Focus of Research :
- Fish landings monitoring and data collection
Background :
In 2015, I joined the Mandapam Regional Centre as a skilled support staff and I worked in the Socio-Economic Evaluation and Technology Transfer Division until 2018. Since 2018, I have been working with Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics & Extension on the collection of fish landing data in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu.
Education :
- B.Sc., (Mathematics) – 2009, V.O.C. College, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
Current Research Projects :
| No | Title | Funded By |
| 1. | Science for sustainability: developing an integrated assessment framework to support management decisions for marine fisheries in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry (SFD/IAF/13) | CMFRI |
Publications:
eprints@cmfri
Rajkumar, M and Pillai, S Lakshmi and Midhun, M and Rajkumar, R and Thirumalaiselvan, S and Saravanan, R
(2024) Morphometric relationships and condition factor of the green tiger shrimp, Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 (Decapoda, Penaeidae), from Palk Bay waters of Tamil Nadu. Crustaceana, 97 (3-4). pp. 163-179. ISSN 1568-5403- Rajkumar, M and Midhun, M and Thirumalaiselvan, S and Rajkumar, R and Saravanan, Raju (2022) Unique
occurrence of large-sized diamondback squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus (Troschel, 1857) in the Gulf of Mannar. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 51 (7). pp. 650-653. ISSN 0975-1033 - Remya, L and Thomas, Sujitha and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Thirumalaiselvan, S and Gandhi, A and Midhun,
M and Rajkumar, R and Vetrivel, V and Rajendran, U and Kalimuthu, S and Prakash, M (2023) Biological
observations and new maximum reported sizes for two threatened rays: ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio and mangrove whipray Urogymnus granulatus from the Gulf of Mannar, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 103. pp. 1-4. ISSN 1469-7769 - Remya, L and Akhilesh, K V and Vinothkumar, R and Rajkumar, M and Thirumalaiselvan, S and Midhun, M and Rajkumar, R and Mahalingam, S and Jagan, Joseph S and Suresh, S and Ramesh, A and Shanmuganathan, K and Prakash,
M and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Thomas, Sujitha (2023) Rare landings of Giant stingray Plesiobatis daviesi from Gulf of Mannar, South east India. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 258. pp. 12-13. ISSN 0254-380X - Remya, L and Mahesh, M and Akhilesh, K V and Midhun, M and Rajkumar, R and Peter, John R and Kalaiyarasan, G and Vetrivel, V and Rajendran, U and Prakash, M and Ramesh, A and Jagan, Joseph S (2021) Note on range extension of guitarfish Acroteriobatus variegatus in Indian seas. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 249. pp. 40-41. ISSN 0254-380X
