General Informations

  • Join Date: 01/04/2015
  • College: College of Fisheries
  • Department: Aquaculture
  • Office Email: kaustubh.bhagawati[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2011
B.F.Sc (Bachelor in Fisheries Science)

College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University, Raha, Nagaon,Assam

 
 
 
 
 
2013
M.F.Sc (Masters in Fisheries Science)

ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
01-04-2015 - Till date
Assistant Professor

College of Fisheries, Assam Agricultural University

Achivements
  • Acting as Principal Investigator of the Gene Bank Project - Scientific Conservation Programme for Indigenous Fish (Sub Project -II) funded by Dept. of Fisheries, Govt of Assam
  • Acting as Principal Investigator of the ICAR-DCFR sponsored Schedule Caste Sub Plan Project on "Improving livelihood pattern of Scheduled Caste fishing communities in foothill regions of northern bank of Brahmaputra valley through scientific aquaculture-based avenues”
  • Acting as Co -Principal Investigator of a NABARD sponsored project on “Biofloc Fish Farming – A new Avenue for Increasing Farm Productivity and Profitability for Small Farm Holders of Assam"
  • Successfully performed the captive spawning of indigenous minor carp, Cirrhinus reba for first time in Assam under Gene Bank Project
  • Standardized the habitat breeding and larval rearing of humpback featherback, Chitala chitala
  • Acted as Co-Principal Investigator of TSP project on "Socio-economic Development of Tribal Communities Through Demonstration and Training of Scientific Fish Farming Practices in Four Selected Districts of Assam
Membership
  • Cold Water Fishery Society of India
    Annual Member
    2019
Projects
  • ARIAS SOCIETY, Assam sponsored project on "Establishment of a Model Seed for Community Development through quality fish seed production in Nagaon district of Assam", project cost Rs.60.34 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • AAU R&D sponsored project on "Aquaculture Diversification through murrel farming in cages for enhancing productivity of beel fisheries using local feed formulation", project cost Rs.24.5 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • SOPD head, Govt of Assam sponsored project on "Scientific conservation programme for indigenous fishes sub Project-II", project cost Rs.936.0 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • ICAR, DCFR sponsored project on "Socio-economic upliftment of Scheduled caste community of of North Lakhimpur, Biswanath chariali and Sonitpur district of Assam", project cost Rs.15.38 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • NABARD sponsored project on "Bio-Floc Fish farming – A new avenue for increasing farm productivity and profitability for small farm holders of Assam", project cost Rs.17.632 Lakh implemented in 2020.