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On 17th December 2021, Dr. Joy Krushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries), ICAR, visited ICAR-CIBA’s emerging farming center at Kovalam, Chennai and reviewed the research activities and administrative matters of the institute through discussions with all the staffs and students. Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, CIBA welcomed DDG Fisheries and briefed the research achievements in the…

ICAR-CIBA, Navsari Gujarat Research Centre of CIBA (NGRC) signed two MoU’s during the Pre-Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2021 held at Anand Agricultural University for two imperative purposes. The three-day national summit was organized by Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Co-operation Department, Govt. of Gujarat during 14th-16th December 2021. During the event, several new educational institutions and centers…

In a major breakthrough, scientists from ICAR’s Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, (ICAR-CIBA), Chennai have sequenced and assembled the whole genome of Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus entirely on their own. This is a significant achievement for the country in decoding the whole genome of the native species of shrimp, one of the world’s most…

Indian Potash Limited (IPL) is the India’s largest importer of fertilizer and the second-largest buyer of fertilizers in the international market. Founded in 1955, IPL is one of the leading agriculture and infrastructure conglomerates with revenue of more than twenty-five thousand crores in 2020-2021. IPL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICAR-CIBA on 9th…

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) celebrated the World Soil Day in consort with the aqua farmers of Udupi and Uttara Kannada Districts, Karnataka under the guidance of Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, CIBA on 4th December 2021 at Kundapura, Udupi district, Karnataka. Dr. M. Muralidhar, Principal Scientist, Scientist-in-Charge, Environment Group & Principal Investigator, NICRA project…