Department of Aquaculture is consisting of a freshwater farm comprising of 15 ponds and a mini-reservoir of 2.7 ha that supplies water to all the ponds
Sl.No | Course No | Title of the Course | Credit Hours |
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1 | FS 101 | Principles of Aquaculture | 1+1 |
2 | FS 110 | Freshwater Aquaculture | 2+1 |
3 | FS 111 | Aquaculture in Reservoirs | 1+1 |
4 | FS 201 | Ornamental Fish Production and Management | 1+1 |
5 | FS 210 | Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture | 2+1 |
6 | FS 301 | Finfish Hatchery Management | 2+1 |
7 | FS 310 | Shellfish Hatchery Management | 1+1 |
8 | ELP 411 | Aqua Farming | 0+10 |
Sl.No | Course No | Title of the Course | Credit Hours |
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1 | AQC 501 | Sustainable Aquaculture | 2+1 |
2 | AQC 502 | Soil and Water Quality Management | 2+1 |
3 | AQC 503 | Nutrition and Feed Technology | 2+1 |
4 | AQC 504 | Aquatic Animal Health Management | 2+1 |
5 | AQC 506 | Seed production and Hatchery Management of Shellfishes | 1+1 |
6 | AQC 509 | Coastal Aquaculture | 2+1 |
7 | Larval Nutrition and Culture of Food Organisms | 2+1 |
Sl.No | Course No | Title of the Course | Credit Hours |
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1 | AQC 601 | Advances in Aquaculture Production System | 2+1 |
2 | AQC 602 | Advances in Seed production and Hatchery Management | 2+1 |
3 | AQC 603 | Aquaculture Ecosystem Management | 2+1 |
4 | AQC 606 | Advances in Fish Genetics | 2+1 |
5 | AQC 607 | Intensive Farming System for Tilapia and Catfishes | 2+1 |
Optional Courses | |||
AQC 609 | Applied Biotechnology | 1+1 | |
7 | AQC 605 | Fish and Shellfish Physiology and Endocrinology | 1+1 |
8 | AQC 604 | Aquatic Animal Health Management and Quarantine | 1+1 |
9 | AQC 608 | Aquaculture Development, Planning and Management | 1+1 |
Sl.No | Title of the Project | Year | PI of the Project | Funds (Rs in lakhs) | Funding Agency |
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1 | University Revolving Fund Scheme on Demo Culture units of Pangassius, Vannamei, Scampi and GIFT Tilapia | 2016 | Dr. C. Judith Betsy | 5.00 | TNJFU |
Sl.No | Title of the Project | Year | PI of the Project | Funds (Rs in Lakhs) | Funding Agency |
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1 | Development of Sperm Bank for the production of quality seeds | 2009 - 2012 | Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar | 50.00 | NADP |
2 | An export oriented marine value chain for farmed sea food production using Cobia (Rachycentroncanadum) through rural entrepreneurship | 2009 - 2013 | Dr. N. Felix, Dr. B.Ahilan |
159.139 | ICAR (NAIP) |
3 | Enhancing open water aquaculture production through cage farming | 2011 - 2012 | Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar, Dr. M. J. Prince Jeyaseelan, Dr. N. Felix |
21.00 | NADP |
4 | Dissemination of BMPs and Biofloc Technology to enhance Litopenaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon shrimp production in Tamil Nadu | 2011 - 2012 | Dr. C. B. T. Rajagopalsamy, Th.T. Anand, Dr. A. Gopalakannan, Dr. M. J. Prince Jeyaseelan |
21.22 | NADP |
5 | Revolving fund project on Ornamental fish culture | 2011 - 2013 | Dr. B. Ahilan | 1.00 | TANUVAS |
6 | Evaluation of cultured algal powder for its suitability in fish seeds | 2012 - 2013 | Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar, Dr. M. J. Prince Jeyaseelan, Dr. N. Felix |
1.74 | Praj Industries Ltd, Pune |
7 | Experiential Learning in Freshwater aqua Farming | 2012 - 2015 | Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar, Dr. B.Ahilan, Dr. N. Felix |
36.20 | ICAR |
8 | Establishment of fish feed quality testing laboratory for the benefit of fish farmers of Tamil Nadu | 2013 - 2014 | Dr. B. Ahilan, Dr. C. B. T. Rajagopalsamy, Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar |
101.00 | NADP |
9 | Export Oriented Ornamental Fish Farming | 2014 - 2015 | Dr. B. Ahilan | 2.25 | NFDB |
10 | Shrimp Brood Bank | 2015 - 2016 | Dr. J. Stephen Sampath Kumar | 198.92 | NADP |
11 | Influence of replacing Soybaen meal by alternative protein sources in the diets of GIFT Tilapia | 2015 - 2016 | Dr. B. Ahilan | 2.46 | EVONIK, Singapore |
Sl.No | Name of the Extension Activities / Program | Year | Beneficiary |
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On campus training | |||
1 | Demonstration of cage farming | 2012 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
2 | Training on the cage farming of fishes | 2012 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
3 | Ornamental fish culture and breeding | 2013 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
4 | Fish feed and feeding management | 2014 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
5 | Ornamental fish culture | 2014 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
6 | Ornamental fish culture | 2017 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
7 | Skill development programme on ‘Vannamei farming’ | 2017 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
8 | Ornamental fish farming | 2018 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
Off Campus Training | |||
9 | Ornamental fish culture | 2013 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
10 | Ornamental fish culture | 2014 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
11 | Ornamental fish culture | 2015 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
12 | Ornamental fish culture | 2015 | Farmers & Entrepreneurs |
13 | Awareness programme on fisheries and aquaculture | 2017 | School Students |
Name | Designation | Mobile No | |
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Dr. S. Athithan | Professor & Head | athithan@tnfu.ac.in | 94422 88850 |
Dr. K.S. Vijay Amirtharaj | Assistant Professor | vijayamirtharaj@tnfu.ac.in | 99944 50248 |
Dr. C. Judith Betsy | Assistant Professor | betsy@tnjfu.ac.in | 98944 89236 |
Dr. Anix Vivek Santhiya | Assistant Professor | anix@tnfu.ac.in | 72004 74328 |