"Harnessing the Science of Fisheries for Food, Nutrition and Livelihood"

Research

Ongoing Research Projects

Sl.No Title of the Project Year PI & Co-PI of the Project Funds( In Rs) Funding Agency
1 E-fish health surveillance and monitoring network to improve fisheries production in Tamilnadu 02.03.2017 to 31.03.2020 PI : Dr.A.Uma 590.40 lakhs Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission (TANII)
2 Strengthening of state referral lab for screening of OIE listed diseases of aquatic animals. 01.08.16 - Till date Co- PI : Dr.A.Uma 242.275 lakhs NADP
3 Self financing project - Establishment of Shrimp Disease Diagnosis Laboratory (Sc.No. 14020) From 01.09.1999 onwards PI : Dr.A.Uma 5.73 lakhs TANUVAS
4 Institute -Industry Project Evaluating the efficacy of the prototypes of M/s Kemin Aquascience against Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) infection in white leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei From 23.11.2019 to 22.12.2019 PI : Dr.A.Uma 4.795 lakhs M/sKemin Industries

Completed Projects

Sl.No Title of the Project Year PI & Co-PI of the Project Funds( In Rs) Funding Agency
1 Identification and assessment of the expression profiles of important Toll like receptors (TLRs) in commercially important food and ornamental fishes. 08.09 - 31.08.12 PI : Dr.A.Uma 18.678 DST
2 Development of molecular and immunodiagnostic kit for Hepatopancreatic parvovirus in shrimp 05.08 - 18.05.11 PI : Dr.A.Uma 29.57 DBT
3 Toll-Like Receptors in phylogenetically divergent fish species- their contribution in modulating the innate immunity. 02.09 - 31.03.13 Co - PI: Dr.A.Uma 90.67 ICAR
4 National surveillance programme for Aquatic animal diseases 10.13 - 31.03.17 PI : Dr.A.Uma 80.43 NFDB
5 State level referral laboratory for fish diseases diagnosis and aquatic animal health 02.14 - 30.06.15 PI : Dr.A.Uma 130.50 NFDB
6 Institute -Industry Project A lab scale pilot study to evaluate the suitability of green nanoparticles of M/s Dhanvantri Nano Ayushadi Pvt. Ltd to reduce the ammonia and vibrio loads in shrimp culture 02.2019 - 31.08.2019 PI : Dr.A.Uma 1.05 M/s Dhanvantri Nano Ayushadi Pvt. Ltd

Outreach/Extension activities

Sl. No Name of the Extension activities/ Program Year Beneficiary
1 On Good management practices in Aquaculture under NADP scheme 22.08.2016 25
2 On Good management practices in Aquaculture under NADP scheme 17.02.2017 17
3 On Good management practices in Aquaculture under NADP scheme 10.04.2017 26
4 On Good management practices in Aquaculture under NADP scheme 04.05.2017 20
5 On Good management practices to improve fisheries production at Ponneri, Thiruvallur district 27.06.2017 68
6 Address the technical doubts of fish and shrimp farmers of Thiruvallur district 13.07.2017 22
7 Awarness camp on diseases and Good management practices in P. vannamei shrimp farming at Kattur, Tiruvallur district 29.8.2019 22