Ashish Pandey
Siddharth Nagar
Summary
Manager with a proven track record at Aquaconnect, achieving monthly sales targets through effective promotion of fish farming. Expertise in aqua product development, team leadership, effective communication, negotiation, problem solving, lead generation, and strong relationships with farmers and aquapartners. Focused on driving sustainable growth and enhancing customer satisfaction in aquaculture.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager
Aquaconnect
Lucknow
05.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Coastal Aquaculture Research Institute P. Ltd
- Project title: Increasing sales by promoting fish farming in different district of UP.
- Achievement: In just few years of time sales has been increase up to 7 Lakhs per month.
- Coastal Aquaculture Research Institute P. Ltd
Senior Sales Executive
Rallis India Limited
Gorakhpur
11.2021 - 05.2022
- Project title: Increasing sales by promoting fish farming in different district of Uttar Pradesh.
Field Officer- (Fish Division)
Biostadt India Limited
Patna
03.2021 - 11.2021
- Project title: Increasing sales by promoting fish farming in South Bihar.
- Achievement: In just six months of time sales has been increase up to Ten Lakhs in S. Bihar.
Research Officer
Biostadt India Limited
Aurangabad
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Project title: Probiotic formulation and development against pathogenic microbes in aquaculture pond.
- Isolation and identification of probiotics microbes from different environment (Water and Soil).
- Activities: Probiotics development again pathogenic microbes in aquaculture ponds, fields trials, data analysis, and quality testing of product at regular intervals.
- Product marketing along with marketing team.
- Water quality, product testing and raw material (RMs) analysis in QA and QC.
- Providing technical knowledge to the farmer for about fish/shrimp culture practices in aquaculture pond.
- Serving for farmer from stocking fish/shrimp seed till harvesting, that help in to get good production and help in company growth too.
- Production only can achieve by proper use of feed, feed supplements, minerals, probiotics and better management practices with proper guidance.
- Achievement: Two liquid probiotics, one sanitizer and one feed binder are taken up for field trail and about to launch.
- Regular visit to fish/shrimp farm and providing knowledge to the farmer, makes trust building relation on company that have long term benefit.
Young Professional-II
ICAR - Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA)
02.2018 - 06.2018
- Project title: Consortia Research Platform (CRP) on “Vaccines and Diagnostics”.
- Activities: Effect of different dose of Emamectin benzoate on copepod.
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR - Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA)
08.2014 - 01.2018
- Project title: National surveillance programme for aquatic animal diseases.
- Activities: Conducting active and passive surveillance in finfish and shellfish farms in different district of Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh states of India.
- Regular visiting to the shrimp/ fish farm, providing idea about culture practices collecting different type of sample for screening of all the OIE listed Aquatic pathogens.
- Sample screen for Microbiology, Molecular diagnosis, and Histopathology once screening carried out result given to the farmer in earliest possible time.
- Along with project work I have isolated several probiotics strain against pathogenic microbe.
- All these strains were identified by colony morphology, Biochemical test and 16s rRNA analysis.
- Above strain has been selected and taken for hatchery trials.
- Achievement: Selected probiotics showed good result in reducing vibrio load and maintaining water quality parameter.
- Regular visit at farm makes good relation with farmers.
Technician
Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF) – (RGCA)
Chennai
09.2013 - 08.2014
- Company Overview: Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture
- Activities: Maintaining the receiving area and cubicle.
- Acclimatizing and feeding of SPF broodstocks.
- Checking water quality parameters including temperature, salinity, DO, Ammonia and nitrite.
- Observing and packing of SPF broodstocks to hatcheries owner.
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture
Education
M.Sc. - Marine Biology
Pondicherry Central University
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands01.2013
B.Sc. - Life Science (Zoology, Botany and Chemistry)
Marwar Business School (DDU University)
Gorakhpur01.2009
Skills
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- Negotiation skills
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Lead generation
- Customer service
- Sales management
- AHC product development
- Molecular biology
- Histopathology
- Microbiology
- Technical training
- Business development
- Staff training and development
- Recruiting and interviewing
- Goal setting
- Performance evaluations
Accomplishments
Received 'Emerging Champion Award' in ASM category at THE TIME OF GREATEST OF ALL TEAM 2025 Annual meet.
Station
Lucknow, 09/12/25
Current Company
Aquaconnect
Designation
Manager - Sales
Publications
Emergence of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in farmed Penaeus (Litopenaeus vannamei) in India., 2.750
References
- Mr. Rohit Priyadarshi, Vice President, Aquaconnect, Andhra Pradesh
- Mr. Rajeev Mishra, Senior Manager, Rallis India Limited, Vijayawada, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh
- Dr. Satayander Singh, Area Sales Manager, Biostadt India Limited, Maharashtra
- Dr. Sudip Kumar Sen, R & D Manager, Biostadt India Limited, Aurangabad, 431136, Maharashtra
- Dr. P. K. Patil, Principal Scientist, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Division ICAR – Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, 600028, Tamil Nadu, pkpatilvet@gmail.com
- Dr. Amiya Kumar Panda, Project Manager, Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF)-RGCA, Chennai, 600041, Tamil Nadu, aqfacility@gmail.com
Languages
Hindi, English, Telugu, English, Hindi
Publications Under Preparation
- Fontibacter sp. nov., probiotics bacteria isolated from a brackishwater ecosystem.
- Vibrio sp. nov., a red color pigmented probiotics bacterium, isolated from a brackishwater ecosystem.
- Purification and characterization of bio molecule produced by Fontibacter and Vibrio sp.
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Virendra Pandey
- Notice Period: 1 month
- Date of Birth: 05/01/89
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Telgu
Intermediate (B1)
B1
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Manager
Aquaconnect
05.2022 - Current
Senior Sales Executive
Rallis India Limited
11.2021 - 05.2022
Field Officer- (Fish Division)
Biostadt India Limited
03.2021 - 11.2021
Research Officer
Biostadt India Limited
06.2018 - 03.2021
Young Professional-II
ICAR - Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA)
02.2018 - 06.2018
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR - Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA)
08.2014 - 01.2018
Technician
Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF) – (RGCA)
09.2013 - 08.2014
M.Sc. - Marine Biology
Pondicherry Central University
B.Sc. - Life Science (Zoology, Botany and Chemistry)
Marwar Business School (DDU University)
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