1. Dr. M.V. Gupta (Chairperson)
   Former Assistant Director General (International Relations), World Fish Center and World Food Prize Laureate
   
   
2. Dr. S. Ayyappan
   Deputy Director General (Fisheries), Indian Council of Agricultural Research
   
   
3. Shri D. Ramaraj
   President, Society of Aquaculture Professionals
   
   
4. Dr. K. K. Vass
   Director, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute
   
   
5. Dr. P. Kumar
   Former Professor, Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute
   
   
6. Dr. K. Devadasan
   Director, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
   
   

Terms of Reference:

1. Provide ways and means and mechanisms to: a) Explore new food resources from the seas and b) Expand existing food resources from water bodies.
2. Suggest mechanisms for developing products and processes for enhanced aqua-food use in the country.
3. Suggest ways of creating awareness on aqua-foods as health foods.
4. Suggest measures for furthering innovative research in this area.
5. Provide an institutional framework for a consortium consisting of academia and industry to take this area forward.
6. Examine any other issues that may be relevant in this context.