| Area of Research |
- Fishing gear materials, ALDFG/Ghost fishing gear assessment
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| Education |
- PhD , Fisheries Resource Management
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| Current projects |
- Fishing material debris assessment and studies on its degradation and aquatic faunal intakes (Co-PI)
- Investigation on environmental burdens associated with selected small scale fishing systems, value added fishery product/aquaculture system of India using LCA approach (Co-PI)
- Development of nano sensors for precision aquaculture and technologies to protect fishing materials (Co-PI)
- Investigations on Sustainable, Productive and Safe Fishing Technologies (Co-PI)
- Exploring the possibilities of Upcycling Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gears (Co-PI)-NFDB project
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| Awards and recognitions |
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Best paper presentation award for the paper on Assessment of evidences of fishing gear losses and ghost fishing from selected areas of Indian waters during International Conference “On Advancement of Science and Technology for Environment, Society and People (ICASTESP-2022)” organized by The Society for Technology, Environment, Science & People, Kozhikode from 28–29th January, 2022.
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Best paper presentation award (Second prize) for the paper Ghost fishing by lost set gillnets: A simulation study from Indian waters during 6th International conference on Current issues in Agricultural, Biological, Applied Sciences for Sustainable development (CIABASSD-2022) organized by Kalimpong Science Centre, West Bengal; ICAR–National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)-IG & Agro Environmental Development Society (AEDS), UP from 11–13th June, 2022.
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Best paper presentation award in Hindi during two-day Scientific Workshop on Role of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals organized by ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore during 12–13th September 2024.
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Received Fellowship under Netherland Fellowship Programme (NFP) for attending short course on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries by Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) of Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands in 2015.
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Best paper presentation award for the paper “Impact of ghost fishing in inland waters” during Hindi Workshop held at ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore on 15th September 2017.
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| Publications (Best 5 publications) |
- Sandhya K.M., Muhamed Ashraf P. & Archana G. (2025). Effect of natural weathering on properties of fishing net materials: a study on the degradation of polyethylene netting twines. Iranian Polymer Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-025-01514-x
- Harsha K., Sandhya K.M., Aishwarya K. A. G., Mary B.K., Thomas S.N. (2025). Retrieval of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear through different retrieval modes and analysis of biota on the retrieved gear. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 32:9528–9540.
- Thomas S.N., Sandhya K. M., Harsha, K., Mary Baby K. A., Aishwarya Ghosh K. A. (2023). Ghost fishing capacity of lost experimental gillnets: a preliminary study from Indian waters. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30:40062–40072.
- Sandhya K. M., Saranya R., Saly N. Thomas, Amrutha R. K. and Manojkumar B. (2023). Gillnet Selectivity Parameters for Commercially Important Species, Labeo rohita in a tropical reservoir, Kerala, India. Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India, 55 (3): 299-307.
- Saly N. Thomas, Sandhya K. M. and Leela Edwin (2022). Incidental Catch of Marine Mammals and Turtles in Gillnets: Indian Scenario. Fishery Technology, 59:1-18.
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