Dr. M. N. Venugopal, M.F.Sc.,  Ph.D. 

  Professor, 

  Department of Microbiology, 

  Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University

  College of Fisheries,  Mangalore-575 002.

  E-mail : mnvenu@rediffmail.com

               Area of Specialization: Aquatic Microbiology ,  Fish/shellfish diseases , Human pathogens in aquatic

                                                     environment, Microbiology of fresh/processed  fish and shellfish

               Higher Training on     : 1. Molecular microbial ecology, at  Max Plank Institute for Marine

                                                         Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

                                                     2. Aquatic productivity at Institute of  Freshwater Ecology, Windemere and

                                                         Edinburg, Scotland U.K.

                                                     3. Sustainable development and exclusive. economic zone at International 

                                                         Ocean Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. 

                                                     4. Fish Biotechnology and new emerging areas, at Department of Marine

                                                         Biotechnology, Miyazaki University, Japan