Dr. Sharad K. Singh

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Dr. Sharad Kumar Singh

Principal Scientist & Officer In-charge, ARTU, Chinhat

Email: Sharad.Singh@icar.org.in; Sharadsrinet@gmail.com

Education:
    • B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry-1983), Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P.
    • M.Sc. (Zoology with Fishery biology-1985), Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P.
    • Ph.D. (Zoology with Fisheries-2001), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, U.P.
Professional Experience:
    • Principal Scientist & OIC, ARTU, Chinhat 2014 to till date, ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P.
    • Senior Scientist 2008 -2014, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
    • Technical Officer 1989-2008, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

Research Focus

Research Areas:Fisheries & Aquaculture Research, Human Resource Development and Extension

Selected Publications

  1. Gajender Yadav, H.S. Jat, R Raju, R.K. Yadav, S. K. Singh, S. K. Chaudhari, D. K. Sharma, Gurbachan Singh and P. C. Sharma (2022). Enterprise Mix Diversification: An Option for Ecologically Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security of Small Holders in Indo-Gangetic Plains: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 20:1, 31-41p.
  2. Tyagi L.K., A.K. Yadav, A. S. Bisht, Sanajy Kumar Singh. Sharad Kumar Singh, J.K. Jena & K. Lal (2020). Doubling Farmers’ Income by Entrepreneurship Development for Local Inputs Production and Consumption: A Model from Aquaculture Based Interventions Among Tribal Farmers in an Aspirational District Sonbhadra, U.P. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development: 15(3): 675-682.
  3. Singh S. K., A. K. Yadav and K. K. Lal (2017). Fishing the Profits for the Smallholders through Modern Aquaculture Technologies. Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences 9(2),238-245.
  4. Chandra Suresh, S. K. Singh, S. Dasgupta and S. K. Sahoo, 2015. Mass specific oxygen uptake in the freshwater catfish Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Indian J. Fish. 62 (3), 137-140
  5. Singh SK, 2012. Studies on different mode of aquaculture operation under three different ageing pond fish culture trails of sodic land. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture 30 (3-4), 117-120.
  6. Aravindakshan PK, SK Singh, Bikash Sarkar, D Majhi, JK Jena, KC Pani, HK Muduli, S Ayyappan, BC Mohapatra, N Sarangi, 2011. Oxygen consumption of carps during live transportation. Indian Journal of Fisheries 58 (4), 67-70.
  7. Singh SK, 2009. Nutritional and food security for rural poor through multi commodity production from a lake of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Aquaculture Asia 14 (1), 23-25.
  8. Singh SK, 2009.Hydrobiology and sustainable fisheries management of natural aquatic resource Leond Tal: A scientific study. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika 24 (1), 51-55.
  9. Mohapatra BC, S.K. Singh, Bikash Sarkar, Dukhia Majhi. N. Sarangi, 2007. Observation of carp polyculture with giant freshwater prawn in solar heated fish pond. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (ISSN: 1816-4927) 2 (2), 149-155.

Awards & Fellowships

  • Ground Water Augmentation National Award of MoWR (GoI), confirmed upon CSSRI, Karnal on dated 22nd March, 2011 at New Delhi in the Category: FPARP on enhancing ground water recharge and water productivity in North-West India as one of the team member.
  • Earn Royalty due to Commercialization of FRP Carp Hatchery.
  • Best Poster Presentation Award/First Prize Certificate in 11th International Conference on Plasticulture and Precision Farming Nov. 17-21, 2005 New Delhi.
  • Received the Best Paper Presentation Award during the National Meet on Capture and Culture Fisheries held at CIFT Regional Station, Vishakhapatnam (AP) on 10 Sept., 2004.
  • Awarded Second Prize for Investigation of Specific Problem i.e. Effect of Some Stressors on Some Stress- Sensitive Physiological Parameters of Labeo rohita during Summer School (15 July -14 August, 2000 at CIFRI, Barrackpore.
  • Associated with Best Poster Presentation Award in 4th Agricultural Science Congress, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 21-24 Feb 99 conferred by NASS, New Delhi.