Amit Kumar Sinha
History
- Member for
- 3 years 18 weeks
Professional information
- Own research projects
- Participation in other projects
- Position in the lab
- PhD student
- Curriculum Vitae
I remember nodding my head and refusing to take fish when mother served it. In a biology class, a teacher told us that fish was the cheapest source of protein, that fish lived in the rivers and oceans that fish could be kept in aquariums. A fascination, which so began, led me to read more on fish, watch related programs on Discovery channel. The fascination became a fervor and I took up fisheries for my graduation. Then undergraduate curriculum in Fisheries Science at College of Fisheries Lembucherra, Tripura, under Central Agricultural University (CAU) of Imphal, India introduced me to a wide range of courses and a wider gamut of ideas. Aquaculture, Fisheries Biology, Fish Pathology, Fisheries Environment, Biotechnology, Processing, Statistics, Economics – I met all these with a youngster’s enthusiasm and secured a grade of 8.66/10. Being a topper in Central Agricultural University during undergraduate programme, I was awarded Gold Medal. Based on my outstanding academic performance in all over India exam conducted by BFGI (Best Fisheries Graduate of India) awarded me Gold Medal in 2005. However what ruled my head, what I could not comprehend fully but was willing to struggle against was the abundant natural resource yet the poverty, the gap between the huge potential and the production. I believe that science can answer many questions. Feeding 7 billion people on Earth through agriculture in an environmentally sustainable manner has posed a major problem. Based on the current demographic trend, the world population is projected to reach 9.4 billion by 2050.Though living resources are self-renewable, it has to be utilized rationally on sustainable basis in harmony with environment. Hence scientists all over the world are looking upon water as a major source of food production. Water bodies are far more productive than land .The seawater is a rich and cheap source of medium for aqua farming. In this scenario Fishery science is emerging as a popular field all over the world.
My experience propelled me to take up Aquaculture for my masters and I was one among the few who qualified for Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR) scholarship from Flemish Interuniversity council, to pursue Master degree in Aquaculture in Gent University, Belgium for year 2006-2008. It was at Ghent University that I realized the value of well-prepared, economic fish feed, which could drastically curtail the cost of aqua farming in India. I was eager to learn various formulations, which gave better growth but also ensured that it was economically feasible. So far towards the development of my commitment and my efforts at doing justice to it, my career goal today is research towards promoting sustainable use of the ecosystem for production purposes like aquaculture and to integrate my knowledge of Fish Pathology and Fish nutrition and Biochemistry to augment the production level. There are opportunities for research in India but India still lacks advanced research facilities in some of the emerging areas of science. I have seen the skills required for incoming students. While with my experience in aquaculture, I have gained skills to collect field samples and supervise staff, I have learnt to collect laboratory data and have observed the intricacies in planning research activities. I assist in conducting practical classes on Aquaculture for graduate students and also involve in attending seminars and symposiums in our Institute. I have also undergone Short-term training programme.
I desire to work as a researcher career with an objective of solving the problems confronted by the industry through the application of physiological, biochemical and biotechnological tools / approaches. Earlier I used to believe that I will and then be able to solve all problems, today I understand that I may not be able to address all the problems in my field, but I do know that I can put in my bit. A highly reputed and a milieu that is conducive to high class research have prompted me to the position of “PhD Scholar in the Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology University of Antwerp.- Selected publications
Research Papers
1. Amit Kumar Sinha, Hon Jung Liew , Marjan Diricx, Ronny Blust, Gudrun De Boeck (2012). The interactive effects of ammonia exposure, nutritional status and exercise on metabolic and physiological responses in gold fish (Carassius auratus L.). Aquatic toxicology 109, 33-46.
2. Amit Kumar Sinha, Vikas Kumar, Harinder P.S. Makkar, Gudrun De Boeck, Klaus Becker (2011). Non-starch polysaccharide in Fish Nutrition: An overview. Food Chemistry 127:1409-1426.
3. Vikas Kumar*, Amit Kumar Sinha*, H.P.S. Makkar, G. De Boeck, K. Becker.(2011). Phytate and phytase in fish nutrition: A Review. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2011.01169.x). *indicates first authors
4.Vikas Kumar*, Amit Kumar Sinha*, Harinder P.S. Makkar, Gudrun De Boeck, Klaus Becker. (2010). Dietary roles of Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Human nutrition: A Review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition DOI:10.1080/10408398.2010.512671. *indicates first authors
5. Amit Kumar Sinha, Caroline Vanparys, Gudrun De Boeck, Patrick Kestemont, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Neil Wang, Marie-Louise Scippo, Wim De Coen, Johan Robbens. (2010). Expression characteristics of potential biomarker genes in Tra catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, exposed to Trichlorfon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D 5:207–216.
6. Vikas Kumar, Amit Kumar Sinha, Harinder P.S. Makkar, Klaus Becker. (2010).Dietary roles of phytate and phytase in human nutrition: A review. Food Chemistry 120, 945–959.
7. Peter De Schryver*, Amit Kumar Sinha*, Prabesh Singh Kunwar, Kartik Baruah, Willy Verstraete, Nico Boon, Gudrun De Boeck and Peter Bossier (2010). Poly-?-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) increases growth performance and intestinal bacterial range-weighted richness in juvenile European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 86:1535-1541. *indicates first authors
8. G. De Boeck, M. Eyckmans, I. Lardon, R. Bobbaers, Amit Kumar Sinha, R.Blust.(2010). Metal accumulation and metallothionein induction in the spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology 155:503-508.
9. Vikas Kumar, N.P. Sahu, A.K. Pal, Shivendra Kumar, Vidya Sagar, Amit Kumar Sinha, Jayant Ranjan (2010). Nucleic acid content changes of a tropical freshwater fish Labeo rohita fed gelatinized and non-gelatinized starch diet. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Vol. 41, No. S2, 270-277.
10. Vikas Kumar, N.P. Sahu, A.K. Pal, Shivendra Kumar Amit Kumar Sinha, Jayant Ranjan and Kartik Baruah (2010). Modulation of key enzymes of glycolysis, gluconeogenic amino acid catabolism, and TCA cycle of the tropical freshwater fish, Labeo rohita fed with gelatinized and nongelatinized starch diet. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 36:491–499.
11. Prakash Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Amit Kumar Sinha, Jayant Ranjan, H.M.P.Kithsiri and Gudipati Venkateshwarlu (2009). Comparative fatty acid profiles of wild and farmed tropical freshwater fish rohu (Labeo rohita). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 36:411–417.
12. Vikas Kumar, N. P. Sahu, A. K. Pal, Shivendra Kumar, Prakash Sharma, JK Chettri and Amit Kumar Sinha (2009). Non-gelatinized starch influences the deposition of n-3 fatty acids in the muscle of a tropical freshwater fish Labeo rohita. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 93:659-668.
13. Parisa Norouzitallab, Mehrdad Farhangi, Mohammad Babapour, Rouhollah Rahimi, Amit Kumar Sinha and Kartik Baruah (2009). Comparing the Efficacy of Dietary ?-Tocopherol to DL-?-Tocopheryl Acetate Alone or in Combination with Ascorbic acid on Growth and Stress Resistance of Angelfish, Pterophylum scalare, juveniles. Aquaculture International 17:207-216.
14.Shivendra Kumar, N. P. Sahu, A. K. Pal, Vidya Sagar, Amit Kumar Sinha and Kartik Baruah (2009). Modulation of key metabolic enzyme of Labeo rohita (Hamilton) juvenile: Effect of dietary starch type, protein level and exogenous ?-amylase in the diet. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 35:301–315.
15.Kumar Vikas, Sahu N.P., Pal A.K., Jain K.K., Kumar Shivendra, Sagar Vidya, Amit Kumar Sinha , Ranjan Jayant (2011). Gelatinized and non-gelatinized corn starch based diet influence the fatty acid profile in the liver of tropical freshwater fish, Labeo rohita. Journal of aquaculture research and development,2: 106-112.
Scientific Popular articles
1) Amit Kumar Sinha, Parisa Norouzitallab and Kartik Baruah.(2009). Antimicrobial Peptide: Possible therapeutics in Aquaculture. World Aquaculture Magazine. Vol. 40 (4). 50-53.2) Amit Kumar Sinha, K. Baruah, & Peter Bossier (2008). Horizon scanning: The potential use of Bioflocs as an anti-infective strategy in aquaculture- An overview. Aquaculture Health International. Issue 13: 8-10.
3) Amit Kumar Sinha, Kartik Baruah, Dipesh Debnath & A.K. Pal. (2007) Nutrizymes, Ideal nutraceuticals in Aquafeed: Potential and Limitation. Aquaculture Europe. Vol 32 (4): 11-14.
4) Amit Kumar Sinha, Kartik Baruah, Dipesh Debnath & A.K. Pal. (2007) Nutrizymes, Ideal nutraceuticals in Aquafeed: Potential and Limitation. Aquaculture Health International. Issue 11: 4-6.
5) Jiwan Kumar Chettri, Vikas Kumar, Amit Kumar Sinha and Rathod Ramesh, 2006. Antibiotic Residue and concept of Organic Fish Farming, Aqua international monthly magazine, Vol.14 (2): 33- 35.
6) Tejpal C. S., Kumar V., Chettri J. K., Amit Kumar Sinha. (2006). Non-antibiotic growth promoters in fish and shellfishes. Aqua Internationl. Volume 14, (4): 32-36.
7) Vikas Kumar, Olesia Gavryliuk, Amit Kumar Sinha, Sunil Nepal (2010). Promising Novel plant protein source in aqua feed: Jatropha curcas. International Aquafeed (under review).
- Selected presentations
1. Sinha AK, Vanparys C, De Boeck G, Kestemont P, Wang N, Phuong NT, Scippo M-L, De Coen W, Robbens J. 2010. Real-Time PCR Testing of Potential Biomarkers in Pangasius hypophthalmus exposed to insecticide. Genomics in Aquaculture, International symposium, Bodo, Norway, 5-7 July, 2009.Books of Abstract p 58.
2. De Schryver P, Sinha AK, Baruah K, Verstraete W, Boon N, De Boeck G, Bossier P. 2010. . The bacterial storage compound Poly-?-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) increases growth performance and intestinal microbial diversity in juvenile european sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Larvi 2009, 5th fish & shellfish larviculture symposium, Ghent
University.3. De Boeck G, Eyckmans M, Lardon I, Bobbaers R, Sinha AK, Blust R. 2009. Metal accumulation and metallothionein induction in the spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. 26th Congress of the new European Society of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Innsbruck, Austria. 6-9 September. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 154(1): S14
- Awards
• Awarded by Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR) scholarship from Flemish Interuniversity council, to pursue Master degree in Aquaculture in Gent University, Belgium for year 2006-2008.
• Best poster award: P. De Schryver, A. Kumar Sinha, P. Singh Kunwar, K. Baruah, N. Boon, W. Verstraete, G. De Boeck, and P. Bossier. The bacterial storage compound Poly-?-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) increases growth performance and intestinal microbial diversity in juvenile european sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). *Poster presentation: Larvi 2009, 5th fish & shellfish larviculture symposium, Ghent university, Belgium, 7 - 10 Sept, 2009.
• Consolation prize : Alltech Young Scientist 2010 Competition
Paper titled “The bacterial storage compound poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) increases growth performance and intestinal microbial diversity in juvenile European sea bass”• Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development (J&J PRD) Award: For exclusive VIP entrance pass to attend European Science Open Forum (ESOF 2010), Torino, Italy. Based on Paper entitled “My view on life -Cancer free world by 2020”.