KOCHI: Mariculturists who have finished their academic programmes at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) will converge at the institute on April 8 and 9 as part of celebrating 37 years of mariculture research and development.
A press release from CMFRI said the institute, in collaboration with Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), had offered MSc and PhD programmes in mariculture from 1979 to 1993. Over 200 postgraduate and doctoral students obtained degrees from CMFRI, and they are now serving the country as policy makers, research managers, research scientists, industrialists, bankers, entrepreneurs, and teachers.
In 1993, the programmes were shifted to the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai.
J.K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries), Indian Council of Agricultural Research; Arun S. Ninawe, Advisor to Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and directors of ICAR institutes including A. Gopalakrishnan of CMFRI and K.K. Vijayan of the Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture are among the alumni of CMFRI.
Degree holders of 12 batches of MSc and 11 batches of PhD programmes will attend the meet. CMFRI Principal Scientist Imelda Joseph can be contacted at 9447228514 and imeldajoseph@gmail.com for details.
