Rajeev Raghavan

Asst Prof @KUFOS1 l S. Asia Chair @IUCNssc FW Fish I Editor @Zootaxa I Asst. Editor @TheFSBI I SSHN Fellow 2024 🇨🇵 I @TheFSBI Medal 2023 🇬🇧 I JSPS 2026 🇯🇵

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Super pleased to have received the @TheFSBI Medal and to share the stage with fellow medallists @NickDulvy (Le Cren Medal) and @SofiaGracAranha (Huntingford Medal) !
And what a great symposium it has been so far @fsbi2023 #FSBI2023
@rui_vieira19 @otolithgirl @C_Adams1758

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Last week our lab contributed to the first phylogenomic analysis of Cypriniformes with complete family-level representation (316 species, ∼30% of all described genera) and 257 newly-assembled genomes!

https://t.co/N3pGObpYGH

@anoopanjukunnu @KUFOS1
@MolBioEvol @FishInTheNews

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Thank you @vdsatheesan for your touching tribute to our founder Vice Chancellor Prof. B. Madhusoodana Kurup, and for announcing a Chair in his name at @KUFOS1
#Vembanad #Kuttanad #biodiversity

[Mukesh Bhendarkar @MukeshBhendark2]

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[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Long time ago in the hill streams of Western Ghats collecting loaches for my former PhD kiddo @AryaSidharthan
#WesternGhats #freshwaterfish

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

@GokulValsan Likewise! And thanks for coming. I hope we can work together some day 🤞🤘

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Adieu Kurup Sir! 🙏

As one of India's most respected fisheries scientists, your contributions to the sector will be remembered by generations, and as the first Vice Chancellor of @KUFOS1, for your enduring vision and an opportunity to work under you!

https://t.co/x5CDdaokwZ

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

It was great to have @SDBiju1 with us at @KUFOS1
Thank you for inspiring me and hundreds of other taxonomists of my generation and beyond! I always tell him about two phases of animal taxonomy in India : BB (Before Biju) & AB (After Biju) 🐸 🐠
#taxonomy #science #inspiration

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

With many close friends and long-time colleagues at the workshop on developing a redlist of flora and fauna for Keralam #Kerala
@SDBiju1 @akhileshkv7 @kscste_kfri

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Last week @KUFOS1 was at @wii_india to sign an MoU, participate in the Annual Research Seminar and interact with the MSc students of Freshwater Ecology and Conservation. Thanks to @jajohny2013 for the kind invitation!
#freshwaterconservation
#marineconservation
#aquaticscience

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Our lab contributed to two recent papers on the fascinating Indian #Medaka #Horaichthys - a miniature Ricefish endemic to Southern peninsular India!

@anoopanjukunnu
@ZoolJLinnSoc

https://t.co/joFsBmvvn6

https://t.co/MLM4BA7gSx

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

When you get a cool little deepsea fish from marine bycatch, and find it to be a potentially undescribed species! 🐟🐠
#deepsea #marinebiodiversity #barcoding
@KUFOS1 @ShivNadarUniv

https://t.co/L2oMTChEHo

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Last week at the World Maritime Day Celebrations at Kochi #TeamKUFOS @KUFOS1

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Happy to see @KUFOS1 partner with the Government of Keralam to celebrate the World Maritime Day 2026 #WorldMaritimeDay
Celebrating the vision of
'from ports to people, and from Keralam to the world' #missionsamudra
#Keralam

@vdsatheesan @IMOHQ

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Since when has @BLRAirport stopped allowing TRANSFERRING @AirIndiaX passengers with a boarding pass to proceed to, and clear security check before a four-hour window?
@CISFHQrs @MoCA_GoI

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Catching up with long-time friend and colleague @binoyvijayanv when he visited me at @KUFOS1 last week
#SciComm #subterraneanfish #mahseer

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

A productive joint meeting of the scientists and faculty of @RGCB_Trivandrum and @KUFOS1 to explore synergies for collaboration in various areas of blue biotechnology. Thanks @beena_tweets for the kind invitation!

#bluebiotechnology
#marinebiotechnology
#oceans

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

@AmitKumar_ak14 I read your pre-print a few months ago, and the paper you mentioned yesterday! Now you know that preprints are not so good. Im never a big fan!

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

My fave director #ManiRatnam is back! ❤️

[Madras Talkies @MadrasTalkies_]

#InjiVellam

#ManiRatnam @arrahman #Subaskaran @MadrasTalkies_ @LycaProductions @VijaySethuOffl @Sai_Pallavi92 @sreekar_prasad #AvikMukhopadhayay @ekalakhani #SharmishtaRoy @BrindhaGopal1 @dhilipaction @AmbadyRanjith @bagapath @gkmtamilkumaran @sonymusicsouth @NetflixIndia @homescreenent @sst_casting @gopiprasannaa @SureshChandraa @DoneChannel1 @gobeatroute

[Rajeev Raghavan @LabRajeev]

Happy Birthday legend! Keep rocking and entertaining us!
@mammukka #Mammootty

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

#Watch | A Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) driver bid an emotional farewell to his bus after completing his final trip ahead of retirement. Paul Kurian, a driver attached to the KSRTC Kumily depot in Idukki, completed his last duty on September 2. After parking the bus at the end of his shift, he kissed the steering wheel and saluted the vehicle before walking away. The video, shared by KSRTC officials, has drawn widespread attention, with many appreciating his dedication to the profession.

Video: Special arrangement

https://t.co/kZ16vaURN5