CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. GOVINDA RAO VELAMALA M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D C/O -3-37/22,C/o. T Sri Ranga Rao,Santosh Nagar -2, Near Masid, Diwan cheruvu,Rajanagaram Mandal - 533 296, Rajamahendravaram. Andhra Pradesh, India. Mobile: +91 944 039 5067 Mail Id: [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Course Name Institution/University Subjects Class obtained Year of study

Ph.D Andhra University Marine Biology and Fisheries First 2016

M. Phil Andhra University Marine Biology and Fisheries First 2012 M. Sc Andhra University Marine Biology and Fisheries First 2010 B. Sc Andhra University Botany Zoology Chemistry First 2008 Intermediate Board of Intermediate Botany Zoology Physics Third 2005 Education Chemistry S. S. C School of Secondary Telugu Hindi EnglishMaths First 2001 Education Science Social

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 8 Years

 Ph.D – Title: Studies on of snappers (Family: Lutjanidae ) and some biological aspects of two of genus Lutjanus off Visakhapatnam, East coast of India. Under the guidance of Dr.K.Ramesh Babu, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Marine living resources, Andhra University.

 M.Phil – Title: Studies on Taxonomy, Length Frequency and Length-Weight Relationships of Four Species of Genus Lutjanus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) Represented in the Catches of Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India. Under the guidance of Dr.K. Sujatha, Professor, Dept. of Marine living resources, Andhra University.

 Junior Research Fellow during the period 22-04-2013 to 26-12-2013 in a MOES -CMLRE- ITIS project entitled “Inventorying Bar-Coding of Venomous and Poisonous Fishes of East Coast of India.”

Teaching experience: 6 years  Working as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Aquaculture, Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

 As a Guest Faculty-1 Year in the Dept. of Marine living resources, Andhra University.

 Teaching theory and Practical classes for M.Sc students of Marine Biology and Fisheries; Coastal Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology and Marine Biotechnology. RESEARCH AREAS: - Taxonomic Identification of Marine Fishes - Reproductive Biology of marine Fishes - Molecular Taxonomy of marine Fishes - Aquaculture - Fishing technology and fisheries management - Fish processing technology

PUBLICATIONS: 35. 1. Velamala, G.R. & M.K. Naranji. (2018). On the occurrence of the rare Long-nosed Stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Uranoscopidae) in the coastal waters off Visakhapatnam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(5): 11697–11700.

2. Darwin CH, Suneetha K., Kavitha K., Govinda Rao V. (2017). Water quality assessment of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in semi-intensive culture systems at villages of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Advanced Science and Research. 2(4):123-129.

3. Kavitha K, Suneetha K, Darwin CH, Selvakumar P, Muddula Krishna N, Govinda Rao V. (2017). Evaluation of Water Quality in Biofloc and Non Biofloc Systems of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931). International Journal of Advanced Educational Research. 6(2): 14-17.

4. Velamala GR, Naranji KM, Babu RK (2017). New Record of Blue Striped Snapper, Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828) (Family: Lutjanidae), From Indian Waters.J Aquac Mar Biol.5(2).

5. MuddulaKrishna,N,GovindaRao,VandK.Sujatha.2017.Pteroispaucispinula (MizukiMatsunu ma and HroyukiMotomura, 2015) a new distributional record from Indian waters. Biodiversity Journal.(4): 897–900.

6. Geetha S, Muddula Krishna N,Rushinadha Rao Kakara, GovindaRao V and K. Ramesh Babu. 2016. Microbial assessment of commercially important crabs fromVisakhapatnam fishing harbour, East coast of India. European Journal of Experimental Biology.57-61

7. Muddula Krishna N GovindaRao, V and Ramesh Babu. K. 2016. First record of spotfin cardinal fish queketti(Gilchrist, 1903) (: Perciformes: ), from Visakhapatnam, Middle East coast of India. International Journal of Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture 2016; 6(2): 64-67.

8. Geetha. S, GovindaRao, V, Muddula Krishna, N, K.V.Siva Reddy and Ramesh Babu, K. 2016. Antimicrobial activity of numb ray Narke dipterygia (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) from Visakhapatnam, east coast of India. Proceedings of Botanical and Phytochemicals: the challenges and promise for health care and drug development.

9. Muddula Krishna, N and V.GovindaRao. (2016). First record of rare pelagic sting ray Pteroplatrygon violacia (Bonaparte, 1832) from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, north East coast of India. Int. J. Fish and Aquatic Res., 1(1): 40-42.

10. Muddula Krishna, Naranji and Govinda Rao Velamala. (2016). first record of Rama Rao'sscorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis ramaroi (Randall and Eschmeyer, 2001 (genus: , family: ) from Visakhapatnam, east coast of India. Fish Taxa.1(2):84-88. 11. GovindaRao, V and Muddula Krishna N. (2016). First record of Arabian perchlet Chelidorperca occipitalis Kotthaus, 1973 from Visakhapatnam, East coast of India. Int. J. Zool.Res., 5(1):88-90.

12. Geetha, S, R.R. Kakara, GovindaRao, V, Muddula Krishna, N and K.R.Babu.(2016). Microbial assessment of commercially important crabs from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, east coast of India. Eur. J. Exp. Biology. 57-61.

13. GovindRao,V, N. Mddula Krishna and D. Venu . Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1982, a first record of spiny snout squirrel fish (Beryciformes: Holocentridae) from Visakhapatnam, Middle East coast of India. J. Exp. Zool. India. 19(2): 667-669.

14. Krishna NM, GovindaRao V, VenuDevara (2016). First record of Indian golden barred butterfly fish, Roa jayakari(Norman, 1939), (Pisces: Chaetodontidae) from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, east coast of India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 4(2): 403-405.

15. Muddula Krishna, N, V. GovindaRao and D. Venu. 2016. Occurrence of rare sharptail mola Masturus lanceolatus (Lienard, 1840) (Order, Tetraodontiformes:Molidae), in the coastal waters of Visakhapatnam, India. 8(13): 9592–9594. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8(13):8(13): 9592–9594.

16. Muddula Krishna, N, V. GovindaRao and D. Venu. 2016. Taxonomy diversity, species composition, distribution, conservation and abundance of rocky shore intertidal fishes in the Visakhapatnam, East coast of India. Journal of Experimental Zoology India. 19(1).

17. Muddula Krishna N,V. Govindarao, and D. Venu. 2015. Length weight relationship of some rock pool fishes off Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. 2(3):5-6.

18. MuddulaKrishna Narnaji and GovindaRao, V (2015). New Record of low fin scorpion fish Scorpaenodes parvipinnis Garret (1836) family Scorpaenidae from Indian Waters. Advances in Pharmacology and Toxicology. 16(3): 69-74.

19. GovindaRao, V, Muddula Krishna, N, P. Padmavathi, N. Ram saireddy, D. Venu and K. Ramesh Babu. 2015. Length weight relationship studies on some marine ornamental fish species off Visakhapatnam.J. Exp. Zool. India. 18, No.2, July 2015.

20. Muddula Krishna, N, GovindaRao, V, and T. UdayRanjan T, Siva Reddy and K. Ramesh Babu. 2015. Length- weight relationship of pugnose pony fish Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787) (family: Leiognathidae)from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, north east coast of India Research Journal of , Veterinary and Fishery Sciences 3(5):1-4.

21. Muddula Krishna, N, V.GovindaRao, N, Ram Sai Reddy, D, Venu and K. Ramesh Babu. 2015 Diversity of some marine ornamental fish species along Visakhapatnam coast, East coast of India. Life sciences International Research journal 2(1):475-479.

22. Muddula Krishna, N, V. Govindarao and D. Venu. 2015. Length –Weight relationships for some rock pool fishes off Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 2(3): 139-140.

23. Muddula Krishna, N, V. Govindarao, Suresh, K. M, N. Ram Sai Reddy.2015. A new record of cardinal fish Ostorhinchus fleurieu (Lacepede, 1802) from Middle East coast of India (Pisces: Apogonidae). J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 71-73. 24. GovindaRao, V, and Muddula Krishna,N. 2015. First record offlat toad fish Colletteichthysdussumierie(Valencinnes, 1837)(Family: Batrachoididae) from Visakhapatnam coast, off North Andhra Pradesh. J. Exp. Zool. India Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 39-41.

25. Geetha S, Sri lakshmi B, Y. Karuna,V. GovindaRao, N. Muddula Krishna, N. Ram Sai Reddy, Bhavani K. and K. Ramesh Babu. (2014). Microbiological Examination of Three Types of Common Edible Marine Fishes from Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour, East Coast of India. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences. 6(5): 471-474.

26. Geetha S,V. GovindaRao, N. Muddula Krishna, N. Ram SaiReddy and K. Ramesh Babu (2014). Some aspects of Biochemical and Microbial Analysis of Sun Dry fish Trichiurus lepturusLinnaeus, 1758 from the East Coast off Visakhapatnam. International journal of Advanced Biological Research.4 (4):462-465.

27. Geetha S, GovindaRao V, Muddula Krishna, N, Ram Sai Reddy, N and Ramesh Babu (2014). Screening of Pathogenic Microorganisms from Commercially Important Marine Fishes off Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour, East coast of India. International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences. 3(11): 1-7.

28. GovindaRao, V, N. M. Krishna and K. Sujatha, 2014. Length weight relationship and length groups of two species of snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae) represented in the catches of Visakhapatnam, Middle East coast of India. Indian Journal of Experimental Zoology India, (17).

29. Jyothi, K, N.M. Krishna, V. GovindaRao and S.Geetha.Antimicrobial activity studies from poisonous short nosed tripod fish, Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, India.J Med Chem Toxicology.1(2): 1- 4.

30. Muddula Krishna, N, V. Govinda Rao and D. Venu. 2017. Pseudanthias vizagensis sp . nov ., a new anthinae fish (sub family: Anthinae ) genus Pseudanthias, from india, . J. Exp. Zool. India 20,( 1, ) : pp. 213-216.

31. Muddula Krishna Naranji, Govinda Rao Velamala and Kandula Sujatha. (2017). New record of Mozambique scorpionfish, mossambica (Peters, 1855), (Actinopterygii: order, Scorpaeniformes; family:Scorpaendiae) from Indian waters. Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences. 32. Govinda Rao, V, N. Muddula Krishna, K. Sujatha. (2017). Phylogenetic Relations and Electrophoretic Identification Of Allozyme In Four Species Of Snappers. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1095. 33. Govinda Rao, V, K.Ramesh Babu and Muddula Krishna Naranji. 2017. Genetic Relationship of Snappers (Family: Lutjanidae) from Indian Waters Using SDS-PAGE Technique. Genetics of Aquatic Organisms 1: 49-55 (2017) 34. Kavitha K , Suneetha K , Darwin CH , Selvakumar P , Muddula Krishna N, Govinda Rao V (2017). Evaluation of Water Quality in Biofloc and Non Biofloc Systems of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931). International Journal of Advanced Educational Research. 2(6)14-17. 35. Velamala, G.R. & M.K. Naranji (2018). On the occurrence of the rare Long-nosed Stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Uranoscopidae) in the coastal waters off Visakhapatnam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(5): 11697– 11700; http://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3520.10.5.11697-11700

SEMINAR ATTENDED National:  National seminar on “Challenges for sustainable management of fishery resources of Indian EEZ” held at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam on 20th January,2010.  National Seminar on “Present Perspectives of Bioactive Molecules and Biotechnology” Organized by Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Microbiology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, From 30th – 31st May 2012.  National seminar on “Current Trends in Cultivable Penaeid species in Indian Aquaculture systems (CPSIA -2014) held at Department of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University. Visakhapatnam on 3rd February 2014.  National seminar on “Impact on climate change Success and Challenges in Ocean and Atmospheric Research (SCOAR-2014)” 9-10 October 2014 held at Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University.  National seminar on” The impact on socio economic and political development on environment and Biodiversity dated on 28th February, 2015, organized by Dr. V.S.Krishna College, Visakhapatnam.  National seminar on” Marine Biodiversity and Management of Coastal Ecosystems (MBMCE-2015) held at Dept of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam during 8th- 9th April 2015.  National Seminar on” Climate Change- Ecosystems-Environment and Society” held during 21st -22nd September, 2015 organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.  National seminar on “Frontiers in Modern Biochemistry from Molecules to Disceases” held at the Dept. Biochemistry, Andhra University from 23rd to 24th March, 2015.  National seminar on “Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forest In India” organized by Centre for Mangroves and Coastal Ecology, Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, MoEF, Visakhapatnam from 15th to 17th June, 2016.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED: International  International conference on Effects of Emissions & Effluents and Environment (EEEE, 2014) held at College of Engineering , Andhra university 30th June and 1st July, 2014.  International conference attended on “Recent Advances in Aquaculture (RAA-2016) held at Dept. of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and AP. 16th to 17th December 2016.

SCIENCE CONGRESS: ATTENDED  Participated in 6th Indian Youth Science Congress held at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on January 19-21 .2015  Participated in the “World Congress on Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture, Animal Sciences, Food Technology, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Sustainable Approaches” (AFHAFBC-2014) organized by “ KrishiSanskriti” on 6th and 7th December, 2014 held at JNU, New Delhi.

WORKSHOPS: ATTENDED National  National Workshop on “Analytical and Molecular Techniques” organized by Advanced analytical laboratory DST-Purse Programme, under phase -2 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam held on November 30th and 1st December 2015.  National workshop on “MolecularModeling and Drug Designing” during 27th to 30th January, 2015 at Dept. of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University.  National workshop on “Algal Technology” organized by Dept. of Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University and Sevas Educational Society, Gugly Centre for Biological Research, Bhubaneswar, on 4th Jan 2016 at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.  National workshop on” Interactive Co-Learning Workshop on Philosophy, Methods and Ethics in Science” held ICAR Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam during 11-24th March, 2016.  National Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS): An Advancement in Bioinformatics during 17th – 19th February, 2017, at Dept. of Marine Living Resources, Andhra University

International  International Workshop on Fish taxonomy “INFOFT- 2012” held at Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. From 21st -23rd March 2012.  International workshop on “Innovative and sustainable wastewater treatment (IWISWTP- 2016), held during 25th- 26th February, 2016 organized by Andhra University, College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam.  International workshop on “DESALINATION- (In DACON-2016)” organized by AU College of Engineering (A), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam held during 29th -31st January 2016.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES: National:  Undergone training programme in National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training from 8th to 22nd March, 2010 on the aspect of Fish Processing Technology.  Undergone training programme in National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training on the aspect of “Microbial Analysis of Sea foods” year 2014.  Undergone training programme on “Coastal Ecosystem Modelling” held from 31st August to 4th September 2015 organized by Ministry of Earth Sciences, ICMAM, and Chennai.  Undergone training programme on “Live Feed for Marine Finfish and shell fish culture” organized at Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, and Andhra Pradesh during 17th -22nd March, 2016.

International Training Programme:  Undergone training programme in International Training Centre for operational Oceanography (ITCOocean) ESSO- Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Training course on “Biological Oceanographic Process” organized at the INCOIS- Hyderabad during May 18-22, 2015.

Other curricular activities  Participated in National Service Scheme of “Special Camping Programme” in Kambakaya Village during 6th -15th Oct 2002.  Participated in the Andhra University Academic Exhibition - 12-16, 2011.  Participated and runner of Sports and anniversary celebrations 2012

Technical Qualification:  Diploma in Computer Applications (6 months) from Datapro Info World Ltd in 2008, Narasannapeta, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

SOFTWARE EXPOSURE:  Web designing : MS Word, MS PowerPoint 2010 professional  Operating systems : Windows8, 7,Vista, XP, 2003.

PERSONAL DETAILS: Date of Birth : 11th August 1986 Marital Status : Unmarried Nationality : Indian Address (Permanent) : Govinda Rao, Velamala Jammu (Village), Narasannapeta (Mandal and Post) Srikakulam (District), Andhra Pradesh, India. Pin-532421 Languages Known : English, and Telugu.

DECLARATION:

I hereby declare that the above mentioned details are true up to my knowledge. I assure you that if appointed I will do my best to rise to the expectations of my superior.

Date: 20-05-2018 Place: Visakhapatnam (GOVINDA RAO VELAMALA)