Announcements - Temporary vacancies are available in the World Bank Funded TN-IAMP Scheme on “Development and management of pure line inland fish brooders in the brooder farm and production of good quality seeds.
Krishnagiri – Barur Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture is a Tilapia seed production farm located at Barur, Krishnagiri District. The Centre is exclusively working on new tilapia strain development, tilapia breeding techniques, tilapia seed production, tilapia all male seed production with low cost technologies and low cost feed for tilapia. The Centre has 16 earthen ponds, including two reservoirs, located in a land extent of 12.5 acres (5 ha). These excellent field facilities provide opportunities for conducting research on tilapia farming and seed production by PG and PhD scholars and faculty staff. Presently, the Centre is producing all male seeds of Red and GIFT strains of tilapia. The Centre also provides technical guidance and technical services to fish farmers. Periodically training and awareness programmes on various aspects of aquaculture are being conducted to the benefit of the fish farmers of Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Tirupathur, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai and other adjoining districts.
| Sl.No | Title of the Project | Year | Fund (in lakh) | Funding Agency |
| 1 | Development of new strain for in land fish farm | 2017 - 23 | 40.33 | World Bank – TN IAMP |
| 2 | Livelihood Improvement through Technology backed backyard genetically improved farmed Tilapia | 2018-19 | 15.67 | SBGF, SDPC Govt. of TN |
| 3 | Establishment of “Aquaponics Technology Park” for the production of multiple vegetable crops by Recirculating fish culture water in the water limited area of Barur, Krishnagiri District. | 2020 - 21 | 198.00 | NADP – Govt. of TN |
| 4 | Hatchery component (Tilapia Entrepreneurial Park Development for Industrialization of Tilapia Culture in Palaar Porandalar Dam (Dindugal Dt) | 2020 - 23 | 21.00 | TANII |
| 5 | Upgrading Sustainable Aquaculture Production Centre so of TNJFU for operation through Private-Public Partnership for Integrated Agriculture Development | 2019 - 20 | 33.50 | NADP – Govt. of TN |
| Sl.No | Title of the Project | Year | Fund (in lakh) | Funding Agency |
| 1 | Establishment of Regional fisheries research and extension centre in Barur, Krishnagiri District | 2014 - 15 | 121.04 | NADP |
| 2 | To adopt foldscope as tool to study the diversity of fish parasites and microalgae different aquaculture systems | 2018 - 19 | 6.0 | DBT |
| Sl.No | Name | Designation | E-mail Id | Mobile |
| 1 | Dr. Somu Sunder Lingam. R | Assistant Professor | somusunderlingam@tnfu.ac.in | 8675858384 |
| 2 | Mr. Seba Bharathi. S | Fishery Assistant | sebabharathi@gmail.com | 9715278354 |
| Sl. No | Name of the Student | Dissertation Topic | Guide |
| 1 | Mr. Rameshwar Bhosle | Evaluation of hormone by enriched live-feeds in the all male production of hybrid tilapia (Red strain) | Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar |
Pungampatti Village,
Pochampalli Tk,
Krishnagiri district – 635 201,
Tamil Nadu.
