cifri annual report 2007- 2008 - Central Institute of Brackishwater ...

CIFRI ANNUAL REPORT 200 7- 2008
Dr. Mangala Rai the Secretary, DARE, Govt. of India
and DG, ICAR, inaugurated the symposium on 15"'
Ilcc 2007. Dr. C. D. Mayee, Chairman, ASRB,
presided ovcr t h ~ function and Shri Ajay
Rhattacharya, .It. Secretary DAHD & F, Ciovt, of India,
was the Guest of {lonor. Dr. S. Ayyappan, DDG
(Fisheries), ICAK addressed the gathering. Dr. K. K.
Vass, President. Inland Fisheries Society of India C!
Director, CIFRI welcotiicd tlie dignitaries, guests and
all the participants of the syrnpc)sium. In his address
the Chief'Guest, Dr. Mangala Rai mentioned about the
dedicated servicc ofC'IT:KI in the last 60 years towards
tlie development of inland fisheries in India. I te also
refirred to the galaxy of' en~inent fishcry scientists
produced by this Institute who have niadc aniark in tlie
world fshcrics scctor. Ile projected the filturc frontier
area:; ofrcscarch in inland fslieries to hc take11 up in
right carricst to achieve new heights.
A large nunihcr of eminent fishery scientists, teachers,
planners and rcscarchcrs from all parts of the country
attended the symposium. The galaxy of' dignitaries
including 1)r. S. N. Dwivcdi, Dr. P.V. Deliridrai, Dr. V.
K. I]. Sitiha, I)r. S.A.H Ahidi, Dr. M. Y. Kamal, Dr. S.D.
I'ripathi, Ilr. S. I Ayyar, Dr. K. V. Dcvar!j, Dr. M.
Sitilia, Ilr. V. K. Ilcsai, Dr. V. V. Sugunan, Llr. Dilip
Kumar, Ilr, N. Saratigi. Ilr. W.S. Lakra, Dr. P. C'.
Mrrlianra, i'rof. 13. 1'. Zutshi, I'rof. N. C'. Ilatta, Prof.
Rrij Gopal, Prof. H. K. Sitlgh, Dr. 1'. Das, Prof. K. K.
Sinha, Ilr. i1.C'. C;oswami, Prof. 13. U. Jana Dr. 1 I. S.
Sen, Dr. S. Rhattacharya, Dr. K. L. Schgal, Dr.
Kuldccp Kumar, Dr. Api~rba Cihosh, Dr. D. Nath, Dr.
Kaushal Kumar, Dr. Sadaratc, Dr. K.K. Samnnta wcrc
felicitated by the ChicfCiucst.
Ten eminent researchers were conferred fellowships
of IFSI (FIFSI).(_)ne Young scientist award was given
and 12 publications were released on this occasion.
An cxhikition 'Matsya Utsav-2007'was organized ifi
which IC'AR Fishery Institutes, State Fisheries
Departments, NFDB and IFSI participated.
In four 'l'cchnical Sessions thcrc were 145 pnpcrs \\lit11
thenie oricr~tcd keynote lectures hy CS~CI-~S. Fron~
intensive deliberations tlie key issucs identified u crc:
Climatc change
(I'oniniunity-based ~ililnag~\n~~:r~t f'or 111orc
productive fisheries
Managing ecosystem scrviccs
Managing watcr producti\lity tlrrougli ccologic:tl
inter9vcntion
1nstitirtiot:alizitlg a Sramc~vork !'or irtilizing
synergy bet\veen rcstor:~tion and creation of' wr~tcr
bodies li)r ~vntcr ha~.vcsting and fishcry
Capacity build~rlg and govcrnancc
*I( !It k~:b\fc~.!t i',oil;!! sp01.t\ 'lltxbt\
C'IFKI organized thc IC'AK Eastern Zon;ll Sports
Meet at the Cnntonnicnt 13oard groi~nd and ;it Suha~~ta
Sadan, 13nrrr1ckptrr cluririg 20 May to 2 Sirnc. 2007.
Sixtcctl ICAR institutes participated in the riicct.
C'KKI, C'uttack won the clrampion trophy as well ;IS tllc
best athlctc and tlie best woriicn athlctc rtwards.
I ~ , I L I ~ L I S ; I func.t~o~i
~ ol IIIC IC'AI< /onill Sport\ Mt'c.1
(I-ii\tcrn/,one) 7000-07 111 l3arrachporc arnly grountl
.I('AK Zonal Sports (E;rstcrn Zone) f'or 2007-08
was organized at State Aniicd Police (SAI') Hatti~lion
I, 11 and VII grounds, and Sukanta Sadan Harrackpore
during 4-8 Feb 2008. Sri Vivck Srrhay, IPS, Special I(;
and Dl6 of'Arn~ecl Police, Barrackpore was thc ('hiuf
Ci~rcst and Dr. S. Ayyappan, DDG (Fy.), ]CAR was
Guest oi'llonour in the inaugural function. A total of
434 participants from 1 4 ICAR Institutes spread ovcr 8
states participated in 3 1 sports events. CRRI, Cuttack