ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Canal Ring Road, Dilkusha PO, Lucknow-226002, India Name Mr. Kantharajan G. Designation Scientist (On probation) Date of Birth 20/04/1993 Professional experience M.F.Sc. (Aquatic Environmental Qualification (PG and Management) above) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G4n5wHEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Link to Google Scholar Page . Fisheries Resource Management Current area of Research . Biodiversity of Mangrove ecosystem Area of Research Expertise . Taxonomy of Phylum: Mollusca Awards/ Recognitions . Best Fisheries Graduate of India (BFGI) – 2013: Dr. K.V. (only National and Devaraj Award by PFGF, Mumbai International) . Qualified ICAR-NET (2016) in Fisheries Resource Management and UGC-NET (2017) in Environmental Science Publication (no.) • Research papers 5 • Reviews Nil • Books Nil • Book Chapters Nil • Popular articles 2 • Abstracts 2 • Databases CD-ROM Nil • Technical articles Nil • Training Manual Nil • Others Nil Important Research Publications Kantharajan, G., Dinesh, R., Abuthagir Iburahim, S., Nirmal, T., Bharti, V.S., Deepak Samuel, V., 2018. Molluscan diversity of recreational beaches along the Mumbai coast, Maharashtra, India. Proceedings-Perspectives on Biodiversity of India, Vol.III, pp.500- 505. Kantharajan, G., Pandey, P. K., Krishnan, P., Ragavan, P., Jeevamani, J. J. J., Purvaja, R. and Ramesh, R., 2018. Vegetative structure and species composition of mangroves along the Mumbai coast, Maharashtra, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 19:1-8. Kantharajan, G., Pandey, P.K., Krishnan, P., Bharti, V.S. and Deepak Samuel, V., 2018. Plastics: A menace to the mangrove ecosystem of megacity Mumbai, India. ISME/GLOMIS Electronic Journal, 16(1):1-5. Kantharajan, G., Pandey, P. K., Krishnan, P., Samuel, V. D., Bharti, V. S. and Purvaja, R., 2017. Molluscan diversity in the mangrove ecosystem of Mumbai, west coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 14:102-111. Rocktim, R. D., Kantharajan, G., Goutham, S., Samuel, V. D., Krishnan, P., Rajkumar, R. and Purvaja, R., 2017. First report of Antigona Somwangi Huber, 2010 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) from India. Journal of Conchology, 42(5):379-380. .