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Dr. Arpita Sharma

Dr. Arpita Sharma
Principal Scientist & Head
Fisheries Economics, Extension & Statistics Division
M.Sc.| Ph.D.
+91 22 26361446/7/8 | Extn: 440(O)
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Research Interests

  • Sustainable Livelihood Development
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment
  • Circular Economy, IPRs, Gender, Technology and Climate Change

Research Papers

Sr No. Name Year Title Journal Vol Page No. NAAS ID NAAS rating
1. N. Katre, Arpita Sharma, S.N. Ojha, L. Tyagi and V.K. Yadav 2024 Reservoir Fisheries Governance Quality Index: Development and Validation Ecological Indicators 158 1-12 E011 13.4
2. S.D. Waghmare, S. Prakash, Arpita Sharma, K.K. Krishnani, V.K. Yadav and N. Qureshi 2024 Evaluating Economic Viability and Environmental Externalities of Integrated Tilapia-sugarcane Farming in Maharashtra Agricultural Water Management 302 108967 A102 12.5
3. S. Wasave, S. Kamble, T. Kazi, S. Wasave, Sreekant G. B. and Arpita Sharma 2025 A Bibliometric Review on Ghost Fishing: Impacts on Marine Environment and Governing Measures Marine Pollution Bulletin 212 212,117604 M022 10.9
4. K. Suresh K. Patro, V.K. Yadav, V. S. Bharti, Arun Sharma, Arpita Sharma and T. Senthil Kumar 2023 IoT and ML Approach for Ornamental Fish Behaviour Analysis Scientific Reports 13 1-17 A023 9.9
5. C.P.Dave, V.K.Yadav, G.Kantharajan,Arpita SharmaL.Paul, R.Choudhury,M.Meharoof and M.Sharma 2025 Integrated Analysis of Land Use Changes Ecosystem Service Valuation, and Carvon Sequestration in the Dimbhe Watershed(2002-2022) Discover Sustainability 6 1-24 D037 9
6. M. Meharoof,V.K.Yadav, Arpita Sharma V. Anitha and T.T.Paul 2025 Integrated Economic and Fuzzy Multi-criteria Analysis for Evaluating Performance of Fishing Systems. Discover Sustainability 6 383 D037 9
7. B. M. Yadav and Arpita Sharma 2022 Gender Analysis of Ornamental Fish Production Units in Maharashtra Frontiers in Marine Science 9 1-11 F099 9
8. Ninan S. and Arpita Sharma 2006 Cross Sectional Analysis of Patents in Indian Fisheries Sector Journal of World Patent Information (Elsevier Journal) 28 147-158 - 8.7
9. R.Kalidos, B.Bayan, S.Prakash, P.S.Ananthan, A.Susan Sam, S.Shil,Arpita SharmaS.Das, K.Karuna Sri 2025 Optimizing Technical Efficiency in Whiteleg Shrimp Aquaculture:A Double Bootstrap Data Envelopment Analysis Aquaculture International 33 33:362 A277 8.40
10. S. Pal, V. K Yadav, Arpita Sharma, P. S. Ananthan, N. Qureshi, S. Dey, P. Jana, S. Karmakar and S. N. Ojha 2022 Coastal Multi- Hazard Vulnerability Mapping: A Case Study Along the Coast of South 24 Parganas District, East Coast of India Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 50 (9) 1701–1712 J563 8.2
11. S. Agnes Daney Angela and Arpita Sharma 2023 Analysis of Socio- economics and Occupational Dimensions of Shrimp Farmers of Tamil Nadu Aquaculture Research - 1-17 A280 7.9
12. Arpita Sharma and Sethulakshmi C.S. 2023 Assessment of Occupational Hazards and Usage of Sea Safety Devices by Fishers of Kerala, India Journal of Agromedicine - 1-9 J037 7.7
13. S. Prusty and Arpita Sharma 2023 Occupational Hazards Faced by Inland Fishers of Odisha State, India Journal of Agromedicine - 1-8 J037 7.7
14. K Suresh Kumar Patro,V.K. Yadav, V. S. Bharti, A. Sharma and Arpita Sharma 2023 Fish Detection in Underwater Environments Using Deep Learning National Academy Science Letters- India (Springer) 46 (5) 407–412 N010 7.3
15. S. Soni, Arpita Sharma and M.Xavier 2026 National Academy Science Letters- India (Springer) 46 (5) 407–412 N010 7.3
16. Arpita Sharma, S. Prusty, Rajiv Rathod, Arthi R., Andrew Watterson and Lissandra Cavalli 2023 Occupational Hazards of Indian Shrimp Farm Workers All Life 16 (1) 1-15 A125 7.1
17. K.Dhenuvakonda, Arpita Sharma, K. P. Prasad, R. Sharma and S.K. Sharma 2021 Development of an Android Based Application System for Fish Farmers Agricultural Research 11 240-248 A095 7.1
18. M. Meharoof, V.K. Yadav, Arpita Sharma, Anitha, V., T.T. Paul, L. Paul, C.P. Dave 2024 Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Case of Tropical Reservoir Ecosystem Journal of Environmental Biology 45(5) 576 J211 6.7
19. Gaind Singh and Arpita Sharma 2025 Impact of Fisheries Development Programmes on Livelihood: A Perception-Based Analysis of Fish Farmers in Chhattisgarh, India Indian Journal of Fisheries 73(2) - I068 6.3
20. S.Gul, S.Prakash, N.W. Qureshi, V.K. Yadav, Arpita Sharma Arpita Sharma and S.A.Mir 2024 Economic Assessment and Sustainable Management of Artisanal Fisheries Insights from RiverJhelum, Kashmir, India Indian Journal Fisheries 71(3) 157-163 I068 6.3

Other Publications

Books

  • Arpita Sharma and Shivta Kureel (2025) Grassroot Innovations in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Rupam Sharma and S.P. Shukla (eds), Published by Daya Publishing House®, A Division of Astral International Pvt. Ltd., Ansari Road, Darya Ganj New Delhi-110 002, ISBN: 978-93-5919-916-0, pp: 113
  • Shweta Kumari and Arpita Sharma (2025) Pinjrey mein Machli Paalan, Published by Daya Publishing House®, Astral International Pvt. Ltd., Ansari Road, Darya Ganj New Delhi-110 002, ISBN: 978-93-5919-662-26, pp: 117
  • Arpita Sharma, G. Venugopal, R. Sharma, S. P. Shukla, S. Babu and P. B. Sawant (eds) (2012) Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Fisheries of East Coast of India, Published by NPH, New Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-80428-70-3, pp.165
  • Arpita Sharma, R. Sharma, S. P. Shukla and P.B. Sawant (eds) (2012) Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Fisheries Sector of Northern and Central Region of India, Published by NPH, New Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-80428-65-9, pp.118
  • Arpita Sharma, R. Sharma, S. P. Shukla and P. B. Sawant (eds) (2012) Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Fisheries Sector of West Coast of India, Published by NPH, New Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-80428-65-9, pp. 212

Recently Completed/Ongoing Projects

Externally funded(Ongoing)

  • Swachhtha Action Plan: Commercial Utilisation of Fish Waste in Fish Markets of Urban Locations, ICAR, New Delhi
  • Consultancy Project: lnvestigation on Ecological status, Conservation and Enhancement of Fisheries in Sardar Sarovar Reservoir, Maharashtra, DoF, Maharashtra
  • Kisan Sarathi 2.0: Enhancement, Operations, Maintenance and Support, ICAR, New Delhi

Other achievements

  • Significant achievements in research and development

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Copyrights granted by the Indian Copyright Office:6

  • S. Ninan and Arpita Sharma (2005) Stakeholder Perception of Patenting Activities in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Copyright granted by Indian Copyright Office Diary Number 296/05-CCL
  • B. Debnath, Arpita Sharma and N. Devi (2013) ITK Appropriateness Scale copyright granted by the Registrar of Copyrights, Copyright Office, Diary Number Registration Number L-53010/2013 dated 30.8.13
  • B. Yadav and Arpita Sharma (2019) Tool for the Study of Gender Analysis of Ornamental Fish Enterprises, Copyright granted by Copyright Office, Government of India, Registration Number: L87343/2019
  • Arpita Sharma (2022) Gender Analysis Tool For Fisheries And Aquaculture (GATFA) Registration Number: L111-574/2-2022 1/2/22
  • Md. Meharoof, V.K Yadav, Arpita Sharma and S.N. Ojha (2024) Fish Culture Area Mapping. Efficient Ranching Assessment, and Change Detection for Reservoirs (FISH CAMERA-CDR) Framework, Registration Number L-141291/2024 and ITMU No. 22E/PD/0080. Certified by SMD Fisheries, ICAR, New Delhi
  • V. K Yadav, L. Paul, V. S. Bharti, A. Deo and Arpita Sharma (2024) VISTA: Vision and Intelligence for Shrimp Transmissible Abnormalities, Registration No. L-154940/2024

Copyrights applied in the Indian Copyright Office: 3

  • Vinod Kumar Yadav, Mahesh Sharma, Vidya Shree Bharti, Ashutosh Deo and Arpita Sharma (2026) AID-SHRIMP: AI-Driven Shrimp Health and Reflex Integrated Monitoring Platform, Literary, Diary Number: LD-6590/2026-CO, Status: Scrutiny (Application is in process), Applied on 12/2/26
  • Arpita Sharma, Nishant Kumar, Anshu Surin, Shubham Soni, Vijendra Kumar, Vidya Shree Bharti, Vinod Kumar Yadav and Swadesh Prakash (2026) Methodological Model of Multidimensional Risk Perception and Knowledge –Attitude-Practice for Heavy Metals in Water Bodies (2026) Literary, Diary Number: LD-12181/2026-CO, Status: Waiting, Applied on 17/3/26
  • Vinod Kumar Yadav, Arpita Sharma, Mohammed Meharoof (2026) REVIVE: Reservoir Ecosystem Valuation and Integrated Vision for Evaluation Framework Literary, Diary Number: LD-12815/2026-CO, Status: Waiting, Applied on 20/3/26

Trademarks granted: 2

  • FishANUre®: Organic Manure from Fish Waste
    1. Application Number: 6392165, Class: 01, Style: Word, Date of application: 17/4/24
    2. Application Number: 6392166, Class: 01, Style: Device, Date of application: 17/4/24
    Developers: Arpita Sharma, Anurag Singh, M. Xavier, S. Soni and V.S. Bharti
    This technology of FishANUre has been certified by SMD Fisheries, ICAR, New Delhi and commercialised/licensed to two parties i.) FISHCOPFED, Patna, Bihar and ii.) CARDION, Nashik. CIFE Technology No. 23F/PD/0102

Trademarks applied: 1

    CIFE Fish Leather : Leather from Discarded Fish Skin

  • 1. Application Number: 7130575, Class: 18 Style: Word, Applied on: 21/07/2025
    Status: Formalities check pass
    Developers: Shubam Soni, Arpita Sharma and Martin Xavier

Patents granted by Indian Patent Office: 3

  • Fish Drying Rack, Date of Grant: 4.12.19, Inventors: B.B. Nayak, A. Ghag and Arpita Sharma. This fish drying rack has been transferred to Arnala Fisheries Cooperative Society, Thane, Maharashtra.
  • Catfish Hatchery and Rearing of Seed Under Three Tier System, Date of grant: 19.1.23, Inventors: C.S. Chaturvedi, W.S. Lakra, Arpita Sharma. This technology has been commercialised to 2 parties i.) COFFED, Patna, Bihar and ii.) Progressive Fish Farmer from Pratapgarh, India
  • Leather Fabric and a Process for its Preparation, Date of grant: 27.2.26, Inventors: S. Soni, Arpita Sharma and M. Xavier

Awards/Honours

  • 2025: Award to FEES Division for Best Work in Hindi by ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai
  • 2022: Award for Best Hindi Publication by ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai
  • 2017: Best Extension Scientist Award from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai
  • 2016: Best Teacher Award from ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai
  • 2015: ICAR-CIFE Award for Patent/technology developed
  • 2012: Best Technology Commercialisation from ICAR-CIFE
  • 2011: ICAR-CIFE cash award for guiding Masters dissertation in Hindi in 2011 and Diploma thesis in 2003
  • 2010: Star of CIFE, Mumbai for Work on Indigenous Technical Knowledge
  • 2009: Best Senior Scientist Award from Zoological Society of India
  • 2003: Best Young Scientist Award from Hiralal Chaudhury Foundation, Mumbai