Area of Research	Fish Processing
Education	PhD (Post Harvest Technology)
Current projects	Technological Interventions in value addition and advanced processing techniques for fish and shellfish: Project code: 1000661056(P-119/2022 (3) Development and validation of biomedical and cosmetic products from secondary fishery raw materials: Project code: 1000661052(P-115/2020 (3) Development of food and Industrial products from secondary raw materials of aquatic origin: Project code: 1000661059(P-122/2023(3)
Awards	Received Best Poser Award for the paper entitled ‘Augmenting Livelihood and Knowledge of Aborigines and Immigrants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands through Value Addition in Fisheries’ at 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries (Gaf8) held during 21-23 November 2022 at Kochi, Kerala  Qualified Master Trainer for Food Micro & Small Enterprise on EDP & Fish and Marine Product Processing assessed by FICSI (Food Processing Sector Skill Council), New Delhi  Received award for commercialization of technology on Dweep Carp Grower Feed for the year 2021-2022 during the 45th institution Foundation Day of ICAR-CIARI, A&N Islands on 23rd June, 2022 Awarded Dr. Hiralal Chaudhari gold medal for securing the first position in M.F.Sc programme in Post Harvest Technology during the academic year 2013-15 at the Convocation held on 3rd March 2017 Awarded Dr. C.V. Kulkarni Gold Medal - M.F.Sc. Student Research Award in CIFE on 11th August, 2016 Awarded Best Poster Presentation in International conference on emerging issues in quality and safety of fish and shellfish (EIQASFISH’16) organized by the Department of Fish Quality Assurance and Management, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Tuticorin in 2016
Publications (Best 5 publications)	Prakasan, S., Lekshmi, M., Ammini, P., Balange, A.K., Nayak, B.B. and Kumar, S.H., 2022. Occurrence, pathogroup distribution and virulence genotypes of Escherichia coli from fresh seafood. Food Control, 133, p.108669.  Saravanan, K., Kiruba-Sankar, R., Khan, M.J., Hashmi, A.S., Velmurugan, A., Haridas, H., Prakasan, S., Deepitha, R.P. and Laxmi, M.N.V., 2021. Baseline assessment of marine debris with soil, sediment, and water quality characteristics from the fish landing centres of South Andaman, Andaman archipelago, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172, p.112879.  Sreepriya Prakasan, K. R. Sreelakshmi, S. Remya, U. Parvathy, Pankaj Kishore, & J. Bindu. (2023). Nutritional Facts of Mytella strigata Collected from Cochin Backwater, Kerala, India. Fishery Technology, 60(2).  Prakasan, S., Prabhakar, P., Lekshmi, M., Nayak, B.B. and Kumar, S., 2018. Isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli harboring variant Shiga toxin genes from seafood, Veterinary World, 11(3):379-385 Sreepriya Prakasan, Deepitha R. P, Harsha Haridas, Gladston Y, K. Saravanan and R. Kiruba- Sankar., 2019. Exploring the status, constraints and prospects of processing, value addition and waste utilization of marine fishes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of Andaman Science Association, vol.24 (1):61-69.