Vishwa Gopal Jhingran

Vishwa Gopal Jhingran (1919–1991) was an Indian zoologist and aquaculture scientist, known for the introduction of a composite fish culture technique by name, aquaplosion. He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1977.

Biography Born in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1919, Jhingran secured his doctoral degree (PhD) from Stanford University, USA in 1948. and a manual of hatching techniques, A Hatchery Manual for the Common, Chinese, and Indian Major Carps. He also published handbooks and several monographs on various Indian fish species.

Jhingran was the president of the Inland Fisheries Society of India and chaired the Food and Agriculture Organization sponsored symposium on Development and Utilization of Indian Fisheries Resources held in Colombo in 1976. He was a recipient of the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Prize in 1973 and the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1976. Synopsis of Biological Data on Catla: Catla Catla Coldwater Fisheries of India Synopsis of Biological Data on the Mrigal: Cirrhinus Mrigala Methodology for Survey of Brackishwater Areas in India for Coastal Aquaculture Catalogue of Cultivated Aquatic Organisms Synopsis of biological data on the Mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala Synopsis of Biological Data on Rohu, Labeo Rohita