Rajeev started his PhD at Fisheries Centre, UBC in 2006 under the supervisionof Prof. Tony. J. Pitcher. Currently he is working on ecosystem modellingof Mille Lacs Lake for ecosystem-based management; in collaboration with theMinnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Section of Fish Management.

Rajeev graduated from the Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, India witha degree of Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc) in 2002. After that hecompleted his Master's degree (M.F.Sc) in Fisheries Resource Management fromthe Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India. His dissertationtitle was on the population dynamics and biology of Sciaenid Protonibeadiacanthus from Mumbai waters".

Publications

Manmeet Kaur Nalwa, Rajeev Kumar, A. K. Jaiswar, and R. P. Swamy 2007. Morphometry,Length-Weight relationship and Biology of Sepia aculeate (d' orbigny 1848)from Mumbai coast, India. Journal of Indian Fisheries Association, P 19-27

Rajeev Kumar and Manmeet Kaur Nalwa, 2006. FADs: A PROMISING TOOL FOR BLUEREVOLUTION. Fishing Chimes, Jan 2006, p 123-124.

Rajeev Kumar, Manmeet Kaur Nalwa and Divya Alice Varkey, 2006. Remote Sensing:Concepts and Fisheries Based Applications. Aqua International, March 2006,p29-33.