Research Areas:Fish disease diagnosis using molecular tools
Development of monoclonal antibodies to fish pathogens and immunoassays.
Monitoring of Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens isolated from fish
Current Research Projects:

• • All India Network Project on Antimicrobial resistance in fisheries and livestock-ICAR Plan funded
• • Development of monoclonal antibody-based point of care diagnostic assay for detection of Edwardsiella ictaluri infection in fish-Institute funded

1. Kumar, C.B. and Rathore, G., (2024). Assessment of freshwater fish farms for the identification of the geographical areas harboring antimicrobial resistance. Aquaculture, 586, p.740808.
2. Dwivedi, Arti; Kumar, Chandra Bhushan; Kumar, Anil; Soni, Mayank; Sahu, Vikash; Awasthi, Abhishek; Rathore, Gaurav. (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.
3. Dwivedi, A., Kumar, C.B., Kumar, A., Soni, M., Sahu, V., Awasthi, A. and Rathore, G., (2023). Detection of clinically relevant carbapenemase encoding genes in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from farmed freshwater fish. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 134(10), p.lxad 212.
4. Kumar, Chandra Bhushan; Kumar, Anil; Paria, Anutosh; Kumar, Saurav; Prasad, K Pani; Rathore, Gaurav (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 (3): 1700-1712.
5. Rathore, G., Kumar, G., Sood, N., Kapoor, D. and Lakra, W.S., 2008. Development of monoclonal antibodies to rohu [Labeo rohita] immunoglobulins for use in immunoassays. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 25(6), pp.761-774.