SmartGreen Aquaculture sets up India's first inland trout farming project in Hyderabad

It will have a total production capacity of 1200 metric tonnes per annum and will create around 200 jobs.

The facility houses a dedicated two-acre hatchery and indoor grow-out system operated under RAS, on-site processing for value-added rainbow trout products, cold-chain facilities, as well as an online store to deliver directly to consumers.

The company also plans to set up a flexi-scale premium microalgae biorefinery on the farm campus in addition to a skill centre for RAS.

Officially launching the first phase of the aquaculture farm and research institute, Union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, and Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), termed SmartGreen Aquaculture as a shining example of the innovation driving the country’s startup ecosystem.

He said SGA’s harnessing of advanced technology to farm cold-water fish in a warmer climate was a remarkable feat. 

Aditya Rithvik Narra, the 31-year-old engineer-turned-aquaculture entrepreneur who is the founder and managing director of SmartGreen Aquaculture, said: “Trout farming in India has traditionally been limited by geography. Our precision-engineered trout farm demonstrates that advanced closed-loop water system aquaculture technologies using RAS successfully brings premium cold-water species like rainbow trout closer to Indian consumers.

“By integrating hatcheries, farming, processing, and e-commerce under one roof, we are reducing dependence on imports and intermediaries.”