism of Ultrasound
for Synthesis of Biofuels.
Dr. S Bag
Principal Scientist, Animal Physiology
Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary
Research Institute, Izatnagar, Barielly, UP,
India
TOPIC Stem cell based regenerative
therapy in animal.
Rajeeb K. Swain
Scientist - E, Institute of Life Sciences,
NALCO Square, Chandrasekhar Pur,
Bhubaneswar - 751023, Odisha, India
TOPIC Understanding vertebrate
organogenesis using genome editing in
zebrafish.
Nirmalendu Saha
Professor North-Eastern Hill University
(NEHU),Shillong, India.
TOPIC Molecular mechanism of induction
of ureogenesis under hyper-ammonia
stress in Indian Air-breathing catfishes.
Principal Scientist, CIBA, Chennai
TOPIC The shrimp genomics : present
status and future potential.

Dr. Sullip Kumar Majhi

Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBFGR
TOPIC Management of Fishery Resources
Dr P.K. Sahoo
by Stem Cell-Based Technology.
Principal Scientist & ICAR National
Fellow, Fish Health Management
Division, ICAR-Central Institute of
Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga,
Bhubaneswar, India
TOPIC Tackling Aeromonas hydrophila Dr. T.K. Datta
infection through resistance- success, Principal Scientist (Animal
challenges and preparedness. Biotechnology), ICAR-NDRI
TOPIC Making of an embryos : All that
glitters is not gold.

DR. Mihir Sarkar

Principal Scientist, Psysiology &
Dr. Sandhya Sukumaran
Climatology Division, Indian Veterinary
M.F.Sc., PhD(UK), Senior Scientist,
Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP-
Marine Biotechnology Division, ICAR-
243122, India
CMFRI
TOPIC CRISPR-Cas: An efficient genome
TOPIC Genomics for sustainable
editing tool for functional characterization
mariculture: present status and future
of gene.
prospects.

Dr. Aparna Chaudhari

Principal Scientist & Head, ICAR-CIFE,
Mumbai
TOPIC 1. DNA Markers for Hybrid
Identification: Strategies and Challenges.
2. Magur Transcriptome Mining for Trait
Associated Markers.

DR. M Shashi Shekhar