Area of interest  – Biodiversity, Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Invertebrates (macrobenthos), Mollusca (Gastropods), Corals, Marine pollution, Air/water and sediment analysis, Zooplanktons etc.

B.  Molluscs, sponsored by

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India,

New Delhi and Organized

by Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of

Marine Science, Annamalai

University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, March 13 and 14, 2014.

Training     programme     on     Measurement     of

     Radionuclides     in Environmental Samples. Organized

C.  by Mangalore University and Board of Research in Nuclear

D.  Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.

E.   Held at Radioecology Laboratory, University Science

F.    Instrumentation Centre, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri,

G.  during May 28 to June 1, 2003. Based on the performance secure

H.  grade A.

C. Centre for Advance Faculty Training (CAFT) programme on Development of Brood and Gene bank for Aquaculture production and conservation. Organized by Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division of Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai. From 8th to 28th February 2012.

D. Training workshop on Identification of Marine plankton and benthos, under Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMAPS). Sponsored by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). Organized by Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu. 6th to 15th September 2010.

E.  National Workshop Methods for the study of Marine Benthos. Organized by the Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu. 26th to 28th February 2009.

F. National  seminar  on  Recent  Advances  in  the  Discovery  and  Use  of Bioactive Molecules. Organized by the School of Biosciences, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa- Goa. In Association with National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, Sponsored by University Grants Commission  and  Department  of  Science,  Technology  and  Environment, Goa. 7th and 8th March 2008.

Cconference presentations / Publication:

A. National   Conference   on   Recent   Advances   in   Animal   Sciences, Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore, 13th to 15th Feb. 2015.

B.  Research article presented on: (1st Author) “Occurrence of live coral in close vicinity of nuclear power plant, Tarapur, Maharashtra, India.”

1. S. P. Yavalkar, Chandra Prakash, A. K. Verma, Ajit Ambekar, Priti Kubal and P. K. Lahiri, 2014. Water Hardness: Its role and control techniques in aquaculture. RGI International journal of Applied Science & Technology, Vol. 06 & 07 (01 & 02).

1. Ajit A. Ambekar, Priti V. Kubal, Chandra Prakash and Sivaperumal P., 2016. A study on heavy metals in marine gastropods (Nerita oryzarum: Recluz, 1841) at           nuclear power plant site, Tarapur, Maharashtra, India. International Journal of Recent

           Scientific Research. Vol. 7(6).

1. Ajit A. Ambekar, Priti V. Kubal, Chandra Prakash, ParamitaSawant and Sivaperumal P. 2016. Occurrence of live coral in close vicinity of nuclear power plant site, Tarapur,   Maharashtra, India. Research Journal of Marine Sciences. Vol. 4(4).

D.     Priti Kubal, Ajit Ambekar, Chandra Prakash and Paramita Sawant. 2016. Spatial and

seasonal variation of macrobenthos diversity around Nuclear Power Plant site, Tarapur,

Maharashtra. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences. Vol. 8 (3).

1. Priti Kubal, Ajit Ambekar, Chandra Prakash, Paramita B. Sawant, A. K. Pal and W. S. Lakra. 2016. Assessment of macrofauna around Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), Maharashtra, India. Research Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol.4 (2).

1. Madhu  V.  N,  P.  Sivaperumal,  K.  Kamala,  Ajit  A.  Ambekar  and  B.G.    Kulkarni. 2014. Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the tissue extract of pernaviridislinnaeus, 1758 (mollusca: bivalvia) from versova coast, Mumbai’ International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN- 0975-1491,Vol 6 (2).

1. Sivaperumal P., Kamala K., Ajit A. Ambekar, Rajaram. 2014. Influence of Cu (II) ions on lipid peroxidation level and antioxidant enzymes activities in marine Streptomyces sp. (CURA7) isolated from polluted coastal environment.   55th   Annual   Conference   at   Tamil   Nadu,   Agricultural University Coimbatore. November 2014.

1. Ajit A. Ambekar, Priti V. Kubal, Sivaperumal P. and Chandra Prakash. 2018. Checklist of marine gastropods around Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), West coast of India. International Journal of Marine Biology and Research. 3(3),1-8.ISSN : 2475-4706.

1. Ajit Ambekar, Sivaperumal P., Priti Kubal and Chandra Prakash. The effect of temperature on antioxidant enzyme activities in N. oryzarum from Tarapur Atomic Power Station, west coast of India. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Communicated.

Book chapters

A. Chandra Prakash, Paramita B. Sawant, Ajit Ambekar and Priti V. Kubal. “Determination of Soil Texture: Hydrometer Method’ Book: ‘Utilization of degraded water resources through piscicultur”. Published by Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

B.  Chandra Prakash, Paramita B. Sawant, Priti V. Kubal and Ajit Ambekar. “Collection, Preservation, identification and enumeration of phytoplankton” Book: ‘Utilization of degraded water resources through pisciculture’. Published  by  Indian  Agricultural  Statistics  Research  Institute,  Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

C.  Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology. Sivaperumal P., K. Kamala, Ajit A.Ambekar and K. Ponnusamy, 2018. Health risk assessment of Radionuclide contamination in Seafood. Wiley / Blackwell (Accepted)

Junior search Fellow & Senior Research Project – Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)

Senior Research Fellow – ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education