Curriculum Vitae

BINESH C.P.,
Chemmancherry Puthiyaveettil,
Kanayi North, Kanayi P.O.
Payyanur – 670307. Kannur, Kerala, India
Email id: bineshkanayi@gmail.com
Mobile : +91 8547661344.
Skype id: bineshkanayi

Synopsis
Qualification : Pursuing Ph.D (Pathology & Microbiology in Aquaculture)
: Qualified NET in Aquaculture (ICAR, 2016) and
Environmental Sciences (UGC, 2017).
Research experience : 8 years in Molecular Virology and Disease Surveillance
: Peer reviewed manuscripts for,
‘Veterinary Research’ and ‘Aquaculture Research’
Teaching experience : 2 years at Post Graduation level.
: Acted as Exam Paper Evaluator for KUFOS
Original Research Papers published: 12
International peer reviewed :9
Non-peer reviewed :3
Full Papers / Abstracts presented in Conference/seminars: 14
International :5
National :9
Products designed / developed : 2
 Nested rt-PCR kit for diagnosis of Betanodavirus in fishes
 An rt-LAMP kit for diagnosis of Betanodavirus in fishes
Products on development : 3
 A nested PCR & a LAMP kit for diagnosis of Perkinsus infection in bivalves
 A LAMP kit for diagnosis of WSSV infection in crustaceans
Patents / Innovation : 1 (An rt-PCR kit for diagnosis of Betanodavirus)
NCBI GenBank submissions : 69 Nos.
Awards and recognitions : 1 (Best paper presentation in a national seminar)
: Co-chaired “Aquaculture” session in ETIA 2013
Personal profile
Name in full : BINESH C.P.
Expansion of Initials : Chemmancherry Puthiyaveettil
Age and Date of Birth : 35, 10/05/1982
Marital status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Passport No : K5221454. Issued on 20/07/2012 at Kozhikode.
Valid up to 19/07/2022.
Languages known : English (Medium of instruction at all university levels)
Malayalam (Mother tongue).

Academic profile

Medium of instruction for all levels from Pre Degree onwards was English
Year of % of
Qualification College/Institute University/Board
study/pass marks
Ph.D
Central Institute
Pathology & 2015-
of Brackishwater University of Madras Pursuing
Microbiology in Present
Aquaculture
Aquaculture
NET
Conducted by University Grants 2018
Environmental 55.43
CBSE Commission (UGC) Jan
Sciences
Indian Council of
NET Conducted by 2016
Agricultural Research 51.00
Aquaculture ASRB Feb
(ICAR)
Cochin University of
P.G. School of Marine 2004-
Science and Technology 8.16/10
Marine Biology Sciences 2006
(CUSAT)
Degree
Main-Zoology P.R.N.S.S 2001-
Kannur University 88.20
Sub-Chemistry College, Mattanur 2004
& Botany
Payyanur College, 1998-
Pre Degree University of Calicut 60.00
Payyanur 2000
Board of Public 1997-
S.S.L.C. G.H.S Korom 91.16
Examinations, Kerala 1998
Research Experience

 Senior Research Fellow at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin from
29.11.2013 – 10.02.2018 in NFDB funded research project “National Surveillance
Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases” (4 years 2½ months).

 Highly Skilled under Dr. K.K Vijayan, H.O.D., Marine Biotechnology Division of Central
Marine Fisheries Research Institute from 15.04.2013 to 28.11.2013 (7½ months).

 Worked as Research Fellow at Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (Govt. of

India) from 29.10.2007 to 31.03.2011. The project “Characterization and development of
diagnostics for viral nervous necrosis in Seabass (Lates calcarifer) and Mullet (Mugil
cephalus)” was funded by Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India (3½ years).

 Peer-reviewed manuscripts for the international journals Veterinary Research (impact

factor 3.43) and Aquaculture Research (impact factor 1.203).

Teaching Experience

 Worked as Lecturer at Department of Aquaculture, S.H College, Thevara (affiliated to

M.G University, Kottayam, Kerala) from June 2011 to May 2013. The papers handled were
Physiology, Pathology and Genetics & Biotechnology (2 years).

 Acted as External Examiner to Kerala University of Fisheries and Oceanographic Studies

(KUFOS) for evaluation of examination answer sheets.

Products designed

 Two-tube nested rt-PCR and rt-LAMP diagnostic kits for fish nodavirus. This can be
used to detect acute as well as asymptomatic infections of fish nodavirus.

Products on developmental track

 Nested PCR and LAMP kits for diagnosis of Perkinsus infection in bivalves.

 LAMP kit for diagnosis of WSSV infection in crustaceans.

Awards and Recognitions

 Best paper award (2010) for the paper “Persistent betanodavirus infection in fishes:
Concerns in Indian coastal aquaculture” presented in Golden Jubilee National Seminar on
Diversification of Aquaculture through Locally Available Fish species (DALAF-2010)
 organized by Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)-Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, India
during 27 – 28 August 2010.

 Co-chaired “Aquaculture” session in the National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Indian

Aquaculture (ETIA 2013) organized by University of Kerala during 21 – 23 March 2013.

Publications:
(i). Patents

1. Jithendran, K.P. and Binesh, C.P. (2011). Development of an assay and kit molecular
screening of betanodavirus by nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The
Patent Office Journal 17/08/2012, Page 17. The patent application no is (347/DEL/2011).

(ii). Research Papers

1. Archana, C., Zacharia, P.U., Shamal, P., Binesh, C.P., Pinky, K., Sanil, N.K. (2017).
Morphological and molecular characterization of Chloromyxum argusi n. sp. (Myxosporea)
infecting the urinary bladder of Scatophagus argus Linnaeus 1766 (Scatophagidae) from
southwest coast of India. Submitted to Parasitology Research.

2. Pinky, K., Shamal, P., Archana, C., Binesh, C.P., Gishnu, M., Asokan, P.K., Sanil, N.K.
(2017). Morphometric and molecular 4iranda4d44ation of Tenuiproboscis keralensis n. sp.
infecting marine and brackish water fishes from the south-west coast of India with a note
on morphological plasticity. Parasitology Research. DOI 10.1007/s00436-017-5628-2.

3. Sajikumar, K.K., Arkhipkin, A.I., Venkatesan, V., Jestin Joy, K.M., Binesh, C.P., Geetha,
S., Mohamed, K.S. (2017). Range extension of a bathypelagic squid, Bathyteuthis
bacidifera (Cephalopoda: Bathyteuthidae), to the south Arabian Sea with special reference
to its age and growth pattern. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-017-0655-x.

4. Sanil, N.K., Archana, C., Shamal, P., Binesh, C.P. (2017). Molecular and morphological
descriptions of Ceratomyxa collarae n. sp. and Ceratomyxa leucosternoni n. sp. from
marine ornamental fishes of Indian waters. Parasitology Research. 116:529–537.

5. Binesh, C.P. (2014). Elevation of temperature and crowding trigger acute viral nervous
necrosis in zebra fish, Brachydanio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan) sub clinically infected with
betanodavirus. Journal of Fish Diseases. 37: 279–282
 6. Binesh, C.P. (2013). Mortality due to viral nervous necrosis in zebrafish, Danio rerio and
goldfish, Carassius auratus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 104: 257-260.

7. Binesh, C.P., Renuka, K., Malaichami, N., Greeshma, C. (2013). First report of viral
nervous necrosis-induced mass mortality in hatchery-reared larvae of clownfish,
Amphiprion sebae Bleeker. Journal of Fish Diseases. 36: 1017-1020.

8. Binesh, C.P., Greeshma, C., Jithendran K.P. (2013). Genomic classification of

betanodavirus by molecular phylogenetic analysis of the coat protein gene. Archives of
Virology 158: 1589–1594.

9. Binesh, C.P., Jithendran K.P. (2013). Genetic characterization of betanodavirus isolates

from Asian Seabass Lates calcarifer (Bloch) in India. Archives of Virology. 158:1543–1546

10. Jithendran, K.P., Binesh, C.P. (2013). Sub-clinical betanodavirus infection in freshwater
and marine fishes: Need for surveillance in Indian Aquaculture. Fishing Chimes, 33(4): 63-
66.

11. Jithendran, K.P., Binesh, C.P. (2011). Viral Nervous Necrosis – an emerging disease in
finfish aquaculture. Indian Farming, 61(7): 27-29

12. Binesh, C.P. (2012). Viral Nervous Necrosis – an emerging concern in finfish aquaculture
in India. Meridian, M.E.S. Asmabi College, P.Vemballur, Thrissur. Book 1, Vol 4.

(iii). Presentations in conferences / seminars

1. Sanil, N.K., Shamal, P., Binesh, C.P., Pranav, P., Asokan, P.K., Pradeep M.A., Ritesh
Ranjan and Reshma K.J. (2017). Does climate change aggravate diseases in aquatic farming
systems? A case study on Perkinsosis in green mussel. Poster presented by the second
author in ISAAHE: International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health and Epidemiology
for Sustainable Asian Aquaculture organized by ICAR- National Bureau of Fish Genetic
Resources during 21st – 22nd April 2017. Book of Abstracts; Page 112.

2. Sanil, N.K., Binesh, C.P., Shamal, P., Asokan, P.K. and Viyayan, K.K. (2014). Description
of a new species of Auerbachia infecting Caranx heberi in the Arabian Sea. Poster
presented by the second author in MECOS 2: The international symposium organized by
Marine Biological Association of India during 2nd – 5th December 2014. AAH-83, Book of
Abstracts; Page 407.
3. Sanil, N.K., Binesh, C.P., Shamal, P., Anil, M.K. and Viyayan, K.K. (2014). Morphologic
and molecular description of a new species of Ceratomyxa from the marine ornamental fish,
Chaetodon collare off Vizhinjam coast, Kerala. Poster presented by the second author in
10th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (10ifaf) and 5th global symposium in
Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF5) organized by Asian Fisheries Society, Indian Branch
(AFSIB), Mangalore, India in collaboration with ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic
Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow during 12th – 15th November 2014. AAH-84, Book of
Abstracts; Page 408.

4. Sanil, N.K., Binesh, C.P., Shamal, P., Asokan, P.K. and Viyayan, K.K. (2014). On a new
species of Acanthocephalan parasite infecting brackishwater fishes in Kerala. Poster
presented by the third author in 10th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (10ifaf) and
5th global symposium in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF5) organized by Asian Fisheries
Society, Indian Branch (AFSIB), Mangalore, India in collaboration with ICAR-National
Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow during 12th – 15th November 2014.
AAH-83, Book of Abstracts; Page 407.

5. Sunitha, M.S., and Binesh, C.P. (2013). The native fish of Kerala, Aplocheilus lineatus
(Valenciennes, 1846) is more predative than the introduced Gampusia affinis (Baird &
Girard, 1853) and Poecilia 6iranda6d6 (Peters, 1859) on mosquito larvae. Paper presented
in National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Indian Aquaculture (ETIA 2013) organized by
University of Kerala during 21st – 23rd March 2013. NBPOP02, Book of Abstracts; Page
42.

6. Binesh, C.P. (2013). Development of a cost-effective molecular diagnostic for

betanodavirus infection in fishes by Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP).
Poster presented in 100th Indian Science Congress held at Kolkata from 3rd – 7th January
2013. ABFP40, Book of Abstracts-Animal, Veterinary & Fishery Sciences; Page 161.

7. Jithendran, K.P., Binesh, C.P., and others (2011). Epidemiology of viral nervous necrosis
in marine fishes using molecular based diagnostics. Paper was presented by the first author
in Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2011 and Giant Prawn 2011 conference at Kochi, India during
17th – 20th Jan, 2011. Book of Abstracts; page 222.

8. Binesh, C.P. (2012). Mass mortality due to Ichthyophthiriasis outbreak in aquarium fishesa
case study. Paper presented in National Conference on New Vistas in Indian Aquaculture
 organized by Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR), Chennai, India during
23rd – 24th February 2012. HM O-19, Book of Abstracts; Page 56.

9. Binesh, C.P., and Jithendran, K.P. (2012). Enhancement of diagnostic capability of

betanodavirus infection in fishes-an Indian perspective. Poster presented in National
Conference on New Vistas in Indian Aquaculture organized by Central Institute of
Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR), Chennai, India during 23rd – 24th February 2012.
HMP6, Book of Abstracts; Page 61.

10. Binesh, C.P. (2012). Acute Viral Nervous Necrosis is induced in zebrafish infected
subclinically with betanodavirus followed by crowding and temperature stress. Paper
presented in National Conference on Biotechnological Approaches in Aquaculture (Live
Aqua 2012) organized by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India during 1st – 3rd February
2012. 22, Book of Abstracts; Page 19.

11. Binesh, C.P. (2012). Mortality due to Viral Nervous Necrosis in two freshwater ornamental
fish species, Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Goldfish (Carassius auratus). Paper presented in
National Conference on Biotechnological Approaches in Aquaculture (Live Aqua 2012)
organized by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India during 1st – 3rd February 2012. 4,
Book of Abstracts; Page 3.

12. Jithendran, K.P., Sahoo, P.K., Binesh, C.P., and Mohanty, B.R. (2011). Outbreak of
betanodavirus in cage-cultured Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer Bloch): A case study. Poster
presented in 8th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture 7iranda7d at College of
Fisheries, Mangalore, India during 21st – 25th November 2011. PP A5, Book of Abstracts,
Page 89.

13. Binesh, C.P. and Jithendran, K.P. (2010). Persistent betanodavirus infection in fishes:
Concerns in Indian coastal aquaculture. Paper presented in Golden Jubilee National
Seminar on Diversification of Aquaculture through Locally Available Fish species
(DALAF-2010) organized by Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)-Kolkata
centre, Kolkata, India during 27th – 28th of August 2010.

14. Joyni Jacob, M., Binesh, C.P., and Babu Philip. Distribution and abundance of
Holoplankton in the Slope-waters of South-West Coast of India. Paper presented in
International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Management (Ecosystems and
 Sustainable Development), BIOCAM-2008 by CMFRI, Kochi during February 3rd – 6th
2008. AQB-72, Book of Abstracts, pages 49-50.

(iv). Nucleotide sequence submission in NCBI GenBank

 Partial ribosomal RNA gene sequences of Perkinsus olseni isolated from marine clam
Paphia malabarica (Accession: MG733365 - MG733370).
 Partial sequence of HSP-90 like and Caspase genes in Perna viridis (Accession:
KU659143, KU659144)
 Partial gene sequence of a new acanthocephalan fish parasite (intestinal) Tenuiproboscis
keralensis n.sp. (Accession: KU936060, KU726597 - KU726605)
 Partial 18S ribosomal RNA gene of Ceratomyxid fish parasites (Accession: KU726592 -
KU726596)
 Partial sequence of Cytochrome C Oxidase gene 1 (CO1) of Marine Squids:
Bathyteuthis bacidifera (Accession: KX905137)
Histioteuthis 8iranda (Accession: KY886223)
 Complete sequences of Betanodavirus RNA2 (Accession: GU592791, GU953669,
GU826693, GU826692, JF412257 – JF412273, JX416712 – JX416717).
 Partial sequences of Betanodavirus RNA2 (FJ655182 – FJ655187, JN966982, JN966983,
KC136294, KC136295, MG571288 – MG571306).

Trainings
 One week observership training programme on the Techniques, Operations and
Interpretation of Transmission Electron Microscopy at Department of Electron
Microscopy, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai during 3rd – 8th January 2011.
 One day National workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and Economic
Development in the Knowledge Era” jointly organized by KSCSTE, TIFAC & STIC on
11th December 2009.
 Training programme on “Perl Scripting for Genome Analysis” organized by Agri
Bioinformatics Promotion Centre, CPCRI, Kasaragod during 10th – 14th August 2009.
 Training programme on “Genetics and Molecular Techniques in Fisheries” organized by
Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai during 13th – 22nd February 2006.

Research skills
(i). Molecular biology and Biotechnology
 Proficient in all aspects of molecular diagnostics like PCR, rt-PCR, LAMP and rt-LAMP.
 Proficient in Molecular cloning and gene expression in prokaryotic system.

(ii). Bioinformatics
 Clustering and Molecular phylogenetic analysis using MEGA, Phylip, ClustalW etc.
 Prediction of RNA and protein 3D structures using bioinformatics tools.
 Familiar with molecular structure editing and docking tools.
 Proficient in working with genomic and protein data banks (new data submission, data
mining and analysis).

(iii). Pathology
 Electron Microscopic (both SEM and TEM) analysis and interpretation of pathological
conditions.
 Molecular diagnosis of important (viral and parasitic) diseases encountered in aquaculture.
 Gross and Light Microscopic analysis of specimen.

(iv). Other skills

 Simple chromatographic techniques.
 Sampling and basic systematics of marine biota like net plankton, benthos and fishes.
 Basic microbial quality assessment of food and water.
 Basic biochemical techniques such as detection of amino acids, sugars and lipids.

(v). Computer skills

 Windows, Ubuntu and Fedora. MS Office and Photoshop
 Reference managers like Endnote, Mendeley Desktop.
 Knowledge in statistical packages like SPSS and Kyplot.
 Knowledge in patent search programmes like PatentHunter 3.5 and WizPatent.