Project completed/Ongoing as PI/Co-PI/Associate
1. Fish Diseases and Their Control, CIFA, Bhubaneswar. ICAR- CIFA, April, 1989- Dec., 1999

2. Development of Intensive Aquaculture Systems for Carps. ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. DBT, April, 1990 – December, 1995

3. ORP on Processing and Utilization of Organic Waste in Aquaculture. ICAR-CIFA Centre, Allahabad, U.P. December, 1995-May, 2002

4. Evaluation and Adoption of Freshwater Aquaculture Technologies in North-Western India for Optimizing Productivity, ICAR-CIFA, Regional Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab. June, 2002-May, 2004

5. Breeding and Culture of Pangasius pangasius, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. June, 2004 – March, 2007

6. Mass Seed Production and Grow out Culture of Diversified Catfishes Pangas (Pangasius pangasius) and Yellow Catfish (Horabagrus brachysoma), ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar. April, 2007- March, 2010)

7. Community-Based Management for Sustainable Aquaculture in Rural Areas, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. April, 2009-March, 2011

8. NR International Consultancy Project on Breeding and Demonstration Project for FRP carp Hatchery in Diptipur, Bargarh District of Orissa, India. NR International, United Kingdom, June, 2008–July, 2008

9. NR International Consultancy Project on Scaling up Aquaculture in Western Orissa, India. Rural Livelihoods Project (WORLP) Districts, India. Nr. International, United Kingdom, June, 2009-Sept., 2009

10. Carp Seed Production in Mobile Hatchery and Rearing for Livelihood Development of SC/ST Communities in Selected Districts of Orissa, DBT, April, 2009-Sept, 2009

11. Economic and Livelihood Development of SC and ST Population through Aquaculture Technologies. DBT. April, 2006-August, 2009

12. Sustainable Livelihood Improvement Through Livestock Development in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, and Sambalpur districts of Orissa. NAIP-ICAR, April, 2009 – March, 2011

13. Seasonal Incidences of Parasitic, Fungal, and Non-infectious Diseases in Coldwater Fishes and Evaluation of Herbal Extracts for Their Control, ICAR-DCFR, April, 2012 – March, 2014

14. THDC Consultancy Project on Preparation and Supporting Implementation of a Fish Management Plan for the Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project (VPHEP) of THDC India Limited. THDC Consultancy. January, 2014- January, 2018

15. Performance Evaluation of Improved Strains of Common Carp, Champa-1 & Champa-2 at Different Thermal Regimes, ICAR-DCFR. April, 2011 – March, 2015

16. Potential Bacterial Pathogens in Rainbow Trout Farms from Northern India and the Maintenance of Bacterial Agents. ICAR-DCFR. April, 2011-March, 2016

17. Decoding the Growth, Maturation, and Captive Management Constraints of Snow Trout (Schizothorax richardsonii, Gray, 1832). ICAR-DCFR, April, 2015-March, 2019

18. Coldwater Fish Disease Surveillance in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. NFDB. April, 2014-March, 2020

19. Investigation on Fish Health Disorders Associated with ortality in Trout Hatcheries and Farms During Seed Production. ICAR-DCFR. April, 2020-March,2023.

20. Assessing Cage Farming Potential for Raising Healthy Endemic and Economically Important Fish Seed in Bhimtal Lake. ICAR-CICFR. April,2023- March,2026

21. Development of Aquaphage Therapy as an Alternative to Antibiotics for Bacterial Infections in Rainbow Trout Farms of Indian Himalayan Regions (IHR). DBT. Sept., 2023 – August, 2026

Important 10 Publications (recent)
1. Chandra, Suresh, Singh, S. K., Das, Gupta, S. and Sahoo, S. K., 2015. Mass specific oxygen uptake in the freshwater catfish Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 62(3): 137-140.

2. Chandra, Suresh, Patiyal, R. S., Gupta, S. K. and Sarma, D. 2018.Study on age dependent breeding performance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum, 1792). Journal of Coldwater Fisheries 1(1):125-128, 2018.

3. Gehlot, B., Chandra, S., Joshi, R., Arya, M., Chakrabarti, R. 2024. Temporal Variations in Plankton Communities and Environmental Factors in the Shipra, a Central Himalayan Tributary of the Kosi River in Uttarakhand, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 196 (3), 326. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12513-5.

4. Tripathi, S.D., Arvindakshan, P.K., Ayyappan, S., Jena, J.K., Muduli, H.K., Chandra Suresh and Pani, K.C. 2000.New dimensions in intensive carp polyculture in India. J. Aqua.Trop. 15(2): pp.119-128.

5. Shahi, Neetu, Singh, Bhupendra, Pande, Amit, Chandra, Suresh, Kunal, Kishor, Mallik, Sumanta Kumar. 2025. Safe and efficacious inactivated immersion vaccine against KG+ phenotype of emerging bacterial pathogen Lactococcus garvieae for early developmental stage of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in India. Vaccine \
Volume-59, 20 June, 2025, 127266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine. 2025.12726

6. Bhat, Raja Aadil Hussain, Rehman, Sabeehah, Ritesh Shantilal Tandel, Pragyan Dash, Ankita Bhandari, Parvaiz Ahmad Ganie, Tarang K. Shah, Kushagra Pant, Dar Jaffer Yousuf, Irfan Ahmad Bhat, Suresh Chandra, Sumanta K.Mallik, Debajit Sarma. 2021. Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial potential of ethanolic extract of Himalayan Myrica esculanta in Oncorhynchus mykiss: Molecular modelling with Aeromonas hydrophila functional proteins. Aquaculture, Volume 533, 25 February 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j. aquaculture .2020.736213.

7. Tandel, Ritesh Shantilal, Dash, Pragyan, Bhat, Raja Aadil, Hussain, Thakuria, Dimpal, Banerjee Paramita, Sawant, Pandey, Nityanand, Chandra, Suresh, Chadha, Narinder Kumar. 2021. Anti-oomycetes and immunostimulatory activity of natural plant extract compounds against Saprolegnia spp.: Molecular docking and in-vitro studies. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Volume 114, July 2021, Pages 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi. 2021.04.018.

8. Shivam, Singh, Sumanta, Kumar, Mallik , Krishna, Kala, Neetu, Shahi, Richa, Pathak, Abhay, Kumar, Giri, Suresh Chandra, Kushagra Pant, Rabindar Singh Patiyal.2021. Characterization of Flavobacterium columnare from farmed infected rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) of Central Indian Himalayan region, India. Aquaculture Volume 544, 15 November 2021, 737118.https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.

9. Kumar, G., Sharma, J. G., Goswami, R. K., Shrivastav, A. K., Kumar, N., Chandra, S. and Chakrabarti, R. 2021. The study of effect of vitamin C and Achyranthes aspera seeds enriched diets on the growth, biochemical composition, digestive enzyme activities and expressions of genes involved in the biosynthesis of fatty acids in Snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray, 1832). Journal of Applied Aquaculture. Https 10454438.2021.1985679. Published online: 19 Oct 2021.

10. Pandey, Vandana, Bhat, Raja Aadil Hussain, Chandra, Suresh, Tandel,Ritesh Shantilal, Dubey, Maneesh Kumar, Sharma, Prakash, Gehlot, Bhawna, Dash, Pragyan, Joshi, Rini. 2021. Clinical signs, lethal dose and histopathological lesions in grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella experimentally infected with Edwardsiella tarda. Microbial Pathogenesis, https://doi.org/10.1016/j. micpath.2021.105292. Published online: 12 November 2021.

Other information’s

• As a team member Technology Package developed and transferred for 10 &15 ton/ha/yr fish production under development of intensive carp culture systems (Tripathi, S.D., Arvindakshan, P.K., Ayyappan, S., Jena, J.K., Muduli, H.K., Chandra Suresh and Pani, K.C. 2000)
• Member Secretary, RAC, ICAR-DCFR, Bhimtal -2019-2021
• Worked as Nodal Officer, NEH, SCSP and presently, working as Vigilance Officer, Nodal Officer HRD,MGMG of the Institute.