Aquatic Environment Management is a relatively new yet very important subject of Fisheries science. Aquatic Environment Management mainly deals with the scientific study of the aquatic environment. Aquatic environment is facing tremendous anthropogenic stress all around the world. Whether it is freshwater, marine or brackish water environment all are facing unique challenges. Mankind is using the aquatic resources of this earth as sink of their wastes. Whether it is oil pollution or pesticide pollution or sewage pollution all are deteriorating the aquatic environment and ultimately posing great threat to the inhabitants of these environments i.e. aquatic organisms- aquatic plants, plankter, fishes etc. Apart from these, global climate change is also severely affecting the aquatic environment in terms of sea level rise, increase of sea surface temperature, shrinkage of freshwater etc. Aquatic Environment Management is an effort to scientifically analyse these problems and finding suitable solution for betterment of mankind. Adopting scientific approach is the only way to find out the root cause of this problem and to find out suitable remedies for sustainable utilization of the aquatic resources. Apart from that the department also deals with environmental constraints faced by the aquaculture sector. M.F.Sc. degree programme in the Department of Aquatic Environment Management commenced in the year 2016. Subsequently in the year 2018 the department started its PhD programme. The department is having modern laboratories and classroom facilities for its PG students. At present, the department is having 5 well equipped laboratories to cater the needs of the PG students. Separate classroom facility equipped with AV aides is also available at the department for PG teaching.
The mandate of the department is to generate human resource in the field of Aquatic Environmental Science and to carry out the mandatory responsibility of exercising the tasks of teaching, research and extension programme with relevance to the North Eastern Region of India and the country as a whole.
| Sl. No. | Name | Designation | Email/ Phone no. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Sarada Kanta Bhagabati | Associate Professor and HOD (i/c) | sarada.k.bhagabati@aau.ac.in 7896250516 |
| 2 | Dr. Rajdeep Dutta | Assistant Professor | rajdeep.dutta@aau.ac.in 9854757790 |
| 3 | Dr. Utpal Kumar Das | Assistant Professor | utpal.k.da@aau.ac.in 7638830484 |
| 4 | Mrs. Karishma mili | Assistant Professor | karishma.mili@aau.ac.in 8011725689 |
| Sl. No. | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jyoti Gogoi | Laboratory Assistant |
Masters (nos.) – 1
Ph.D. (nos.) – 1
| Sl No. | Name | Thesis title | Major guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papiya Debnath | Study on occurrence of Microplastics in some small indigenous fish species of river Brahmaputra, Assam | Dr. Rajdeep Dutta |
| 2 | Abdul Mallik | Assessment of Ichthyofaunal Diversity and Identification of Suitable fish habitats of River Diyung, Dima Hasao District, Assam | Dr. Rajdeep Dutta |
| Sl. no. | Title of the project | Project Investigator | Completion year | Funding agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aquatic study especially migratory aquatic species in the River Kopili in relation to the 120 MW Lower Kopili Hydro Electrical Project (LKHEP) at Longku, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao | Dr. Sarada Kanta Bhagabati, Dr. Rajdeep Dutta, Dr. Utpal Kumar Das | 2025 | APGCL (Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited) |
| 2. | Skill development and socioeconomic upliftment of Scheduled Cast (SC-SP) community of Deobali village, Nagaon district, Assam through scientific fish farming interventions | Dr. Sarada Kanta Bhagabati, Dr. Rajdeep Dutta, Dr. Utpal Kumar Das | 2024 | ICAR-DCFR |
| Sl. no. | Title of the project | Project Investigator | Completion year | Funding agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Transboundary Microplastics Contamination in Fish & Aquatic food chain along river Brahmaputra | Dr. Rajdeep Dutta | 2024/td> | Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), Japan |
| Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit |
|---|---|---|
| AEM 113 | Soil and Water Chemistry | 3 (2+1) |
| AEM 112 | Meteorology and Geography | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 122 | Limnology | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 312B | Aquatic Ecology and Biodiversity | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 322 | Coastal Zone Management | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 312A | Marine Biology | 2 (1+1) |
| VAC 123 | Environmental Studies and Disaster Management | 3 (2+1) |
| AEM 212 | Fishery Oceanography | 2 (1+1) |
| Aquatic Microbiology | 2 (1+1) | |
| Climate Change and its Impact on Fisheries | 2 (0+2) | |
| AEM 322 | Aquatic Pollution | 2 (1+1) |
| Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit |
|---|---|---|
| AEM 501 |
Inland Aquatic Resource Management |
3(2+1) |
| AEM 502 |
Chemical Interactions in Aquatic Environment |
3(2+1) |
| AEM 503 |
Analytical Techniques in Environmental Sciences |
3(1+2) |
| AEM 504 |
Climate Change: Impact and Management |
1(1+0) |
| AEM 505 |
Aquatic Pollution and Management |
3(2+1) |
| AEM 506 |
Eco-toxicology |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 508 |
Aquatic Microbiology |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 509 |
Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 510 |
Plankton Ecology and Trophic Dynamics |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 511 |
Environmental Biotechnology |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 512 |
Fisheries Oceanography |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 513 |
Utilization and Management of Aquatic Algal Resources |
3(2+1) |
| AEM 514 |
Restoration Ecology |
2(1+1) |
| AEM 507 |
Coastal Ecology and Coastal management |
3(2+1) |
| Course No. | Course Title | Course Credit |
|---|---|---|
| AEM 601 | Techniques in Aquatic Environmental Studies | 2 (0+2) |
| AEM 602 | Dispersal and Fate of Pollutants | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 603 | Water Issues: Challenges and governance | 1 (1+0) |
| AEM 604 | Management and Utilization of Waste and Waste Water | 3 (2+1) |
| AEM 605 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 606 | Ecology of Plankton and Benthos | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 607 | Estuarine and Coastal Oceanography | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 609 | Aquatic Plant Resource and its Management | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 610 | Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Fisheries | 2 (1+1) |
| AEM 608 | Biotechnology in Aquatic Environment Management | 3 (1+2) |
| Sl. no. | Title | Course director | Duration and Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 days hands-on training programme on “Molecular Taxonomy of fish” | Dr. Rajdeep Dutta, Dr. Sarada Kanta Bhagabati | 28th January – 3rd February, 2025 |
| Sl. no. | Title | Venue | Date/ Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 days hands-on training programme on “Molecular Taxonomy of fish” | Faculty of Fisheries Science, AAU, Raha | 28th Jan- 3rd Feb, 2025 No. of days: 7 |
| Sl. no. | Topic | Venue | Date/ Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Requirement of fertilizer application in fish ponds by Dr. Rajdeep Dutta | All India Radio, Akashvani, Nagaon | – |
| 2 | Sub-Climate Resilient Aquaculture Practices by Mrs. Karishma Mili | All India Radio, Akashvani, Nagaon | 12th Nov, 2024 |
| Sl. no. | Technology developed | Developer | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A system for collection of egg of zebrafishes and the process for collection of the same | Raktim Sarmah, Sarada Bhagabati and Rajdeep Dutta | Published |
| Sl. No. | Awardee | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Deepali Raj (2023-FMR-15), Ph.D. Scholar | *2nd Prize on the Title: Morphological Biomarkers in Zebrafish Embryos as Indicators of Riverine Toxicity: A Study of Acid Mine Drainage Stretch in the Kopili River during the National Seminar on “Advances in Environment Management for Sustainable Fisheries and livestock Production (AEMS), 2024 held at college of fisheries, Kishanganj, Bihar (Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna) (18-19th November, 2024). **National Talent Scholarship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) |
| 2. | Darshana Sharma (2024-FDR-03), Ph.D. Scholar | *2nd position for Women Scientist Oration Award presentation at the National Seminar on “Advances in Environment Management for Sustainable Fisheries and livestock Production (AEMS-2024) held at College of fisheries, Kishanganj, Bihar (Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna) (18-19th November, 2024) |
| Sl. No. | Lab facilities | Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soil and water chemistry lab | Basic instruments related to soil and water analysis |
| 2 | Ecotoxicology lab | Facilities for running embryo and adult toxicity tests, behavioural tests, and semi-automatic hatchery for zebrafish |
| 3 | Molecular biology lab | DNA Barcoding and enzymatic assays |
| 4 | Biodiversity lab | Plankton identification and quantification lab, aquatic macrophytes identification and quantification lab, rheophytes identification and quantification lab |
| 5 | Fish museum | Fish species identification |