Research Areas: Conservation Genetics and Genomics

Current Research Projects:

• Quantifying Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Godavari River Basin Landscape (Principal Investigator)
• ICAR-Consortium Research Platform on Genomics (Principal Investigator)
• Development of novel microsatellite markers for genetic and adaptive divergence in natural populations of selected fish species (Principal Investigator)
• Fish diversity assessment of Ramsar wetlands of Uttar Pradesh by integrating ecological approaches and stakeholder perception under climate change scenario (Co-Investigator)
• CRP on Agrobiodiversity: Evaluation of fish germplasm from Indo-Gangetic rivers for their captive breeding, domestication, and conservation aquaculture (NBFGR HQ component) (Co-Investigator)

1. Singh, Rajeev K., Kumar, R., Bhordia, A., Kantharajan G., R. Chandran, TT Ajithkumar, V Mohindra, KK Lal (2023). Development of genome-wide novel microsatellite markers and genetic variability analysis of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790). Aquaculture International. https://doi.org/10.1007 /s10499-023-01116-5
2. Rejani Chandran, Rajeev K Singh, A. Singh, Kantharajan G., AjithKumar TT, KK Lal, V. Mohindra (2023) Evaluating the influence of environmental variables on the length-weight relationship and prediction modelling in flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758. PeerJ 11, e14884
3. Mohindra, V., Singh, Akanksha, Patangia, Ruchi; Tripathi, Ratnesh; Rajeev Singh,; Sah, Rama; Lal, Kuldeep, 2012. Characterization of 27 novel gene-associated SSR markers in Indian catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) and their application in genetic diversity analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources 12 (6), 1196-1197
4. Dutta Nimisha, Rajeev K. Singh, Abhinav Pathak, Vindhya Mohindra, Sangeeta Mandal, Gurjeet Kaur and Kuldeep K. Lal, 2020. Mitochondrial DNA markers reveal genetic connectivity among populations of Osteoglossiform fish Chitala chitala. Molecular Biology Reports 47(11):8579-8592
5. Singh, R. K., Lal, K. K., Mohindra, V., Punia, P., Sah, R. S., Kumar, R., Gupta, A., Das, R., Lakra, W. S., & Ayyappan, S. (2012). Genetic diversity of Indian Major Carp, Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822) populations inferred from microsatellite loci. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 44, 307–316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2012.02.002

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• Fellow of Academy of Environmental Biology (FAEB Honour) (2018)
• Zoological Society of India awarded by Dr B.S. Chauhan Medal 2018.
• Best Scientist of the Institute awarded by ICAR-NBFGR 2018
• Dr Hiralal Chaudhary Best Young Scientist awarded by Dr. Hiralal Choudhuri Fisheries Foundation (ICAR-CIFE) 2015.
• Best Research Group awarded by ICAR-NBFGR 2014
• Award for Young Scientist awarded by Society of Biological Sciences & Rural Development 2013.
• Best Scientist of the Institute awarded by ICAR-NBFGR 2011.
• First Rank in M.Sc. (Biochemistry) and Awarded Gold Medal awarded by Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad 1997.
• First Rank in the district in Intermediate awarded by Uttar Pradesh Board 1992.
• National Agricultural Innovation Project awarded by Specialised Overseas Training University of Stirling (Scotland) 2009.
• National Merit Scholarship awarded by Government of Uttar Pradesh, India 1991-95.
• GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Scholarship awarded by All India Council for Technical Education, India1997-99.
• CSIR-NET (National Eligibility Test) 1998.
• National Eligibility Test (ICAR-NET) 1998.
• National Eligibility Test (ICAT-NET) 1997.