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ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Education is a leading fisheries university that has emerged as a center of excellence for higher education in fisheries and allied disciplines. Nitte DU and ICAR-CIFE signed a MoU on February 28, 2025, agreeing to cooperate in skill-based training education and to bridge the gap between basic and applied research. DST TEC enabled this collaboration, which would pave the way for developing the scientific relationship between Nitte DU and ICAR-CIFE to foster translational research and communication for advances in multidisciplinary fields. Researchers, industry professionals, and practitioners can all network and look for answers in real-time in this program. The activities that are planned for this partnership include training personnel, assistance and guidance in developing projects for funding, conducting joint projects, giving lectures and sharing product development experience, hosting webinars, joint conferences, and symposia, exchanging technical information and knowledge development, and encouraging other cooperative activities in areas of shared interest.
The MoU exchange took place in the Board Room of Nitte University between Dr Harsha Halahalli, Registrar Nitte (DU) and Dr Ravishankar C.N., Director/ Vice-Chancellor ICAR-CIFE. Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor, Research and Patent; Dr Indrani Karunasagar, Director Projects and DST TEC; Dr Praveen Kumar Shetty, Director Research & Development, Dr Anirban Chakraborty, Director NUCSER, Mr Nithya Chethan Chakravarthy, Legal Officer, Nitte (DU) and DST TEC staff were present on occasion.