Profile of Mr. Roshan Kumar Ram

• B.F.Sc.: College of Fisheries, Dholi (Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa), Bihar
• M.F.Sc. in Fisheries Resource Management: ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai

Professional Area

• Research Area: Fish taxonomy, Fish diversity, Fish stock assessment and Ornamental fisheries
• Research Interests: Fish diversity, stock assessment and Ornamental fisheries

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• HK, Bezbaruah., HS, Mogalekar., SM, Raut., RK, Ram., SK, Nayak. and BK, Gupta., 2025. First study on habitat ecology, biometric parameters and biology of Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822) from tropical perennial River Burhi Gandak, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(5), pp.1-27.
• Kumar, V., Sharma, A., Ram, R.K., Kumar, S. and Singh, S.K., 2025. Food and Feeding Habits of Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822), a Bagrid Freshwater Catfish from River Burhi Gandak of Bihar, India. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 28(3), pp.228-237.
• Sahu, A., Venkataramani, V.K., Chandravanshi, S. and Chandran, S., Ram, K.R., Kashyap, N., and Lavkush., 2025. Carapace Length/Width-Weight Relationships and Relative Condition Factor of Two Commercially Important Charybdis Species of the Gulf of Mannar, Southeast Coast of India. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 1, p.7.
• Mishra, R.K., Gamango, B., Jamwal, A., Ram, R.K., Sharma, A. and Kumar, P., 2025. Effect of fasting and re-feeding cycles on growth, glucose level, glycogen level, and digestive enzyme activity of Nile tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus) for cost-effective aquaculture. Aquaculture International, 33(1), p.61.
• Vishwakarma, A., Ram, R.K., Vaishnav, A., Jaiswar, R. and Srivastava, V., 2024. LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF TRICHOGASTER LALIUS (HAMILTON, 1822) FROM MANIKA MAUN AND BURHI GANDAK RIVER OF BIHAR, INDIA. Plant Archives (09725210), 24(2).
• Sahu, O., Mogalekar, H.S., Kumar, P., Ram, R.K., Nayak, S.K., Srivastava, P.P. and Brahmchari, R.K., 2024. Length-weight relationship and exploitation of Macrobrachium species in the Burhi Gandak River, North Bihar, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 71(3).
• Kumar, V., Sharma, A., Ram, R.K., Kumar, S. and Singh, S.K., 2025. Assessment of Fish Diversity Associated with Water Quality Parameters of Burhi Gandak River, North Bihar, India. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 46(6), pp.6-17.
• Kumari, K., Mogalekar, H.S., Ram, R.K., Dupare, R.R., Srivastava, P.P. and Nayak, S.K.,2022 Habitat ecology and diversity of tortoises from Burhi Gandak and Kamla Rivers of Bihar. Journal of Indian Fisheries Association, 49(2) page 37-40.
• Verma, D., Kumar, S., Kishore, P., Kumar, P., Ram, R.K. and Banik, A., 2024. Improved digestibility of Black Gram leaf meal based diets for rohu (Labeo rohita) with supplementation of exogenous enzyme cocktail. Animal Feed Science and Technology, p.116064.
• Kashyap, D.K., Mogalekar, H.S.,Sahil.,Nayak,S.K., Ram, R.K., Sharma, A., Kumar, P.,Saxena.A., Kumar. S., and Singh, M.K., 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), pp.03-15.
• Chandravanshi, S., Mogalekar, H.S., Sahu, O., Sudhan, C., Ram, R.K. and Kumar, S., 2022. Habitat Ecology and Shellfish Diversity of River Burhi Gandak, North Bihar, India. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, pp 1-7.
• Kumar, A., Ram, R.K., Mogalekar, H.S., Nayak, S.K., Brahmchari, R.K., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K. and Srivastava, P.P., 2022. Sustainability Challenges for Traditional Fisheries: Bycatch Impact of Gillnets in River Burhi Gandak. Environment and Ecology, 40(4A).
• Sharma, A., Ghorai, T., Kumar, S., Srivastava, P.P. and Ram, R.K., 2022. Comparative study of somatic growth performance of amur carp with Indian major carps in North Bihar, India. The Pharma Innovation, 11(7).
• 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).
• Lal, J., Kumar, P., Rai, S., Srivastava, P.P., Kumar, S., Ram, R.K. and Rai, S.C., 2022. Effect of HUFA‐and vitamin C‐enriched live food, infusoria on growth and survival of Clarias Magur (Hamilton, 1822) larvae. Aquaculture Research, 53(17), pp.5865-5874.
• Kumar, P., Wisdom, K.S., Ram, R.K., Gireesh-Babu, P., Nayak, S.K., Nagpure, N.S. and Sharma, R., 2021. Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone receptors (GnIHRs): Molecular characterization and synergistic effect of different drugs in Indian major carp, Labeo catla. General and Comparative Endocrinology, p.113904.
• Nayak, S.K., Ram, R.K., Katare, M.B., Pai, M., Mogalekar, H.S. and Singh, S.K., 2022. Induced breeding and poly-culture of Systomus sarana (Hamilton, 1822). Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 25(1).
• Kumar, M., Basumatary, G., Ram, R.K., Singh, D.K. and Udit, U.K., 2018. Comparative studies on Kisspeptin receptor and their physicochemical characterization.  J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci, 7(5), pp.43-47.
• Mukesh, K, Hanzel, S., Roshan, K.R, Himanshu,B., & Norine, D. S. 2018. In-Silco Analysis of Fish Antifreeze Proteins and their Physicochemical Characterization. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience, 6(1):1392-1398
• Veerendra, S., Geetanjali, D., Khileri, R.A., Tarachand, K., Lende, S.R., Ram, R.K. and Bhatt, A.J 2018. Grazing interaction between some selected gastropods and seaweeds at Alibag and Srivardhan coast, Maharashtra. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India, 21(1), pp.315-318.
• Veerendra, S., Ram, R.K., Geetanjali, D., Dwivedi, A., Khileri, R.A., Lende, S.R., Kumavat, T.C., Manish, J., Sumara, M.A.K., Mehata, N.K. and Desai, A.Y., 2017. Preferences of intertidal faunal communities towards the seaweeds along the Srivardhan coast, Maharashtra state. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India, 20(2), pp.1125-1128.
• Ram, R.K., Singh, V., Dwivedi, A., and Deshmukhe, G., 2017. Marine algal abundance and diversity along the intertidal region of Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 23(2): 974-979.
• Ram, R. K., Veerendra, S.,Geetanjali,D., Mukesh, K.,& Alkesh,D. 2017. Comparative Study of Marine Microalgal Abundance and Diversity along Coastal Region of Raigad District, Maharashtra. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience, 5(4):433-440.

A. Department of Fisheries Resource Management

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