National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. K.A. Martin Xavier
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Kochi, Kerala, India, on 26October 1977;Educated at St. Peter's School, Kumbalanghi, Pre-degreeat Aquinas College Edacochi (Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala);Graduated in B.Sc.Zoology from St. Albert's College, Ernakulam (Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala), Post-Graduated in M.Sc. Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Kochi, Kerala) and Ph.D. in Fish Processing Technology, under the Faculty of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala

Senior Scientist in Fish Processing Technology at Quality Assurance and Management Division, ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, Kerala,2023 to date.

Field Assistant (Technical), ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi,2005-12;Scientist, 2013, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Hyderabad;Scientist, 2013-17; Scientist Sr. Scale,2017-2022; Senior Scientist, 2022-23, ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India; Senior Scientist,2023-25 and Senior Scientist (Direct recruitment), ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi

Awards/Honours: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Best Indian Fisheries Scientist Award, 2022 (Professional Fisheries Graduates Forum (PFGF), Mumbai); Best Teacher Award - 2019, Best Scientist Award 2022, Best Scientific paper award with highest Impact Factor- 2018, 2019, 2021 (ICAR-CIFE Annual Institutional Awards); Dr. C.V. Kulkarni Young Scientist Gold Medal Award, 2017 (Dr. C.V. Kulkarni Foundation, ICAR- CIFE, Mumbai); Global Peer Reviewer Award 2018 & 2019 (Publon, Web of Science); Certificate of appreciation from Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada for research services in Gender and Sustainability research (2001), Guided 17 Masters and 9 Ph.D. students, out of which 5 received the Best MFSc Thesis Award of ICAR- CIFE and 5 students secured Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research.

Fellow: Life member of the Society of Fisheries Technologists, India, SOFT (I), Kochi

Research Areas: Chitin and chitosan derivatives, Fish/Shellfish waste Valorization, Product innovation, Micro/nano plastics, and Seafood safety

Address: Senior Scientist, Quality Assurance and Management Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Willington Island, Matsyapuri P.O., Kochi 682029, Kerala; Kochery House, EARA-22, Mamata Nagar, Edappally P.O., Kochi 682024, Kerala; [Tel: Off. (0484) 2412300; Res. 8108288231; Cell: 9562757676; Fax: (0484) 2668212; Email: martinxavierkochery@gmail.com; martin.xavier@icar.org.in]