Profile of Dr. Sujit Kumar Nayak

• B.F.Sc. in Fisheries Science: Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar.
• M.F.Sc. in Fish Pathology and Microbiology: Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai.
• Ph.D. in Fish Pathology and Microbiology: Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai.

Professional Area

• Research Area: Aquatic Animal Health Management
• Research Interest: Microbial diseases of fishes, Management of Fish Health Through Biotherapeutic Microbial Supplementation.

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Aditi Banik, Shivendra Kumar, Prem Prakash Srivastava, Pankaj Kishore, Sujit Kumar Nayak, Pravesh Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Maneesh Kumar Dubey (2025). Total replacement of soybean meal by rice distilled dried grain soluble (DDGS) with lysine supplementation: effect on growth, nucleic acid content, digestive enzyme activity, and health status in Carp (Cirrhinus mrigala). Journal of Living Resour.38:9, https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2025007
• Bezbaruah H.K., Mogalekar H.S., Raut S.M., Ram R.K., Nayak S.K., Gupta B.K. and Sahu B (2025). First study on habitat ecology, biometric parameters and biology of Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822) from tropical perennial River Burhi Gandak, India. Journal of Environ Monit Assess. 197:568 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14042-1
• Sujit Kumar Nayak, H.S. Mogalekar, R.K. Brahmchari and P.P. Srivastava (2024). “Seasonal dynamics of water quality and fish diseases in freshwater aquaculture farms of North Bihar, Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. 27(1): 711-719
• Sahil, Mogalekar, H.S., Chandran, S., Nayak, S.K., Kumar, S., & Singh, S.K (2023). Length-weight relationship and condition factor of selected small Cyprinid fishes from river Burhi Gandak in North Bihar, India. Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India, 54(1): 27–32.
• Hazarika, M.M.A., Kumar, S., Nayak, S.K., Brahmchari, R.K., Kumar, A., Kumar, P., Mogalekar, H.S., Srivastava, P.P (2023). Comparative study on growth performance and survival of Indian major carps and male monosex tilapia in recirculating aquaculture system, Indian Journal of Fisheries 70 (1): 36-43.
• Singha, S., Kumar, S., Nayak, S.K., Kumar, P., Banik, A., Srivastava, P.P (2023). Blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali) flower and leaf supplements enhance growth and hemato-immunological parameters in Indian major carp (Labeo rohita) juveniles. Animal Feed Science and Technology 304: 115741.
• Dheeraj Kumar Kashyap., Mogalekar H.S., Sahil., K. Nayak., R.K. Ram., Adita Sharma., Pravesh Kumar., Mudeet Saxena1., Shivendra Kumar and M.K. Singh (2023). Feeding habits and reproductive behavior of zig-zag eel mastacembelus armatus (lacepède, 1800) from the Burhi gandak river in Bihar, India. Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India, 55(1), 03–15.
• Sahil, Mogalekar, H. S., Nayak, S. K., Kumar, S., C. Sudhan, Dheeraj Kumar Kashyap, P. Gautam, Jham Lal1 and Suman Kumar Singh (2022). Length-Weight Relationship of Small Cyprinid Fish: Securicula Gora (Hamilton, 1822) from River Burhi Gandak, Bihar, India Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 25 (1): 137-138.
• Kumar A., Ram R.K., Mogalekar H.S., Nayak S.K., Brahmchari R.K., Kumar S., Singh S.K. and Srivastava P.P (2022). Traditional fishing methods in Burhi Gandak river, North Bihar, India. Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 25(2). 2551-2559
• Sujit Kumar Nayak, HS Mogalekar, Pawan Kumar, Anirudh Kumar, MB Katare and SK Singh (2022). Histopathological observations on albino mice of Conus species injecting intraperitonially venom. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India. 25(2): 1523-1529.
• Sujit Kumar Nayak, Roshan Kumar Ram, Milind B. Katare, Manjulesh Pai and H.S. Mogalekar, Suman Kumar Singh (2022). Induced breeding and poly-culture of Systomus sarana (Hamilton, 1822). Journal of Experimental Zoology, India, 25(1): 103-107.

A. Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management

M. snayak.cof@rpcau.ac.in

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