Practice:Rajendra

Email: opsvc@svcollege.net
 * Employer= Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
 * Occupation= Assistant Professor, Zoology
 * Nationality=Indian [[image:Flag_of_India.svg|30px]]
 * omprakash_fishbio@rediffmail.com
 * opchanna@gmail.com

}} = About Me = I am Dr. Om Prakash Assistant Professor in Zoology in''' SV college, University of Delhi. I am teaching in the undergraduate college since 2005. My teaching carrier started from Hindu College. Teaching in Hindu College was a big learning experience for me as I was given topics like Biochemistry for II year and III year honours courses in zoology. Then I got an apportunity to teach in Zakir Hussain for a short duration of about $$2^1/2$$ months. Thereafter now I am permanently teaching in Sri Venkateswara College since 2006. Sri Venkateswara college is one of the most prestegious college in the University of Delhi. I am proud to be a part of this college of which I am an Alumni as well.
 * WM1=Saritasanjay

=My Interests=

I am passionate about Research work.Love to spend time doing wet lab experiments. My research work is focussed on the Fish Endocrinology.I love to play outdoor games like Apart from these interests I am a keen observer of the Nature. The beauty of nature is always there to admire and I am a big admirer of Nature.
 * ''Cricket
 * Volley ball
 * Basket ball
 * Badminton''.

=My Research Activities=


 * Fish is an important and rich source source of nutrition. It is a sole source of income for fish farmers in states like Calcutta, Orissa, Bihar etc. Most of the fish agriculture suffers a great set back because of great losses because of fish diseases. This has inspired me to work on some of the aspects related to Fish Immunity and Fish Diseases
 * Fish are so diverse, the intensity of effort in analyzing the immune function has been focused upon fairly few species, primarily salmonids (Oncorhynchus and Salmo), catfish (Ictalurus) and carp (Cyprinus). Immunity is an important physiological defence mechanism to protect against infection and maintain internal homeostasis. Very little is known about the non-specific defence activities of the three Indian major carp species. In the last two decades, several substances have been found to be useful in fish culture because of their properties to enhance disease resistance by stimulating the immune system. In India majority of the studies are focused on the bacterial and virus induced immunity in fish. The basic studies on the structure and purification are limited.