Research Areas:Assessment of aquatic genetic resources in the freshwater ecosystems through exploratory surveys with applications of geospatial and computational technologies
Development and management of e-resources in the area of fish genetic resources using computational, database and programming technologies
Fisheries Bioinformatics
Current Research Projects:

• Title: Ichthyofaunal diversity and habitat status assessment with inferences on traditional knowledge along Subarnarekha River and its tributaries for cataloguing, conservation and management; Duration: 3 Years, Funding Agency: ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow; Role: Principal Investigator.
• Title: Assessment of climate change impact in the waterbodies of Uttar Pradesh and developing climate resilient strategies for sustainable fisheries management; Duration: 3 Years, Funding Agency: Uttar Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Lucknow; Role: Co-investigator.
• Title: Fish diversity assessment of Ramsar wetlands of Uttar Pradesh by integrating ecological approaches and stakeholder perception under climate change scenario; Duration: 3 Years, Funding Agency: ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow; Role: Co-investigator.
• Title: Nanofibre and Biocomposite development from fish waste resource for circular economy; Duration: 3 Years, Funding Agency: ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow; Role: Co-investigator.
• Title: Quantifying meta-structure matrices of biodiversity & ecosystem services for the assessment of fish genetic resources (Sub project 3 NEH region); Duration: 3 Years, Funding Agency: ICAR-NBFGR, Lucknow; Role: Co-investigator
• Title: Assessment of exotic fish prevalence and their impacts on indigenous fish diversity Duration: 3 Years; Funding Agency: ICAR Funded; Role: Co-investigator.

1. Kantharajan, G., Pathak, A.K., Sarkar, U.K., Singh, R., Kumar, R., Shikha, Acharya, A. and Kumawat, T., 2024. Assessing deep pools and water spread dynamics in semi-arid Banas River, India: a geospatial approach for conservation and sustainable management. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(43), pp.55736-55755.
2. Pathak, A.K., Verma, P., Dayal, R. and Sarkar, U.K., 2022. Species distribution modelling and assessment of environmental drivers responsible for distribution and preferred niche of critically endangered and endemic ornamental freshwater fish species of the genus Sahyadria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(33), pp.50584-50597.
3. Pathak, A.K., Rashid, I., Nagpure, N.S., Kumar, R., Pati, R., Singh, M., Murali, S., Kushwaha, B., Kumar, D. and Rai, A., 2019. FisOmics: A portal of fish genomic resources. Genomics, 111(6), pp.1923-1928.
4. Rashid, I., Pathak, A.K., Kumar, R., Srivastava, P., Singh, M., Murali, S. and Kushwaha, B., 2019. Genome-wide comparative analysis of HIF binding sites in Cyprinus Carpio for in silico identification of functional hypoxia response elements. Frontiers in genetics, 10, p.659.
5. Sarkar, U.K., Pathak, A.K., Sinha, R.K., Sivakumar, K., Pandian, A.K., Pandey, A., Dubey, V.K. and Lakra, W.S., 2012. Freshwater fish biodiversity in the River Ganga (India): changing pattern, threats and conservation perspectives. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 22, pp.251-272.

• Honorary Fellowship award for outstanding achievements in the research field of Fisheries Resource Management from Society of Life Sciences in the year 2018.
• Recognition award in the year 2018 for outstanding academic contribution and achievements in the field of Fisheries Resource Management awarded on the occasion of Sixth Annual Session of Society of Life Sciences and International Conference on “Advances in Biological and Environmental Research for Human Welfare” organized by the Department of Zoology, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh from 16 to 18 November 2018.
• Biodiversity Conservation award in the year 2019 for outstanding contribution in the field of "BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS" during the Global Conference on "OUR BIODIVERSITY, OUR FOOD AND OUR HEALTH" organized by BLUE PLANET SOCIETY PRAYAGRAJ, ALLAHABAD during 21-22 May, 2019.
• Best Scientist award in the area of "Fish Genetic Resource Management" during the International Conference on "Recent Trends in Science Technology, Agriculture Management" organized by Society of Science and Nature in collaboration with GESA and AZT during October 20-21, 2019.
• Team Excellence Award for the year 2018-19 awarded by the Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow on 36th Foundation Day & Farm Innovators Day Celebration.
• Best Scientist Award in the year 2022 awarded on the occasion of 11th Annual Session of Society of Life Sciences and National Symposium on “Current Developments in Climate Resilient Agriculture” organized by the Department of Zoology, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh from 16 to 18 September 2022.