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Dr. Niranjan Sarangi, born on 2nd June 1946 is the Director, Central Institute if freshwater Aquaculture, kausalyaganga Bhubaneswar-751002, Orissa, India, After getting doctoral degree in zoology from Calcutta university he joined ICAR and has served ICAR in various capacities. His major research contributions are in aquatic ecosystem analysis, fish genetics, biotechnology and multifaceted aquaculture development. He has more than 40 research publications in various national and international journals to is credit. He is also the recipient of ICAR team award: 1994-96 as team leader.

Dr. Subbanna Ayyappan, born on 10th December, 1955 is presently the Deputy Director General (Fisheries) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. After receiving his B.F.Sc., M.F. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from College of Fisheries, Mangalore, India, he joined Agricultural Research Service in 1978. He has served ICAR in different capacities including Director, CIFA and Director, CIFE-Deemed University. He has guided many Masters and Doctoral students. He has served several national and international committees and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the World Fish Centre, Malaysia and Network of Aquaculture Centre of Asia and Pacific (NACA), Bangkok, Thailand. He has over 100 research publications to his credit and filed one patent application with the Indian authority.