ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture and its Regional Centres at Kakdwip, West Bengal, Navsari, Gujarat and Experimental Station at Muttukadu, Chennai with a sense of pride and commitment for progressive growth in the focused areas of research and development. Dr.Kuldeep K Lal, Director unfurled the National Flag and conveyed his Independence Day greetings to everyone. In his Independence Day speech to the scientists and staff he expressed his satisfaction about the achievements of the institute in the areas of precision shrimp farming, mudcrab larval rearing, finfish farming, seaweed farming, feed formulations, diagnostics, prophylactic protocols, carbon crediting and ecosystem management, genome editing, technology commercialization, decision support, domestic consumption of fish, crop insurance, capacity building and societal development. He emphasized the principles of ‘need based and strategic focus’, ‘collective wisdom through team building’, ‘location/system specific farming models for different stratum of clients’ and ‘interdisciplinary, integration, uniqueness and novelty’ and ‘institution building’ are to be the trajectories for planning and execution of institute’s research and development interventions.
