National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Basanta Kumar Das
FELLOW, ELECTED 2019

Born in Athilabaj, District Balasore, Odisha on 20 March 1966. Educated at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology; B.F:Sc., 1988; M.F.Sc., 1991; Ph.D. 1998; Post-Doc at FRS Marine Lab, Aberden, Scotland, UK 2006-2007aild Post-Doc at Bourns College of Engineering - University of California, UCR, Riverside, USA 2010.

Director, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata; President, Inland Fisheries Society of India to date; President, Professional Fisheries Graduates Forum and President, Orissa Fisheries College Alumni Association

Scientist, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 1994-95; Scientist, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 1995-98; Scientist Sr. Scale, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 1998-2003; Sr. Scientist, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 2003-09; Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 2009-16.

Awards/Honours: Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding post graduate research conferred by ICARI999; Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award conferred by ICAR for the biennium 1999- 2000; Dr. Hiralal Chaudhuri Annual Awards 2001-2002; DBT Overseas Associateship 2005; Krushakbandhu Award by Orissa Krushak Samaj 2011; Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Best Indian, Fisheries Scientist by Professional Fisheries Graduates Forum20 II; Krushi Ratna Award from Orissa; Krushak Samaj 2016; Eminent Zoologist of the year Award by Zoological Society of India 2017; Krushak Gourav Award from Orissa Krushak Samaj 2017; Cashless Award for making ICAR-CIFRI a Cashless Office, ICAR, New Delhi, 2017; Ganesh Chandra Vidyarthi Award for Hindi Journal, Nilanjali, ICAR, New Delhi, 2018; Best annual Report Award of ICAR-CIFRI, ICAR, New Delhi, 2019; Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award-2020 under Large Institute Category, ICAR, New Delhi, 2020; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences under Animal & Fisheries Sciences Category ICAR, New Delhi, 2020; Ganesh Chandra Vidyarthi Appreciation Award for Hindi Journal, Nilanjali, ICAR, New Delhi, 2020.; "Lifetime Achievement Award" in International Scientist Awards 2021 on Engineering, Science and Medicine by VDGOOD Professional Association, India; AgriVision 2023 award, Society for Agricultural Research & Management, 2023; Appreciation Award, Kalash Research & Welfare Society, 2023; Best Researcher Award, New Science Inventions, 2023; Zoology Congress Medal, Zoological Society of India, 2023; Lifetime Achievement Award, International Academy of Science and Research, 2023; Reviewer Excellence Award, Indian Journal of Animal Research, 2024, Appreciation Award, BIMSTEC- India Marine Research Network (BIMReN), 2024

Fellow: International Society Environmental protection (ISEP); Member, Executive Council, India; Science Congress Association, 2020-21; Member, NASI Council (Biological Sciences), The National Academy of Sciences, India

Research Areas: Aquaculture & Molecular Immunology, Fish Health Management

Address: Director, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, West Bengal; Director's Bungalow, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Residential Complex, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, W.B.; [Tel: Off. (033) 2590177; Res. (033) 25920029; Cell: 8420229567; Fax: (033) 25920388; Email: basantadas@yahoo.com; director.cifri@gmail.com; basantakumard@gmail.com]