Welcome to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University

College name : College of Fisheries, Mangaluru

Department : Aquaculture

Designation and address:

Associate Professor,
Department of Aquaculture,
College of Fisheries, Mangalore

Qualifications
M.F.Sc., Ph.D

Contact
Office : 0824-2249256
Mobile: 7974642298
Email : honnananda@cofm.edu.in

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Scientific validation of herbal products on fish, shrimp and prawn	Principal Investigator	12.0Lakhs	Indian Herbs Specialities Pvt.Ltd., Chandigarh
Effect of dietary rosemary and bay laurel on growth, survival, disease resistance and hematology of Indian major carp, rohu(Labeorohita)	Principal Investigator	1.0Lakh	SCSP/TSP Grant
Surveillance of freshwater fish diseases in Karnataka	Co- Principal Investigator	15.0Lakhs/year	NFDB/NBFGR

Project title	Role in the project	Fund outlay	Funding agency
Evaluation of efficacy of Mangalasetright and Mangalaborosan on water quality and fish production	Principal Investigator	Rs.4.96 Lakhs	Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.(MCF)

1.	M. A. A. Mamun, S. Nasren, P. B. Abhiman, S. S. Rathore, M. Ganapathi Naik, N. S. Sowndarya, K. S. Ramesh and K. M. Shankar(2019). Investigation of production, formation and characterization of biofilm cells of Aeromonas hydrophila for oral vaccination of fish. J. Exp. Zool. India. Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 1115-1123.
2.	S. V. Surendranath, K. M. Nesara, K. Rakesh, K. R. Amogha, and M. GanapathiNaik(2018). Evaluation of efficacy of platy (Xiphophorusmaculatus) as larvivorous fish to control mosquito larvae.International Journal of Pure and Applied Biosciences.Vol 6(2): 57-64.
3.	Rakesh, K., GanapathiNaik, M., Nevil Pinto, PadalaDharmakar, ManjuleshPai and Anjusha, K.V(2018). A review on drugs used in shrimp aquaculture. International Journal of Pure and Applied Biosciences.Vol 6(4):77-86.
4.	DharmakarPadala, GanapathiNaik M, Anjusha KV, Ramesh KS, Abhiman PB and RakeshK(2018). Growth promoter effect of peppermint (Menthapiperita) on rohu (Labeorohita).International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies.Vol 6(4):537-539.

Outstanding Faculty in Fisheries Science Award by Venus International Foundation, Chennai.