Krishna is the Chair of the Aquaculture Program at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. With over 27 years of active academic and industry experience, he currently serves as the President of the World Aquaculture Society Asian-Pacific Chapter (WAS-APC), and Honorary Director of NEDAC, an intergovernmental Network for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok. Salin is also a Visiting Professor at Shanghai Ocean University in China.

His research interests include cleaner aquaculture production as well as the health, nutrition, and welfare of finfish and crustaceans. He also offers customized training programs and consulting services to governments, researchers, and businesses worldwide, based on the AIT’s Sustainable Asian Aquaculture platform. Salin has a PhD (Mariculture) from the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Deemed University), Mumbai, India, MSc and BSc in Fisheries Science from College of Fisheries, Kerala Agricultural University, India.