Education
Born in the present day Indian state of Jharkhand in 1919, Jhingran secured his doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy) from Stanford University, United States of America in 1948.
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Born in the present day Indian state of Jharkhand in 1919, Jhingran secured his doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy) from Stanford University, United States of America in 1948.
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. He was the author of a voluminous work on fisheries, Fish and Fisheries of India 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 Agricultural Organization sponsored symposium on Development and Utilization of Indian Fisheries Resources held in Colombo in 1976.
Vishwa Gopal Jhingran died on 15 January 1991 at the age of 71.
A member of Sigma Xi, United States of America, Jihngran was a fellow of the Zoological Society of India, the Indian National Science Academy and the National Academy of Sciences, India.
