Mr. Sumanta Kumar Mallik is working as a scientist at ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research (DCFR), Uttarakhand, India since 2008. He has 14 years of research experiences in the areas of aquaculture, fish health and disease management. Mr. Mallik has received VLIRUOS scholarship in the year 2016 to carry out the 3 months of research training on fish health management at Ghent University, Belgium. He has 40 research publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals and nearly 25 research and technical articles, leaflet, book chapters, manuals and bulletins to his credit. Mr. Mallik has also served as a reviewer for many national and international peer reviewed journals.Dr. Neetu Shahi is currently working as a senior scientist at ICAR - DCFR since 2009. She completed her PhD in fish biotechnology in the year 2008 from Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India. She has been awarded Hungarianfellowship in the year 2015 for 4 months of research stay at fish genetics laboratory of NARIC-HAKI. Dr. Shahi has pursued her post-doctoral study on tilapia lake virus at Kasetsart University of Veterinary Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand. She has 35 research publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals.Dr. Pramod Kumar Pandey has more than 34 years of experience in the field of fisheries and aquaculture in different capacities. He started his professional carrier at Marine Products Export Development Authority, Kochi in 1988. He joined Agricultural Research Service as a scientist in the year 1993 and worked at different positions in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India. He has also worked at ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai. After working as Dean, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal) for more than 5 years, he joined as Director, ICAR- DCFR, Bhimtal since May 2021. He hadreceived many national and international awards from different organizations. He has around 170 publications including research papers in national and international journals, and 10 books to his credit. His most significant achievement has been the voluntary breeding of magur (Magurmagur) in captivity.
