Faculty Profile- Devashish Kar, Ph.D

About Research

In course of 40 Years of Teaching and Research career Professor Devashish Kar, is one of the Pioneer Researchers in India in the Field of Wetlands, Fishery Science and Aquaculture. He has, till date, explored and studied the Habitats, Fish Biodiversity, Changes through time and Management and Conservation of about 273 Wetlands and 52 Rivers in North-East India covering the Provinces of Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim; reporting the occurrence of about 270 Species of Fishes, many of them for the first time. The biggest Wetland, viz. Sone Beel (3457.12 ha at FSL) has been declared as a Wetland of National Importance on the basis of his works by the MoEF, Govt. of India, being recommended by the Govt. of Assam (vide Assam Govt. Letter No. FRM 41/2008/63-A, dt. 8.9.2008 from Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Department of Environment and Forests; vide Resolution No. 11 dt. 16.10.2008 of the Meeting of the Expert Group of MOEF, Govt. of India, New Delhi). Professor Kar is one of the pioneer researchers in the World in unravelling the causes of hitherto unknown enigmatic fish disease called the Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS).

Best Recent Publications:

• 1. Kar, D (2013). Wetlands and Lakes of the World, pp.xxx + 687, Springer (London).,
  Print ISBN 978-81-322-1022-1; e-Book ISBN: 978-81-322-1923-8.
• 2. Kar, D. (2007). Fundamentals of Limnology and Aquaculture Biotechnology, vi +
  609, Daya Publishing House (New Delhi). ISBN: 81-7035-455-2
• 3. Kar, D. (2012). Essentials of Fish Biology, pp.vii + 244, Dominant Publishers, (New
  Delhi). ISBN: 978-93-82007-16-
• 4. Das, B. K., Boruah, P. and Kar, D. (2014). Study of Seasonal Variation of Water
  Quality of River Siang in Arunachal Pradesh, India. IOSR Journal of Environmental
  Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT). 8 (2IV): 11-20.
• 5. Puinyabati, H., Shomorendra, M. and Kar, D. (2013). Comparative study of helminth
  infection in Anabas testudineus (Bl) collected from Chatla Haor of Assam and
  Awangsoi Lake of Manipur. Science and Culture 19(2).
• 6. Kar, D.; Nagarathna, A.V.; Ramachandra, T.V.; and, Dey, S.C. (2005 e). Fish
  Diversity and Conservation aspects in an aquatic ecosystem in North-East India.
  ZOOS’ Print Journal 21 (7): 2308-2315.
• 7. Das, B.K., Dutta, B., Singh, N.R., and Kar D. (2013). Length- Weight Relationship of
  Labeo calbasu (Hamilton-Buchanan) from Sone Beel, the biggest Wetland of Assam,
  India, Paripex –Indian Journal of research Vol. 2, No. 10, 11-13pp.
• 8. Das, S.; Das T., Das, B. K and Kar D. (2014). Study of Fish diversity and Physicochemical
  Parameters of River Singla, Assam, India. International Journal of
  Environmental Sciences. (Accepted).
• 9. Binky, K., Shomorendra, M. and Kar, D. (2014). Incidence and Intensity of
  Trematode Metacercariae Infection in Channa punctata of Karbhala Wetland, Cachar
  District, Assam. Research Frontiers in Wetlands, Fishery & Aquaculture. 201-206.
• 10. Ranibala, Th., Shomorendra, M., Kar, D.,2010 Prevalence and Intensity of Nematode
  Parasite among siluroid fishes of Loktak lake in Manipur. Life Science Bulletin. Vol.
  8(2): 241-242