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Dr. K.R. Salin
Position: Associate Professor
Country of Origin: India
Email: salinkr@ait.ac.th


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Academic Affiliation

Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management
School of Environment, Resources and Development

Areas of Expertise (Keywords)

PhD in Mariculture, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India

Education

 

2015 to present: Visiting Faculty, Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), Mexico.


2013:  Visiting Fellow - Queensland University of Technology (Australia)


2010: Postdoctoral Fellow - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.


2003: Doctor of Philosophy (Mariculture), Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Deemed University), Mumbai, India.


1996: Master of Fisheries Science (M.F.Sc. Aquaculture) – I Rank: College of Fisheries, Kerala Agricultural University (India)

1994: Bachelor of Fisheries Science (B.F.Sc.) – I Rank: College of Fisheries, Kerala Agricultural University (India)

 

Professional Experience

2015     Visiting Faculty, Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), Mexico.

2015     Keynote speaker, AQUADACA 2015Simposio Internacional de Acuacultura, 30 Nov – 2 Dec 2015, UJAT, Tabasco, Mexico.

2015     Co-PI, ERASMUS+ GeoServices-4-Sustainability project co-funded by the European Commission.

2015     Invited Speaker, Seventh Aqua Feed Forum, 22-24 October, Can Tho University, Vietnam.

2015     General Convener of the international Smart Shrimp Farming Workshop, 20 – 22 January 2016, jointly with World Aquaculture Society, AIT Thailand.

2015     Course Director of the international training program on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: Design, Operation and Management, 15 – 19 January 2016, AIT Thailand.

2015     Course Director of two international training programs on Innovative Biofloc Technologies for Disease Prevention and Control in Shrimp Farming, held from 6 – 10 July and     12 – 16 October 2015, AIT Thailand.

2015     Invited Speaker, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Research, Zhejiang, China

2015     How to hack Aquaculture: Special feature, Sci Dev.net. http://www.scidev.net/global/technology/multimedia/hack-aquaculture-tilapia-WSN.html.

2015     Invited Speaker, Profit on Aquaculture 2015, 13 April 2015, Ananda Group, India.

2015     Invited to the Global Conference on Inland Fisheries, 26-28 January, FAO, Rome, Italy.

2014     Consultant to Organic shrimp aquaculture project (The West Bengal Traditional Black Tiger Project) in India for IMO Control jointly with Blue Sensus, Germany.

2015     Resource person for Summer Training to students from Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU), China.

2014     Invited Speaker, Sustainable Aquaculture Workshop, 3-11 November, NTOU, Taiwan.

2014     Invited Speaker, Profit on Aquaculture 2014, 29 March 2014, Ananda Group, India.

2014     Asst. Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

2014     Associate Editor, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences (http://fas.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board).

2014     A date with Prawns: Interview, SBS Radio, Australia, March 2014.

2013     Visiting Fellow, Earth, Environment & Biological Sciences (EEBS), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia

2011     Member of the National Committee for drafting Traceability Standards (ISO/TC-234)for shellfish including Crustaceans and Molluscs, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India.

2011     Member of the Curriculum Committee for Aquaculture and Ornamental Fish Culture for the National Institute of Open Schooling, New Delhi.

2011     Programme Committee, Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2011 (APA 2011), World Aquaculture Society, Kochi, India.

2011     Session Chair, Freshwater Prawns, Brazilian – Macrobrachium, World Aquaculture 2011, Natal, Brazil.

2011     Session Chair, Freshwater Prawns, Asian Pacific Aquaculture (APA 2011), World Aquaculture Society, Kochi, India

2011     Invited paper – Giant Prawn 2011, Kochi, India.

2011     Asst. Professor (Senior Scale), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India.

2010    Invited contributing author to 2nd Edition:  New, M.B., Valenti, W.C., Tidwell, J.H., D’Abramo, L.R., and Kutty, M.N. (Eds.) ‘Freshwater Prawn Culture: The farming of Macrobrachium rosenbergii’, Blackwell Science, UK.

2010     Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, QUT, Brisbane, Australia.

2009     Asst. Professor (Senior Scale), Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Kochi, Kerala, India.

2009     Endeavour Awards, Govt. of Australia, Dept. of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Australia.

2008-11 Member of the Expert Committee - Task Forces on Inland Fisheries & Aquaculture, and T.F for Drafting Leasing Policy, Govt. of Kerala, India.

2005     Asst. Professor, Faculty of Fisheries, Kerala Agricultural University, KVK Kumarakom, India.

2003     Technical Consultant to the Kerala Agricultural University Project for setting up of a commercial freshwater prawn hatchery for the Govt. of Karnataka, India.

2003     PhD (Mariculture), Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Deemed University, ICAR, Mumbai, India.

1994     M.F.Sc. (Aquaculture) – I Rank, College of Fisheries, Kerala Agricultural University, Kochi, Kerala, India.

1994     Junior Research Fellowship (I Rank), Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

1989-’94 B.F.Sc (Bachelor of Fisheries Science) – I Rank, College of Fisheries, Kerala Agricultural University, Kochi, India.

Present Research Involvements

  1. ERASMUS+, GeoServices-4-Sustainability (GeoS4S); co-funded by the European Commission (2015-2018): 74,976 Euro.

  2. Innovative Aquaculture Technologies for conservation of water and safe discharge of effluents – D.S.T, Govt. of India (2014-2017): US$ ~192,188.

  3. Biofloc Shrimp Farming Technology (2015-2016): US$ 70,000.

  4. Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and Aquaponics (2015-2017): US$ 38,800.

  5. Studying patterns of genetic diversity in farmed red tilapia strains - UAR Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India (2015-2016): US$ 5000.

Research Interests

Doctoral Research Supervision

Selected Publications

Selected publications

  1. Nair, C.M., Salin, K.R., Joseph, J., Aneesh, B., Geethalakshmi, S. & New, M.B. (2014) Organic rice-prawn farming yields 20% higher revenues. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 10/2013; DOI: 10.1007/s13593-013-0188-z. (Journal Impact Factor: 3.992).

  2. Hyungtaek Jung, Russell E Lyons, Yutao Li, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Hung Dinh, David A Hurwood, Krishna R Salin Peter B Mather (2014). A Candidate Gene Association Study for Growth Performance in an Improved Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Culture Line. Marine Biotechnology 10/2013; DOI:10.1007/s10126-013-9555-7. (Journal Impact Factor: 3.43).

  3. Hurwood, D.A., Dammannagoda, S., Krosch, M.N., Salin, K.R., Youssef, A-B.H., de Bruyn, M. & Mather, P.B. (2014). Impacts of climatic factors on evolution of molecular diversity and natural distribution of wild stocks of the Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Freshwater Science 33(1), DOI: 10.1086/675243. (Journal Impact Factor: 2.80).

  4. Viral C.B., Nair, C.M., Salin, K.R. & Tank, K.V. (2014) Growth and survival of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798) in monosex and mixed-sex cultures. Fishery Technology 51: 13-18.

  5. Aneesh, B., Salin, K.R. & Nair, C.M. (2013) Breeding for conservation: Case of an endangered catfish Clarias dussumierii (Valenciennes, 1840). Fishery Technology 50: 101-109.

  6. Nair, C.M. & Salin, K.R. (2012Current status and prospects of the giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) and the monsoon river prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii in IndiaAquaculture Research 43(7), 999-1014.(Journal Impact Factor: 1.422).

  7. Nair C.M & Salin K.R. (2012) Hatchery sector in India: stricter government control aims at sustainable production. The Practical Asian AquacultureAsian Aquaculture Network, Bangkok, Thailand, 3(11):12-17.

  8. Nair, C.M. & Salin, K.R. (2011) Freshwater fish farming in India. The Practical Asian AquacultureAsian Aquaculture Network, Bangkok, Thailand, 2(1):6-11.

  9. Nair C.M. & Salin K.R. (2011) Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies: A bold initiative. In: Compendium of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in the Asia Pacific Region. Jose T.M., Nair J.R., Salin K.R, Sherief T.M., Raman N.N., Krishnakumar S. & M. Jayapradeep (Eds) Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2011, 17-20 January. College of Fisheries, Kochi, India, 110 p.

  10. Manoj, C.K., Nair, C,M., Patel, M.B., Mukherjee, S.C., Pal, A.K. & Salin, K.R. (2010) Hematobiochemical and histopathological changes in Labeo rohita (Ham.) infected with Aeromonas hydrophila by immersion challenge.Fishery Technology 47(2), 151-160.

  11. Nair, C.M. & Salin, K.R. (2010) All male monosex culture of freshwater prawns. The Practical Asian AquacultureAsian Aquaculture Network, Bangkok, Thailand, 1(1):10-14.

  12. Manoj, C.K., Nair, C.M. & Salin, K.R (2010) Controlled reproduction and early stages of development in endangered ornamental fish Puntius denisonii, indigenous to the rivers of Western Ghats. Fishing Chimes 29(12), 18 - 21.

  13. Shyla, G., Nair, C.M., Salin, K.R., Sherief, P.M. & Mukundan, M.K (2009) Liver oil of Pharaoh cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831 as a lipid source in the feed of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man 1879). Aquaculture Nutrition 15, 273-281. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.688).

  14. Kutty M.N., Nair, C.M. & Salin K.R. (2009) Freshwater prawn farming and its sustainability in South Asia. World Aquaculture 40(2), 48-52, 67-68.

  15. Nair, C.M. & Salin, K.R. (2009) Organic prawn farming comes to India’s rice fields. Global Aquaculture Advocate Nov/Dec 2009, 66 – 68.

  16. Nair, C.M. and Salin, K.R. (2009). Emerging biotechnological approach in all male monosex farming of giant freshwater prawn. Fishing Chimes 29(5), 18 – 22.

  17. Raju U.K.V., Nair C.M. & Salin K.R. (2009) Freshwater prawn farming in India – falling yields signal need for stock improvement. In: INFISH Souvenir. NFDB, Hyderabad, India.

  18. Kutty, M.N., Nair, C.M. & Salin, K. R. (2008) Reservoir fisheries of freshwater prawn – Success story of an emerging culture-based giant freshwater prawn fishery at Malampuzha Dam in Kerala, India. Aquaculture Asia13(2), 40 – 41.

  19. Nair C.M., Salin K.R. & Ashok Kumar K. (2007) Use of Cyclop-eeze as a substitute for Artemia nauplii in larval rearing of giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man 1879). Aquaculture Nutrition 13 (2), 88-93. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.688).

  20. Nair C.M. & Salin K.R. (2007) Carp-based Polyculture in India: Emerging trends. Global Aquaculture Advocate, pp. 54-56, Jan/Feb 2007.

  21. Nair C.M. & Salin K.R., Raju M.S. & Sebastian M. (2006) Economic analysis of monosex culture of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man): a case study. Aquaculture Research, 37, 949-954. (Journal Impact Factor: 1.422).

Books 

 

  1. Profit on Aquaculture (2015) Salin K.R. (ed.). Uddaraju Anandaraju Fundation, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  2. Macrobrachium: THe Culture of Freshwater Prawns (2008) Michael B. New, Nairc, C.M., Kutty, M.N., Salin, K.R. & Nandeesha, M.C.. Macmillan India Ltd.

  3. Freshwater Prawns: Advances in Biology, Aquaculture & Marketing (2007). C. Mohanakumaran Nair, Nambudiri D.D., Jose S., Sankaran T.M., Jayachandran K.V. & Salin K.R. (Eds.). Allied Publishers, India.

  4. Compendium on Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in the Asia Pacific Region (2011). Jose T.M., Nair J.R., Salin K.R, Sherief T.M., Raman N.N., Krishnakumar S. & M. Jayapradeep (Eds.). College of Fisheries, Kochi, India.

 

Contributed chapters

  1. Wagner C. Valenti, Michael B. New, K.R Salin and Jinyun Ye (2010). Grow-out Systems - Monoculture, pp. 154 – 179. In: Freshwater Prawns – Biology and Farming (ed. by New, M.B., Valenti, W.C., Tidwell, J.H., D’Abramo, L.R., and Kutty, M.N). Wiley-Blackwell, UK.

  2. Nair, C.M., Salin K.R., Devika Pillai, Sarath S. & Manoj C.K. (2010). Simultaneous rice – fish culture system in modified Pokkali rice fields – a possible alternative to improve sustainability. pp. 59 – 66. In: Coastal Fishery Resources of India-Conservation and Sustainable utilization (ed. by Meenakumari, B., Boopendranath, M.R., Edwin, L., Sankar, T.V., Gopal, N & Ninan, G). SOFTI, Kochi, India.

  3. Salin K.R, Nair C.M & Sebastian C.D (2009). Sustainable rice-prawn farming system in Kole lands of Kerala, India. pp. 27-33. In: Giant Malaysian Prawn: Transforming the Industry through Technological Innovations. (ed. by Siti Shapor Siraj, Annie Christianus & Siti Khalijah Daud). Malaysian Fisheries Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  4. Nair C.M & Salin K.R. (2009). Freshwater prawn farming in India: facing new challenges. pp. 11-27. In: Giant Malaysian Prawn: Transforming the Industry through Technological Innovations (ed. by Siti Shapor Siraj, Annie Christianus & Siti Khalijah Daud). Malaysian Fisheries Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  5. Salin, K.R., Yohannan, T.M. and Nair, C.M (2004). The fishery, trade and conservation of seahorses along the Indian coast. pp. 513-526.  In: New Frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Ed. by S.A.H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan & M. Vijayakumaran). January 22-23, 2004, Chennai, India.

Memberships/Credentials

Other

Awards/Honours

2012     DBT-CREST Fellowship, Dept. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

2011     Appreciation Certificate from World Aquaculture Society, USA.

2011     Dedicated Organizer, Appreciation Certificate from Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF), UK.

2009     Endeavour Awards, Dept. of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Govt. of Australia.

2003     Best Young Scientist Award, for contributions in freshwater prawn research, Kochi, India.

1992     Jawaharlal Nehru Fund Award for top-ranking Agriculture Students, New Delhi, India.

1992     Best Outgoing Student Award, Fisheries Faculty Club, Kerala Agricultural University, Kochi, Kerala, India.