A 10-days training programme for the 4 th Semester students of M.Sc. Zoology (spl. Fish & Fisheries) of
PKR Memorial (PG) College, Dhanbad, Jharkhand has been inaugurated at ICAR-CIFRI, Head Quarter,
Barrackpore. Thirty four students took part in this training programme. Dr. B.K Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI,
while welcoming the students, emphasized on the importance of inland fisheries management to ensure
the life & livelihood of rural India. He urged the students, the back bone of future India who can take the
subject as challenge to generate additional livelihood in the rural sector as well as eradicating mal
nutrition by ensuring knowledge gained from CIFRI. Dr. B. P. Mohanty, Head, FREM Division, ICAR-
CIFRI, urged the students to go for advanced training on molecular genomics including nutritional aspects
of fish for their future knowledge up-gradation, being conducted at CIFRI, Barrackpore, on regular basis.
The training modules covered on-field exposure visits, field demonstrations and in-house class
interactions with the scientists of ICAR-CIFRI including laboratory practicals on sediment & water
chemistry, biotic organisms, identification of different fish species, ornamental fish culture aspects, fish
diseases, feed ingredients including formulation of extruded pelleted feeds, GIS mapping etc. The
interactive sessions involved the present aspects of inland open water fisheries and problems faced by
the local fishers. The students were also engaged to submit write-up on different aspects of inland
fisheries management through group activities. The support extended by CIFRI library is mention-worthy
in this regard. The knowledge gap in regard to delineation of inland water bodies through GIS platform,
limno-chemistry of sediment & water, ecology & fisheries of rivers & estuarine ecosystem, enhancement
of fisheries in reservoirs and wetlands, pollutants in inland waters, fish diseases & their control in open
waters, crafts & gear, importance of SIFS as health food, feed formulation, socio-economics including
marketing, would be reduced after completion of the training. The students took active part in
celebration of World Biodiversity Day-2018 at the Institute on 23 May, 2018. The students were also
exposed to Sundarbans delta of West Bengal and collected ecological samples of the estuarine system.
Training program of such kinds would help in developing future road map for the students and selecting
their target to be achieved in coming future through concerted effort & endeavour keeping in view of
uplifting rural economy and health aspects of India.
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