• Explore diversity and identify the helminth parasites of common freshwater fishes from various localities in Mizoram

• Morphological and molecular characterization (using ITS and COI region) of the parasites species

• Assess the role of fishes in disseminating plausible helminthes in human and other animals.

• The clear picture of fish-borne helminth zoonotic parasites occured in riverine and cultivated fishes in Mizoram, posing potential risk to human and other animals health will be documented.

• Up-to-date database will be generated on various fish parasite species from Mizoram; and the genetic variability studies can help in evaluating conservation status of related fish species in Mizoram.

• Resolving, whether or not, the fish production systems are at risk of presenting fish zoonotic parasites, and that control approaches will benefit from understanding these risk factors