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| birth_date = 1919
| birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
| death_date = 15 January 1991
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| occupation = Zoologist, aquaculture scientist
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| known for = Aquaculture techniques
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]] Memorial Prize
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'''Vishwa Gopal Jhingran''' (1919–1991) was an Indian zoologist and aquaculture scientist,<ref name="Advances in fisheries and fish production : Dr. V.G. Jhingran commemorative volume">{{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK7352332171568779892625371/details.html | title=Advances in fisheries and fish production : Dr. V.G. Jhingran commemorative volume | publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp. | author=Syed Hasib Ahmad (editor) | year=1998 | pages=309 | isbn=8170750539}}</ref> known for the introduction of a composite fish culture technique by name, ''aquaplosion''.<ref name="Deceased Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N860934 | title=Deceased Fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2015 | access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Chilka-S-c.jpg|thumb|235px|Chilka Lake]]

==Biography==
Born in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1919, Jhingran secured his doctoral degree (PhD) from [[Stanford University]], USA in 1948.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> He served as the director of the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), [[Barrackpore]] where he was known to have introduced pioneering techniques in aquaculture. His contributions have been reported in the propagation of [[Mrigal carp]] and the fish tagging operations in [[Chilka lake]], a large brackish water lagoon in [[Odisha]], India.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> He was the author of a voluminous work on fisheries, ''Fish and Fisheries of India''<ref name="Fish and Fisheries of India">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BJBAAAAYAAJ | title=Fish and Fisheries of India | publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation (India) | author=V. G. Jhingran | year=1975 | pages=954}}</ref> and a manual of hatching techniques, ''A Hatchery Manual for the Common, Chinese, and Indian Major Carps''.<ref name="A Hatchery Manual for the Common, Chinese, and Indian Major Carps">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9MDGs1YzCEsC | title=A Hatchery Manual for the Common, Chinese, and Indian Major Carps | publisher=WorldFish | author=V. G. Jhingran, Roger S. V. Pullin | year=1985 | pages=191 | isbn=9789711022174}}</ref> He also published handbooks and several monographs on various Indian fish species.<ref name="Google Books profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.google.ae/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22V.+G.+Jhingran%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=7 | title=Google Books profile | date=2015 | access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> A member of [[Sigma Xi]], USA, Jihngran was a fellow of the Zoological Society of India, the [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="Deceased Honorary Fellows, Foreign Fellows and Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/deceased.htm | title=Deceased Honorary Fellows, Foreign Fellows and Fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2015 | access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> He was a recipient of the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Prize in 1973 and the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1976.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

Vishwa Gopal Jhingran died on 15 January 1991 at the age of 71.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

==Bibliography==
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* Fish and Fisheries of India<ref name="Fish and Fisheries of India"/>
* A Hatchery Manual for the Common, Chinese, and Indian Major [[Carp]]s<ref name="A Hatchery Manual for the Common, Chinese, and Indian Major Carps"/>
* Introduction to [[Aquaculture]]<ref name="Introduction to Aquaculture">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbZFtwAACAAJ | title=Introduction to Aquaculture | publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization | author=V. G. Jhingran| year=1987 }}</ref>
* Synopsis of Biological Data on [[Catla]]: Catla Catla<ref name="Synopsis of Biological Data on Catla: Catla Catla">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIJQnQEACAAJ | title=Synopsis of Biological Data on Catla: Catla Catla | publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization | author=V. G. Jhingran | year=1996 | pages=84}}</ref>
* Coldwater Fisheries of India<ref name="Coldwater Fisheries of India">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NwTGQAACAAJ | title=Coldwater Fisheries of India | publisher=Inland Fisheries Society of India | author=V. G. Jhingran | year=1978 | pages=239}}</ref>
* Synopsis of Biological Data on the [[Mrigal carp|Mrigal: Cirrhinus Mrigala]]<ref name="Synopsis of Biological Data on the Migral Cirrhinus Mrigala ">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zn-moAEACAAJ | title=Synopsis of Biological Data on the Migral Cirrhinus Mrigala | publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization | author=V.G. Jhingran, H.A. Khan | year=1979 | pages=78}}</ref>
* Methodology for Survey of Brackishwater Areas in India for Coastal Aquaculture<ref name="Methodology for Survey of Brackishwater Areas in India for Coastal Aquaculture">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCsmywAACAAJ | title=Methodology for Survey of Brackishwater Areas in India for Coastal Aquaculture | publisher=Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council | author=V. G. Jhingran | year=1972 | pages=36}}</ref>
* Catalogue of Cultivated Aquatic Organisms<ref name="Catalogue of Cultivated Aquatic Organisms">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDC8SQAACAAJ | title=Catalogue of Cultivated Aquatic Organisms | publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization | author=V. G. Jhingran, V. Gopalakrishnan | year=1974 | pages=83}}</ref>
* Synopsis of biological data on the [[Mrigal]], Cirrhinus mrigala<ref name="Synopsis of biological data on the mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala ">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66bwAAAAMAAJ | title=Synopsis of biological data on the mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala | publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization | author=V. G. Jhingran, H. A. Khan | year=1979 | pages=78}}</ref>
* Synopsis of Biological Data on [[Rohu|Rohu, Labeo Rohita]]<ref name="Synopsis of Biological Data on Rohu, Labeo Rohita ">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbpaLAAACAAJ | title=Synopsis of Biological Data on Rohu, Labeo Rohita | publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization | author=H. A. Khan, V. G. Jhingran | year=1975 | pages=100| isbn=9789251018941 }}</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[Aquaculture]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJhingran%2C+Vishwa+Gopal&qt=hot_author | title=Worldcat profile | publisher=Worldcat | date=2015 | access-date=June 25, 2015}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Science & Engineering}}
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering]]
[[Category:1919 births]]
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[[Category:Scientists from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian zoologists]]
[[Category:Indian scientific authors]]
[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy]]
[[Category:Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India]]
[[Category:Aquaculture in India]]
[[Category:Indian agriculturalists]]

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