Dr. A. Laxminarayana was Till Recently Working As Emeritus Scientist Of The Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (Govt. of India) At Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Cochin, Kerala State, India. He Has More than 40 Years Of Research And Teaching Experience And 35 Years Of Experience In Administration, Consultancy And Extension. He Is An Internationally Known Consultant In Aquaculture and Fisheries especially In The Fields Of Shrimp, Freshwater Prawn, Mudcrab, Fishes, Sea Cucumber Breeding Seed Production And Culture, Environmental Science and In Aquaponics. He Is A Recipient Of National Award For The Year 1980 – 81 For His Outstanding Research Contributions In The Field Of Shrimp Breeding and Culture. He Is The Recipient Of Rashtriya Gaurav Award For The Year 2016 And Glory Of India Gold Medal For The Year 2016.
He Is A Recipient Of Mother Teresa Excellence Award 2017. APJ Abdul Kalam Excellence Award And Atal Bihari Vajpayee Excellence Award
He Is Visiting Professor At Several Prestigious Institutions And Universities.
He Has Served As Consultant To Govt. Mauritius ( as Advisor), Iran, Oman, Cambodia, Namibia,Tanzania,Uganda, Bangladesh, Maldives, Vietnam, Qatar, Bahrain, Srilanka,Uganda,Ivory Coast Guinea,Ghana, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Governments Of Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Amrita University, Cochin, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), FAO, World Bank,Asian Development Bank (ADB) KITCO Indira Gandhi Open University ( IGNOU), And SDA University Gujarat etc.

1)He Is A Recipient Of Mother Teresa Excellence Award 2017.
2)He is the Expert Environment Blue Revaluation Project( Fisheries) Govt of India
3)He is the Also Expert Member of National Level monitoring member for the central Government Projects Under the Ministry of Rural Development India.
4)He is an Expert Member of Several Govt.of India committee Dealing with Aquaculture and Fisheries

Dr.A.Laxminarayana, an internationally known Scientist in the field of aquaculture and fisheries is a recipient of several awards for his outstanding contributions to fisheries, aquaculture, and society. He Was Recipient Of Several Awards Such as the Rashtriya Gaurav Award, Glory of India award and the Mother Teresa excellence award Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam Excellence Award and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Excellence Award at the international level.
Earlier, he was the recipient of ICAR award for his valuable contributions to aquaculture and fisheries

Dr.A.Laxminarayana was formerly with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute as Principal Scientist and Head of Fishery Environment Management Division and Chief Training Organizer of the Trainers Training Center. He has developed technologies for the breeding, seed production and culture of shrimps. He has also developed technologies for the seed production of shrimps by artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization for the first time. He also developed technologies for breeding, seed production and culture of freshwater prawns, mud crabs, finfishes and sea cucumbers.

Dr.A.Laxminarayana has served/serving as Adviser /Consultant in Aquaculture and Fisheries to Several Government and private organizations in India, Mauritius, Cambodia, Iran, Oman, Srilanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, Qatar, Bahrain, Maldives, Namibia, Vietnam, Tanzania, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea etc. He has served/serving as Consultant to World Bank, Asian Development Bank, FAO of United Nations, ILO of United Nations, Japan International Co-operation Agency [JICA], NABARD, KITCO KFW Development Bank of Germany Deloitte, PWC, Agriculture Skill Development Council of India (Govt of India) ETC. He has also worked at the University of California, U.S.A on an FAO Fellowship.

He has served as Visiting Professor at several prestigious universities. He is the Expert member of several Government of India committees on aquaculture and Fisheries. As a Fisheries Expert, he is evaluating the aquaculture projects implemented by the various state governments under the Blue Revolution scheme of NFDB, DADF, Government of India. He is the National Level Monitoring Committee member to evaluate the central government schemes by the state governments. And he is the reviewer of several national and international journals dealing with aquaculture, fisheries, and environment.

Fisheries Consultant
Aquaculture Consultant
Fisheries Consultant Kochi
Aquaculture Consultant Kochi
Aquaculture & Fisheries Consultant Kochi
Aquaculture Consultancy Kochi
Teaching and Training Environment Science
Aquaculture Farm Certification Kochi
Rashtriya Gaurav Award Winner 2016 Kochi
Glory Of India Gold Medal Winner 2016 Kochi
Aquaculture Teaching And Training Kochi
Aquaculture Awarded Winner 2016
Mother Teresa Excellence Award 2017
Detailed Project Report for Aquaculture and Fisheries
Environmental Impact Assessment Studies

Dr. A. LAXMINARAYANA
Ex-Principal Scientist and HOD, FEMD,
CMFRI and Incharge of Mariculture Division
“SAMUDRA”, PRA 82, Elamakkara,
Ernakulam, Cochin- 682026,
Kerala State, India.
Mobile: (91) 9961888067
Email: drlaxminar@yahoo.co.uk, drlaxminar1948@gmail.com
Website: www.dralaxminarayana.com
www.aquacultureconsultancy.com

Nationality
Indian

Passport details
Number: Z7222716
Issued at Cochin on 22.10.2013
Validity upto 21.10.2023

Educational Qualifications
M.Sc (Bio-Science) from Mysore University
Ph.D (Crustacean Physiology) from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu.
A.R.S. (Fisheries Science)
Fellow of Zoological Society

Details of Employment
• Instructor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore,
India 1972 – 1977
• Senior Scientist, Prawn culture Laboratory of Central
Marine Fisheries Research Institute, (CMFRI) Narakkal,
Cochin, Kerala, India 1977 – 1987
• FAO Visiting Fellow, University of California,
Bodega Bay USA 1985
• Scientist-in-charge, Narakkal Research Centre of Central
Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Narakkal,
Cochin, Kerala, India 1987 – 1996
• Principal Scientist, Crustacean Fisheries Division, CMFRI,
Cochin – 18, Kerala, India 1996 – 2000
• Principal Scientist and Chief Training Organiser,
Trainers’ Training Centre of CMFRI, Cochin – 18, India 2000 – 2004
• Advisor (ITEC Expert) in Fisheries, Government of Mauritius 2004 – 2007
• Principal Scientist & Head, Fishery Environment
Management Division & In-charge Mariculture
Division of CMFRI, Cochin, India 2007 – 2009
• Consultant, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Since 2007
• Consultant, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD), Mumbai, India 2009 – 2010
• Visiting Professor, University of Kerala Trivandrum, India 2009 – 2017
• Emeritus Scientist of Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Govt. of India at Cochin, India 2010 – 2012
• Consultant, World Bank On Project basis
• Member of faculty at the Asian Institute of Food Safety
Management, Cochin, India 2012 – 2013
• Expert Committee Member of Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Government of India
continuing 2013 – 2017
• Visiting Scientist, Cochin University of Science and
Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India 2016 – 2017
• Selected as Mariculture Expert for the European Union
Funded Project at Ghana 2016
• UGC Visiting Professor,
Cochin University of Science and Technology 2017

Experience
Research - 43 years
Teaching - 43 years
Extension - 36 years
Administration - 31 years
Consultancy - 36 years
Fields of specialization
Aquaculture and Fisheries (Major Field)
Fisheries Resources Management
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Fisheries Environment Management
Conservation of Biodiversity with special reference to Mangroves
Ornamental Fish Culture
Environmental Sciences.
Cage culture of fish
Climate change and fisheries
Aquaponics
Aquaculture Farm Certification
Developed Technologies for induced breeding, seed production and culture of Marine Shrimps, freshwater prawns, mud crabs, fin fishes and sea cucumbers

Awards
Recipient of National Award, Sukumar Basu Memorial Award for the year 1980-81 for outstanding research contributions in aquaculture
Recipient ICAR Emeritus Scientist Award, 2010
Recipient of Rashtriya Gaurav Award, 2016
Recipient of Glory of India Gold Medal, 2016
Recipient of Mother Teresa Excellence Award, 2017
Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam Excellence Award
Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Excellence Award, 2018
Best Cictizen Of India Award 2019

Languages Known
English, French
Sanskrit, Kannada
Hindi, Telugu
Malayalam
Tamil, Tulu

Countries visited
• USA, Thailand, Cambodia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Sultanate of Oman,
Republic of Mauritius, Bangladesh, Maldives, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai,
Sri Lanka, Namibia, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia, UK, Holland, Belgium,
France, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican, Austria, Tanzania, Germany ,Uganda, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Turkey, Philippines, Ivory Coast, Guinea & Australia
Consultancies given
Served as consultant to Govt. of Mauritius (as Advisor), Iran, Oman, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Maldives, Namibia, Vietnam, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Tanzania,
Ivory Coast, Guinea, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Governments of Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Amrita University, Cochin, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), World Bank, FAO, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Indira Gandhi Open National University (IGNOU), SDA University, Gujarat, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, Green Initiatives Certification and Inspection agency for Shrimp Farm Certification and Consultant to KITCO Ltd, Govt of Kerala.

Technologies developed and other significant contributions
Developed technologies for breeding, seed production and culture of marine penaeid shrimps such as Penaeus monodon, P. indicus, P. semisulcatus and other commercially important marine shrimps. Developed technologies for seed production by artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization in marine shrimps. Served as consultant to several government agencies and private entrepreneurs in India and abroad on marine shrimp breeding, seed production and farming.
Developed technologies for breeding, seed production Including Back Yard Hatchery and culture of freshwater prawns, sea cucumbers, seabreams and mudcrabs. The technologies developed by me were transferred to several government agencies & private entrepreneurs in India and abroad.
The technologies developed by me have helped to argument shrimp / fish production in the country and improved rural income and employment.
Served as consultant to National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a megaproject on Development of Wetlands, marshylands and mangroves for sustainable development in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Served as consultant to NABARD projects at Andamans to develop sustainable aquaculture in seawater inundated areas as a result of Tsunami.
Developed projects for Conservation and Management of Fisheries.
Conducted Environment Impact Assessment studies for various projects in India and abroad with special emphasis on conservation of Bio diversity
Associated with the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) projects in India and abroad.
Member of committee for evaluating various projects of funded by Central Govt.
Membership of important Committees

Member of Committee of Agriculture and Fisheries sector under Umbrella scheme on Technology Vision – 2020 : Projects in Mission mode of the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Expert member of the Agricultural Scientists’ Recruitment Board, New Delhi, India.
Advisory Board Member of Amrita School of Pharmacy, Cochin on Marine Pharmacology, Cochin, Kerala, India.
Selection Committee member and Examiner to Several prestigious Universities.
Reviewer of several national and international journals dealing with aquaculture and fisheries.
Expert Committee Member of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Government of India.
Expert member of Cochin University of Fisheries and Ocean studies (KUFOS)
Served as Consultant to Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Odisha to help them argument fish / shrimp production in Ganjam District.

List of Important Publications
Artificial insemination of Penaeus monodon - Curr. Sci. 53(2) 1075-1997; 1984.

pH as a factor influencing maturation of Penaeus indicus in capacity. Indian J. Fish 31(2); 217-222, 1984.

Induced maturation of penaeid prawns for hatchery operations. Paper presented at the Poster Session of the National Symposium on shrimp production and Management held at cochin, 1983.

Induced maturation of penaeid prawns in captivity, Technical paper, summer Institute on Hatchery Production of Prawn seed and culture of Marine Prawns, 18th April, 17th May, 1983.

Hatchery production of Prawn seed; Penaeus indicus C.M.F.R.I Special Publication No. 23, 1985.

Oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion of Penaeus indicus in different salinities - C.M.F.R.I Special Publication No. 19, 1984.

On the advantages of domestication of the Indian White Prawn, Penaeus indicus - Indian J. Fish. 33, No.I, 129-133; 1986.

Induced maturation and spawning of Penaeus indicus without eyestalk ablation. Indian J. Fish. 33, No.2, 246-250, 1986.

Osmoregulatory ability and effect of eyestalk ablation in the tiger prawn Penaeus monodon (Fabricus) – Proc. of the National Symposium on Physiology of crustacea held at Marathwala University during 26-27 March, 1987.

Role of nutrition in broodstock Management - Technical paper. Summer Institute in advances in Finfish and Shelfish nutrition - 11th to 20th May, 1987.

A simple biological filter for recirculating seawater systems - Proc. Symp. Coastal Aquaculture held at Cochin, 1107 - 1109, 1986.

Land mark in prawn breeding. CIBA News, Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2, 1987.

Osmoregulatory ability of juvenile and adult prawn Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards in relation to varying salinities, Proc. Indian, Acad. Sci. Vol. 98, No. 2, 77-84, 1989.

Indians claim spawning breakthrough, Fish Farming International - Vol 15, No.4, 1988.

Oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion in crustaceans, Penaeus semisulcatus, Macrobrachium malcolmsoni and Paratelphusa hydrodromus with reference to ambient oxygen, Proc. Symp. Coastal Aquaculture, 1117-122, 1982.

Induced maturation in penaeid prawns - A review. Proc. Symp. Coastal Aquaculture, 4; 1107-1109, 1982.

Rematuration of penaeid prawns after first spawning in controlled systems – Proc. of the First Indo-Pacific symposium for invertebrate reproduction held at Aurangabad, in November, 1981.

Domestication of Penaeus indicus – Proc. of the first Indo-Pacific symposium for invertebrate Reproduction held at Aurangabad in November, 1981.

Induced breeding of Indian white prawn Penaeus indicus - Mar. Fish Infor. Serv. T & E Ser. No. 9, 1979.

Prawn culture in Cochin, Proc. of the First Workshop on Technology Transfer, C.M.F.R.I. Special Publication No.6, 1979.

Induced maturation and spawning of Indian Penaeid Prawns - Indian J. Fish Vol 24(1) & (2) 172-190, 1977.

Food and Feeding habit of the common wall lizard, Hemidactylus brooki Gray - Current Research 4; 92-93, 1975.

Osmoregulatory ability of P.Monodon in relation to varying salinities - India J. Fish, 36(1); 52-57, 1989.

Status and economics of shrimp hatcheries in India. Proc. of the F.A.O. conference on shrimps held at Bangkok, Thailand during 12th-16th September, 1989.

In vitro fertilization of the white prawn, Penaeus indicus. Communicated to the Journal of Aquaculture in the Tropics.

Techno-economic feasibility of setting up a backyard shrimp hatchery. Fishing Chimes, August, 1994.

Production of shrimp seed in backyard hatcheries for generating rural employment and income. Proc. of the symposium on Technological advancement and its impact on rural development held at Cochin, 5-7 December, 1996.

Induced maturation of penaeid prawns in captivity Invited publication published in the souvenir - A special issue of Asian Fisheries society in 1990 - pp 12-15, 1970.

Induced maturation of penaeid prawns in captivity, 1983. Summer Institute on prawn breeding and culture, 1983.

Larval rearing techniques of penaeid prawns - Invited Publication published in the souvenir on the occasion of National Seminar on shrimp seed hatcheries and farming held at Berhampur, February 12-13th, 1991.

A manual of Training Programme in Mariculture, CMFRI special publication, 1986.

A manual on training in prawn hatchery technology, CIBA special publication, 1990.

A manual on short-term training course in Backyard hatchery Technology for the white prawn Penaeus indicus CIBA special Publication, 1992.

A report on F.A.O. Fellowship training in Reproductive Physiology of marine prawns in U.S.A during June-September, 1985.

Report of F.A.O. workshop on small scale prawn / shrimp hatcheries held at Bangkok in September, 1989.

Report on a consultancy visit to Cambodia, 1992.

Report of the survey conducted to select sites for establishing shrimp hatchery at Gujarat State, 1994.

Report of the consultancy given to BFDA shrimp hatchery, Kumta, Government of Karnataka, 1992.

Report of the consultancy given to Shrimp Hatchery, Mopla Bay, Cannanore, Government of Kerala, 1992.

Compounded feeds for rearing postlarvae of Penaeus indicus in hatchery - proceedings of National Workshop on Coastal Aquaculture held at Tuticorin, 1991.

Induced maturation and spawning of penaeid shrimps - Invited contribution to the text book on fisheries of the Government of Kerala, 1994.

Backyard hatchery technology for the white prawn Penaeus indicus, CIBA Bulletin No:8, 1995.

Microparticulate feed for postlarvae of shrimp Penaeus indicus CIBA, Bulletin No:5, 1995.

Haemocytes in white shrimp P. indicus Part-I size groups and sex. Communicated to J. Aqua. Tropics.

Haemolymph protein in white shrimp P. indicus - Part-II Moult stages and ovarian development communicated to J. Aqua Tropics.

Fine structure of the haemocytes of Indian while shrimp, P. indicus. communicated to J. Aqua. Tropics.

Transfer of crab farming in Village - Demonstration of on integrated approach. Mar. Fish Inf. Serv,1998.

Studies on haemolymph of Indian white prawn Penaeus indicus C.M.F.R.I. special publication, 55, 1984.

Global trends in shrimp production and trade. Seafood Trade Fair souvenir, March, 1998.

Status of crab farming in India. Paper presented at the seminar on innovative mariculture technologies organised by NABARD, Jan. 1998.

Report on training of Maldivian team on crab farming and mangrove cultivation, 1997.

Employment opportunities in shrimp farming. Souvenir of Kerala Dheevara Sabha, 1998.

Healthy seed production and selection for stocking. Proc. of the seminar on shrimp farming organised by MPEDA, at Kannur, November, 2000.

Status of shrimp hatcheries in Kerala. Proc of seminar on shrimp farming held at Kodungalloor on 14th October, 2000, organised by Prof. K.H. Alikunhi Felicitation committee, 2000.

Influence of salinity on the survival, growth and biochemical composition of postlarvae of Penaeus monodon.

Improved shrimp farming techniques for environmental stability. Proc. International Workshop on Aquaculture and Environment organised by CUSAT and Delft, Netherlands held at Cochin, 13-14th July 2001, pp 16-28, 2001.

Induction of spawning and larval rearing of sea cucumbers, Bohadschia marmorata and Holothuria atra. SPC Bech-de-Mer Inf. Bull. 22, 2005.

Asexual reproduction in sea cucumbers, Bohadschia marmorata and Holothuria atra. SPC Bech-de-Mer Inf. Bull.23, 2006.

Spawning and larval rearing of sea cucumbers, Bohadschia marmorata and Holothuria atra. Proc. National Ocean Science Forum, Mauritius, August 2005.

Studies on acclimatization of marine shrimps, Penaeus monodon and Metapenaeus monoceros to freshwater. Proc. National Ocean Science Forum, August, 2005.

Culture of Marine Shrimp, Penaeus monodon in brackishwater. Proc. of the 4th National Ocean Science Forum, Mauritius, August, 2007.

A survey of sea cucumbers at St. Brandon. Report submitted to the Ministry of Fisheries, Government of Mauritius, 2006.

Deputation report as Advisor in Fisheries to Government of Mauritius, 2007.

Transfer of crab farming technology in coastal village of Kerala – an integrated approach, Indian Journal of Social Research Vol 45 (2) 147-153, 147-153, 2004.

Fine structure of Haemocytes of the Indian white shrimp, Fenneropenaeus indicus (H Milne Edwards, 1937). Crustaceana 77 (7); 835-848, 2004.

Freshwater prawn culture in Mauritius. In a freshwater prawns – a book published by Michael New, 2008.

Environment and fisheries on a special publication of CMFRI on impact of climate change on Indian Marine Fisheries, 2008.

Water quality management in hatcheries. Special publication of CMFRI, 2007.

Effect of environmental parameters on the growth of the sea cucumber, Holothuria atra Proc. of National Ocean Science Forum, Mauritius, 2008.

A survey of sea cucumbers SPC. Bech de-Mer. Inf. Bull. 27, 2006.

Ammonia quotients in crustaceans. Proc. of the symposium of World Aquaculture Society, held at Bejing, 2002.

Report submitted to JICA on The study on diversified Agriculture for enhanced farm income in the state of Himachal Pradesh – Fisheris component 1-70, 2008.

Haemolymph proteins of the Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus, H. Milne Edwards II. Moult stages and ovarian development. Indian J. Fish., 51(1); 1-9, 2004.

Breeding and Seed production of Sea Cucumber, Holothuria scabra. Proc. of the workshop on Advances in Aquaculture and Fisheries, prospects and challenges organized by IDLEX, held at New Delhi, 2009.

Mangroves with special reference to Aquaculture. Proc. Symposium on Mangroves, held at St. Albert’s College Cochin, November, 2008.

A Consultancy Report on Mangroves and Fisheries – Prepared for M/s. Sobha Builders, Kerala, 2009.

Development of Wetlands, Marshy lands and Mangroves in Andhra Pradesh – A Report Submitted to NABARD, 2010.

Indirect effects of the ecosystem level complicate overall impact, The Hindu Survey of Indian Agriculture, 2009.

Report on a consultancy to SDA University, Gujarat, 2010.

Present status of Litopenaeus vannamei culture in India, Presented at the 9th Indian Fisheries Forum, December, 2011.

Observations on selected characteristic of water and sediment at the open sea cage culture site of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer (Bloch) off Cochin, south-west coast of India, Indian Journal of Fisheries, 2010.

A study on Marine Crustacean Aquaculture in India and formulation of Methodologies for improved production and management. ICAR Emiritus Scientist Report, September 2012, pp 1-76

Farming of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei in India. The practical Asian Aquaculture, volume .5, issue 16, Jan-March 2014. pp 8-12

Good Management practices in Hatchery 2017 – International Symposium on sustainable Aquaculture organized by CUFOS.

Organic Aquaculture & Sustainable Farming - Report Prepared For KFW Development Bank / Deloitte

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Rashtriya Gaurav Award Winner 2016 Kochi
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Detailed Project Report for Aquaculture and Fisheries
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