Procured funds from International Development Research centre Canada and Network of Aquaculture centres in Asia to sponsor 27 students from 11 countries in Asia to undergo the postgraduate training.
Considerable experience in supervising postgraduate students. Was the main supervisor for 10 masters and five doctorate students who have successfully completed their degrees and currently the main supervisor for two masters and two doctorate students. Also co-supervisor for 3 masters 5 PhD students.
Played an active role in establishing the new centre of Innovation and Commercialisation and formed policy guidelines. As director of the University Centre I was involved in evaluation of R&D technologies for patent filing and commercialisation. Also did matchmaking of academic staff with potential clients for up scaling of R&D technologies or business partnering and formation of spin-off companies.
Project sponsored by International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC). Responsible for monitoring research on fish health and organizing workshops, training courses and seminars for members of the recipient institutions of the IDRC funded project.Countries involved in the network included China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Played key role in the formation of the MFS and has been the president for various terms.
Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture I (1990 - Bali, Indonesia) and II (1993 - Phuket, Thailand).
Several seminars related to fisheries. These seminars were held jointly with the Department related to fisheries. These seminars were jointly held with the Department of of Fisheries Malaysia, the Fisheries Development Authority or the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science
Seminars related to fish diseases, under sponsorship of IDRC, Canada.
Asian Fisheries Society Fish Health Section Newsletter. 1987-1995.
to the International Foundation for Science since 1994.
Member of Board of Trustees from 1994-2000. Also played a key role in negotiations with the Malaysian Government to provide headquarter site for the WorldFish Center in Penang. The WorldFish Center is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
Consultant for monitoring IDRC funded regional fish health projects in Southeast Asia. 1980 - 1988.
Resource person for training course in fish pathology. 1990, Bogor, Indonesia.
Shrimp Health Expert for FAO mission to Iran 1998.
International Consultant on Fish Health Management Indonesia - 2003
Resource person for Workshop on Relationship between EUS and the Environment. 1989, Bangkok.
Resource person for the training programme in fish health and advisor on fish disease control in Brunei. 1992 & 1994.
Resource person for workshop on Aquaculture and Value Addition. 1993, Sri Lanka.
Evaluation of PADEK's Aquaculture Program in Cambodia. 1994.
Review of ACIAR Project Improving fish production in freshwater aquaculture and in estuaries by reducing losses due to epizootic ulcerative syndrome. 1996.
Science & Government Liaison Advisor - 2003
International Consultant on Fish Health Management Indonesia - 2003.
Consultant on Fish Health Management Brunei - 2003.
Invited Speaker "Funding Knowledge Led Growth" - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 2007
Evaluate Moroccan Strategy Torwards Innovation & lecture on The Development of Innovation : The Malaysian Experience - 2008
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