Eligibility Business Tagline or No special qualification or prior knowledge Programme Director Buss is required to attend the skill development Motto Dr. Gopal Krishna program. Anyone who can read and write English and Hindi and has an interest to Director / Vice-Chancellor learn is eligible to attend. All applications Recent Advances in duly forwarded by the Head of the Institution (not required in case of private candidates) Course Director Aquacultural should be sent to the Course Coordinator at Dr. N.K. Chadha the address provided. Photocopies of the Head, Division of 19-25 February 2019 format can also be used. Programme/Course Coordinators Intake Capacity Dr. Chandrakant M. Hittinahalli A total of 20 participants will be selected after screening. Mrs. Madhuri Pathak

Fees /Accommodation/Food Charges DATES TO REMEMBER Rs. 4000/- per person needs to be paid as course fees. The payment can be made at Last date for submission of application form the venue on first day of program, either in 31 January 2019 cash or DD made in favour of ICAR Unit – Communication of acceptance CIFE. Accommodation and food charges 07 February 2019 will be extra and have to be borne by participants as per expenditure incurred. Boarding and lodging in the International Guest House (IGH) – Rs. 2000/ day twin ICAR-CIFE’s sharing, while food charges would cost approximately Rs. 400/day. SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

How to apply

The applications in the attached format may be emailed to :

[email protected] ICAR - Central Institute of Education [email protected] Panch Marg, Off Yari Road, Andheri (W), ICAR - Central Institute of Fisheries Education Mob: 09821265019 Mumbai - 400 061, India Panch Marg, Off Yari Road, Versova, Andheri (W) Fax. 022-26361573 Mumbai-400 061, INDIA

Aquacultural engineering has played a vital demand feeders, computer based water quality been providing a need based curriculum, with role in expansion of the aquaculture monitoring systems, and remote sensing and tailor made extracurricular activities for the industry, which now accounts for half of all GPS in selection of sites for aquaculture are holistic development of fisheries professionals. products consumed in the world. some techniques developed recently. The Commercial aquaculture production lies in knowledge of these techniques is essential for The Institute is located about 9 km away from the realm of biotechnology, which requires professionals and entrepreneurs engaged in the the domestic and international airports, 20 km a balanced support from the biological and field of aquaculture. from Dadar and 5 km form Andheri railway engineering sciences. Aquacultural station. Mumbai, the financial capital of India, is engineering deals with planning, design, Thus; with an aim of imparting the knowledge of well connected by air, rail and road with all construction, and maintenance of fish recent technologies and advances in the field of cities of India. The climate is moderately cool , aquafarms, hatcheries, and support aquacultural engineering, the Division of during January and participants are advised to facilities. In fact, Aquacultural Engineering Aquaculture is organizing a Skill Development carry light warm clothing. is a multidisciplinary field of engineering Program on “Recent Advances in that aims to solve technical problems Aquacultural Engineering” at ICAR - Central associated with farming of aquatic animals. Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai - Topics:

400061 from 19-25 February 2019. ♦ Design of recirculating aquaculture Aquaculture technology is varied with systems (RAS) design and development requiring ICAR - CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF knowledge of civil, mechanical, and ♦ Design of biofilter based giant freshwater FISHERIES EDUCATION environmental systems along with material prawn hatchery The premier alma mater for fisheries in India, engineering and instrumentation. CIFE was established in 1961 as an in-service ♦ Raceways, and intensive aquaculture Furthermore, engineering techniques often training centre, mainly to impart proficient systems involve solution burrowed from wastewater treatment, fisheries, and traditional training and education to the fisheries ♦ Aeration systems, aerators & design of agriculture. Aquacultural engineering can professionals; where trainees were exposed to aeration grid various operative learning strategies so as to be defined as application of engineering ♦ Management of soil and water quality for equip them to face the challenges of the principles to the production of food and different Aquacultural systems fibre from aquatic environments. fisheries sector. By the year 1979, CIFE came under the administrative control of the Indian ♦ Water budgeting for aqua farms and The worldwide demand for fish and Council of Agricultural Research. In recognition hatcheries seafood is steadily rising. To meet of its yeoman services and expertise, ♦ Design of integrated aquaculture systems increasing demand for fish; innovative technologies are inevitable. Recent CIFE was deservingly conferred the ♦ & biofloc technology advances in the field of aquaculture Deemed-to-be-University status by University ♦ Application of GPS and remote sensing wouldn’t have been possible without the Grants Commission in 1989. Subsequently, the support of aquacultural engineers. Design scope and mandate have been widened to of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), include education as well as research. CIFE has Fill up the form below and submit to the course design of cages for freshwater and made its mark in knowledge - driven economy coordinators/course director in person or seawater systems, integrated aquaculture and in the process of enriching the quality of submit a copy by email with a scanned systems, aquaponics, biological filters, fisheries education, received accreditation from signature: biofloc technology, design of automatic and ICAR for its academic programmes and has

FORMAT FOR APPLICATION

ICAR-CIFE’s Skill Development Program on

RECENT ADVANCES IN AQUACULTURAL ENGINEERING

(19-25 February 2019)

Name of the candidate

Full address of candidate for correspondence with phone/mobile/fax/email

Qualification (last degree attained)

Reasons for attending the program