Research Areas: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Cell culture

Current Research Projects:

• Sub-project: Understanding genomic factors for growth performance in Clarias magur under Network Project of Agricultural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ICAR Plan)
• Mining and characterization of bioactive compounds for insights into sea anemone ecological adaptation (ICAR-NBFGR)
• Development of fish cell lines from prioritized fish species for conservation and in vitro applications (ICAR-NBFGR)
• Diving down the deep: Exploring the Deep-Sea Ichthyo-Faunal resources of Indian waters for sustainable utilization - A multidisciplinary approach (Ministry of Earth Science, GoI)

1. Daoud Ali, Nagpure NS, Kumar S, Kumar R, Kushwaha B (2008). Genotoxicity assessment of acute exposure of chlorpyrifos to freshwater fish Channa punctatus (Bloch) using micronucleus assay and alkaline single-cell gel electrophoresis. Chemosphere, 71: 1823-1831.
2. Singh, Ravindra Kumar*, NS Nagpure, B Kushwaha, Indra Mani, WS Lakra (2009). Extensive NOR site polymorphism in geographically isolated populations of Golden mahseer, Tor putitora. Genome 52(9): 783-789
3. Iliyas Rashid, Naresh Sahebrao Nagpure, Prachi Srivastava, Ravindra Kumar, Ajey Kumar Pathak, Mahender Singh, Basdeo Kushwaha (2017). HRGFish: A database of hypoxia responsive genes in fishes. Scientific Reports, 7(13 February): 42346
4. Manmohan Pandey, Ravindra Kumar, Prachi Srivastava, Suyash Agarwal, Shreya Srivastava, Naresh S Nagpure, Joy K Jena, and Basdeo Kushwaha (2017). WGSSAT: A high-throughput computational pipeline for mining and annotation of SSR markers from whole genomes. Journal of Heredity, 109(3): 339-343
5. Basdeo Kushwaha Manmohan Pandey, P Das, CG Joshi, NS Nagpure, Ravindra Kumar, D Kumar et al. (2021). The genome of walking catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) unveils the genetic basis that may have facilitated the development of environmental and terrestrial adaptation systems in air-breathing catfishes. DNA Research, 28(1): 1-16.

• Fellow of Academy of Environmental Biology (FAEB), Lucknow (2016)
• Dr. V R P Sinha Medal for Outstanding Research and Academic Contribution in the field of Fish and Fisheries by Zoological Society of India, Gaya (February, 2018)