Professor Iddya Karunasagar

Iddya Karunasagar obtained his Masters and Ph.D degrees in Microbiology from Mysore University and carried out postdoctoral research at University of Maryland, USA, University of Sendai, Japan, Natural Resources Institute, UK and University of Wuerzburg, Germany. where he was Humboldt Scholar (1991-92) and visiting Professor (1993-2005). He joined University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), College of Fisheries, Mangalore as Assistant Professor, rose to become Professor, and Head of Division of Fisheries Science and Director of Research at Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University. During 1999-2005, he served as drafting member of Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological risk assessment (JEMRA). He then moved to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of United Nations and was based in Rome as Senior Fishery Officer, where led a Team on fish safety and quality and was based at FAO Headquarters in Rome. He played a key role in several FAO/WHO food safety risk assessments, which led to the development of international food standards at Codex Alimentarius Commission. He represented FAO in meetings of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene and Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products. He was Lead Technical Officer for several food safety projects in Asia, Europe, Africa, South Pacific, Caribbean Islands and Latin America. He collaborated in the development of WHO Five Keys for Safer Aquaculture Products.