Gopalan Krishnan Sivaraman

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Biography

Dr. Sivaraman did Master’s (MVSc) and Doctoral Programme (PhD) in Animal Genetics at ICAR- IVRI, Izatnagar, UP. Secured a merit scholarship for UG and JRF by ICAR and SRF by CSIR for Master’s & PhD programme. Worked as Assistant Professor at KVAFSU, Karnataka from 2003 to 2006. Joined as Scientist at ICAR-DCFR, Uttarakhand. And then selected for Senior Scientist and now working as Principal Scientist in the Dept. of Microbiology & Biotechnology at ICAR- CIFT, Cochin since February 2016. My research is focused on understanding the status of antibiotic resistant pathogens viz., MRSA, ESBL producing Enterobacteriaceae in seafood. I completed more than 15 projects and published 50 research papers in the peer reviewed journals, and 90 abstracts are presented in the seminars/ Conferences. Submitted over 250 DNA sequences and 52 Whole Genome sequences to the repository (NCBI). Received more than 15 awards so far viz., DST- SYSP from DBT, Best presentations (05) and Best posters (08). I was deputed for International Training to North Carolina State University. Worked as Scientist-In Charge, Regional Centre of CIFT, Gujarat and acting as an Authorized signatory for testing of Microbial quality of seafood for export purposes to EU countries from India.

Ongoing Projects: 04
1. International: 2 numbers (Jointly by DBT, GoI, New Delhi & SERC, UK)
2. Externally Sponsored project: 2 funded by DBT, GoI, New Delhi & ICAR, New Delhi, India.

Agricultural Science Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biodiversity Biogeography Bioinformatics Biotechnology Environmental Contamination & Remediation Evolutionary Studies Food Science & Technology Food, Water & Energy Nexus Genomics Global Health Infectious Diseases Marine Biology Microbiology Molecular Biology Mycology Public Health