Dr. K. Sampath had 24 years (1985 to 2009) of experience. His area of specialisations is Aquaculture. He was the member in Asian Fisheries Forum and he visited as a resource person to Kamaraj College, Tuticorin, Academic staff college, M.K. University, Madurai and Vivekananda College, Tiruvengadam. He had published 127 research papers in National and International Journals and presented 7 papers in seminars and conferences. He was the principal investigator of 5 Research projects funded by UGC, CSIR, New Delhi. He guided 30 M.Phil and 7 Ph.D Scholars to his credit.