Prof. S. K. Das
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, India
Biography:
Prof. S. K. Das, M.Sc., Ph. D. in Zoology has been in research work on aquaculture and fisheries since 1987 and currently serving the Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India as Professor and Head, Department of Aquaculture. Prof. Das has been awarded Visiting Fellowship from the Science and Engineering Research Council, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India besides Fellowships from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India for pursuing his research carrier. He has been awarded Ph. D. degree from the University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India during the year 1993. Prof. Das has been associated with several major Research Projects as Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West Bengal etc. He has published his research findings in National and International Journals of repute from the esteemed publishing house like Elsevier, Francis and Taylor, Springer, Verlag Paul Parey, Oxford & IBH etc. Prof. Das is associated with a good number of journals either as member of the Editorial Board or as Reviewer. Prof. Das has participated in a training programme on Aquaculture Development Organised by the MASHAV Centre for International Cooperation, Israel and Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India under mutual cooperation between Govt. of India and Govt. of Israel among so many other training programmes. Recently he has visited Colombo, Sri Lanka to participate and present his research findings on Application of Bioflocs Technology in aquaculture in an International Conference AgriFish 2017. Currently Prof. Das is working on in-situ remediation of aquaculture wastewater through microbial manipulation based on zero water exchange techniques. He is a Life Member of the Indian Science Congress Association and the Inland Fisheries Society of India. Prof. Das has been invited as a Speaker in the IIFET Conference, Seattle, USA during July 16-20, 2018. He has also been invited in the World Agriculture Congress at Timi?oara, Romania from 24-26 May 2018. Prof. Das has been recognized as Editor, International Journal of Oceanography & Aquaculture (IJOAC) (USA), Editor, Journal of Ecology & Natural Resources (JENR) (USA), Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Aquaculture (Canada) and International Journal of Environmental and Technological Sciences (iJETs) (India).