ICAR Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture (CIBA) is a premier national Institute working on all aspects of brackish water aquaculture. Nitte DU and ICAR-CIBA have signed a MoU on May 21, 2024 agreeing to cooperate in skill-based training, education and to bridge the gap between and basic and applied research. DST TEC enabled this collaboration, which would pave the way for the development of the scientific relationship between Nitte DU and ICAR-CIBA to foster translational research and communication for advances in multidisciplinary fields. This program would provide a conducive environment for researchers, practitioners, industrialists aquaculturists and seafood processing industry to collaborate and develop cost-effective solutions to the problems faced by the industry. This partnership intends to include activities like student internship, manpower training, support in developing collaborative projects for funding, conducting field validation of aquaculture technologies, hosting stakeholder meetings, expert lectures, panel discussions and sharing experience in product development.
The MoU exchange took place in the Board Room of Nitte University between the Registrar, Dr. Harsha Halahalli and Dr Kuldeep K Lal, Director ICAR-CIBA, on May 21, 2024. The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr M S Moodithaya; Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor, Research and Patent; Dr Indrani Karunasagar, Director Projects and Director DST TEC; Dr Anirban Chakraborty, Director NUCSER; Mr Chethan Chakravarty, Legal Officer, Nitte and DST TEC staff were present on occasion.
Before signing the MoU, Dr. Kuldeep Lal visited the DST Technology Enabling Center and Nitte University Center for Science Education and Research (NUCSER). He delivered a talk on the status of brackish water aquaculture in India.