The Board of WAS-APC wish all a Happy New Year 2019, and thank all
our partners and supporters for their continuous support and fruitful
cooperation to make the Annual Conference and Exposition of Asian-
Pacific Aquaculture a success. WAS-APC together with TNJFU is
organizing the #APA19 ASIAN PACIFIC AQUACULTURE 2019.

The International event will be hosted at the Chennai Trade Center
(CTC) from June 19 to 21, 2019 (India).

The first plenary speaker will be Mr. Theng Dar TENG. His excellency
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman. His presentation will be the
opportunity to introduce the conference theme “Aquaculture for
Health,Wealth and Happiness ” depicting the global scenario of
Aquaculture and its outlook in 2030 to all APA19 participants. The
second pleanary speaker is Shri. Tarun Shridhar, IAS,Secretary to the
Department of Animal Husbandry,Dairying and Fisheries in the Union
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,India. His talk will highlight on
the potential of Indian aquaculture production and its exemplary
performance towards blue revolution target of the country.

Mr. Theng Dar TENG, is a well -known public and private sector figure in
Singapore and the ASEAN Region, and since 2008 he has been serving
as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman. In
Japan, with particuar focus in aquaculture, hitech farming, and foodtech
he is also serving as the Adviser on SE Asia Affairs to the Shizuoka
Prefecture Government, and Global Business Advisor to the Miyagi
Prefecture Government. On education and youth development activities,
Mr. Teng is the Distinguished Adviser to the School of Applied Science,
Temasek Polytechnic to support Research, Innovation and Enterprise –
I.e RIE initiatives in aquculture. Concurrently at national level in
Singapore, he serves as member of Advisory Board of the National
Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) to support Singapore youth
leadership development programs.

Shri Tarun Shridhar, IAS has been appointed as Secretary (Animal
Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries) in the Union Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare. He is an Indian Administrative Officer (IAS) officer of
Himachal Pradesh 1984 batch and represent the country at the
International level to sketch the fisheries and aquaculture progress in
many international forums. He handles affairs of government, which
involves the framing and implementation of policy in consultation with
the concerned Minister of the country.Earlier to this assignment, he was
the Additional Chief Secretary (Animal Husbandry & Fisheries) in
Himachal Pradesh Government until recently. Shri Tarun Shridhar also
had a chequered career as Joint Secretary (Fisheries) in the Union
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare from 2008 to 2013. He was
instrumental in introducing the SPF L. vannamei shrimp culture in India
making the country a major global producer amongst the farmed
shrimp producing countries in the World.