Research Areas: Fisheries Resources Management & Conservation in: Marine, Coastal and Inland waters, GIS Studies in Marine and Inland water.

Current Research Projects:

• EXPLORATION OF ICHTHYOFAUNA AND HABITAT ECOLOGY OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAN RIVER CHENAB, INDIA
• Assessment of Ichthyofaunal diversity and habitat status with traditional knowledge in fisheries along Subarnarekha River and its tributaries for cataloguing, conservation and management
• Dynamics and conservation strategies of the sacred rivers: assessment of physicochemical attributes, fish biodiversity, and human ecosystem impacts
• Development of molecular system for identification of fishes
• Quantifying meta-structure matrices of biodiversity & ecosystem services for assessment of fish genetic resources (subproject 2 : Ganga River Basin)

1. Sarma, K., Bavithra, R., Singh, J., Ahirwal, S.K., Kumar, U., Kumar, T. and Dubey, M.K., 2025. Standardization of breeding and rearing of the endangered Indian catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) for juvenile production. Aquaculture Reports, 40, p.102600.
2. Raut, S., Singh, J., Nair, S., Singh, I.S., Padala, V.K., Kumar, M., Ahirwal, S.K. and Tarate, S.B., 2025. Impact of periphyton on makhana (Euryale ferox Salisbury) cum fish culture: a study in North Bihar, India. Aquatic Living Resources, 38, p.6.
3. Singh, J., Jaiswar, A.K., Ahirwal, S.K., Gogoi, P., Gurjar, U.R., Samanta, R., Sarma, K. and Shenoy, L., 2023. Geo-spatial distribution and trends of trawl catch and bycatch off the south Konkan coast, Maharashtra, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 63, p.103022.
4. Singh, J., Jaiswar, A.K., Ahirwal, S.K., Gogoi, P., Gurjar, U.R., Samanta, R., Sarma, K. and Shenoy, L., 2023. Geo-spatial distribution and trends of trawl catch and bycatch off the south Konkan coast, Maharashtra, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 63, p.103022.
5. Ahirwal, S.K., Singh, J., Sarma, K., Kumar, T., Bharti, V. and Kumar, A., 2023. Morphometric characteristics, length-weight relationships, and condition factors of five indigenous fish species from the River Ganga in Bihar, India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2023.

• Life-member of ‘The Inland Fisheries Society of India’ ‘Indian Fisheries Association’ and Member of ‘Marine Biological Association of India’
• Young Scientist Award in “11th International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine” 17-18 October 2020, VDGOOD Professional Association|
• Young Scientist Award 2024 in ICAR sponsored International Conference (CITAAS-2024) at Bathinda
• MAFS University Gold Medal Award, 2014
• ICAR NET (FRM) 2016| Award of National Talent Scholarship, Institutional Fellowships, 2010-18