ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was awarded with Swachhta Pakhwada Award-2021 (Second Prize) for the work done on cleanliness and hygiene during the occasion of the Annual conference of Vice Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and Directors of ICAR institutes on 13th April 2022.
The Hon’ble Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India Shri. Parshottam Rupala presented the award to Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, ICAR-CIBA in the presence of Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, Smt. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR and other dignitaries.
The Swachhta Pakhwada was celebrated by all the ICAR Institutes/Establishments including 102 Institutes across the country. The award was based on the range and scale of organizing the innovative events of cleanliness and hygiene besides documentation and dissemination of the same during the Swachhta Pakhwada fortnight observed during 16th to 31st December 2021.
