Professional Information
Assistant Scientific Officer (Husbandry) 1993-'95
At the Field R&D Centre of Minota
Aquatech Ltd., the erstwhile aquaculture subsidiary of ITC Ltd. The main function
was to provide technical support through routine analysis of various
physico-chemical and biological parameters involved in shrimp hatchery and
grow-out farm of the company at Tuticorin, India.
Minota
Aquatech’s Hatchery and Farm
Scientific Officer (Shrimp Health) 1995-'96
At the R&D Centre of the above company
at Chennai, India. The function includes diagnostic pathology of shrimp,
disease investigations and development of preventive and therapeutic measures
for various shrimp diseases.
Minota R&D Centre
Some of the works published
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Panchayuthapani,
D.1997. A survey of
shrimp diseases in India. In T.W. Flegel and I.H. Mac Rae(eds.) Diseases in
Asian Aquaculture III. Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, Manila. Pp
225-232. Abstract
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Rao, A.V.P., D.
Panchayuthapani, Anita Murthy and B.S. Ajitha kumar.1995. Resistance to
diseases in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon through incorporation of
glucan in feed. Fishing Chimes. April 1996.
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Alagaraaja, K.,
S. Ramamurthy, D. Ramaraj, D. Panchayuthapani, B.S. Ajitha Kumar and A.
Sandhya. 1997. Shrimp seed quality. AFI Special Publication, Aquaculture
Foundation of India, Chennai, India.
Aquatic Pathologist 1997-'98
At the Aquatic Pathology laboratory, Chennai
of INVE Aquaculture NV., a Belgium based aquaculture feed manufacturer. The
main function was to provide technical support for a commercial dot-blot based
gene probe kit for rapid detection of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in
shrimp and shrimp disease related studies.
Aquatic Pathology Laboratory, INVE Aquaculture NV.
Some of the works published
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Panchayuthapani,
D and Kenneth E.
Corpron. 1997. Rapid diagnostic methods for viral diseases of shrimp. Fishing
Chimes. May 1997. p31.
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Panchayuthapani,
D.1997. DNA-based kit
to detect shrimp virus. Science & Technology Edition, The Hindu,
Nov. 20, 1997. p 28. Abstract
Consulting
Microbiologist 1999 -‘00
For NCC Bluewater Products Ltd.,
Visakhapatnam, India. The principle functions were setting up the on-farm
microbiology facility for the company and training the personnel in various
microbial techniques to support the shrimp hatchery and farm.
Laboratory In-Charge 2000-01
At Padmanabha Labs, Chennai, India.
Managing the activities of the shrimp disease diagnostic laboratory. The
responsibilities included were quality evaluation of shrimp seed by PCR
technique and diagnostic microbiology of shrimp hatchery and farm.
Responsable de laboratoire 2001-present