Research Areas: Fish Bacteriology and Immunology, Fish Disease Diagnostics, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Current Research Projects:

• Development of monoclonal antibody-based assay for detecting Edwardsiella ictaluri infection in fish
• All India network project on Antimicrobial Resistance (AINP-AMR) in Fisheries and livestock
• National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD), Phase II

1. Kumar, C. B., & Rathore, G. (2024). Assessment of freshwater fish farms for the identification of the geographical areas harbouring antimicrobial resistance. Aquaculture, 586(30).
2. Kumar, C.B., Kumar, A., Paria, A., Kumar, S., Prasad K.P., & Rathore, G. (2022). Effect of spatio‐temporal variables, host fish species and on‐farm biosecurity measures on the prevalence of potentially pathogenic Aeromonas species in freshwater fish farms. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 132: 1700-1712.
3. Kumar, C. B., Kumar, A., & Rathore, G. (2022). Antibacterial activity of palmarosa oil significantly varies between Aeromonas veronii and Aeromonas caviae and exhibits selective action on tetracycline and sulfonamide resistant A. caviae. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 132(6):4321-4329.
4. Dwivedi, A., Kumar, C.B., Kumar, A., Soni, M., Sahu, V., Awasthi, A., & Rathore, G. (2023). Molecular characterization of carbapenem resistant E. coli of fish origin reveals the dissemination of NDM-5 in freshwater aquaculture environment by the high-risk clone ST167 and ST361. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(17), 49314-49326.
5. Kumar, S., Kumar, C.B., Rajendran, V., Abishaw, N., Anand, P.S.S., Kannapan, S., Nagaleekar, V.K., Vijayan K.K., & Alavandi, S.V. (2021). Delineating virulence of Vibrio campbellii: a predominant luminescent bacterial pathogen in Indian shrimp hatcheries. Scientific Reports, 11: 15831.

• ICAR-Technology Certificate for ReportFishDisease (RFD) mobile application awarding agency Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi 2024.
• Best Scientist award for the year 2021-2022 awarding agency ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002 2022.
• Best Publication of the Year Award 2021-2022 awarding agency ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400061 2022
• Team Excellence Award for excellence in performance and contribution to the success of the programme: National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases awarding agency ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow-226002 2019.
• Gold Medal for securing highest OGPA in Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc) Degree awarding agency Sri Alluri Venkateswara Rao- Avanti Feeds Gold Medal 2011.