Indian Army sponsored training programme for tribal youths of Assam

A training programme on “Freshwater aquaculture as livelihood option for tribal youths” has been inaugurated at ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga (14- 17^th November 2018). The programme is sponsored by 5/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, Assam for 18 tribal youth from Assam.

Col. D.D. Swain, Commanding Officer, Bihar Regiment, 120 Battalion, Indian Army, Bhubaneswar in his inaugural address on 14^th November appreciated the role of Indian Army in exposing the unemployed tribal youths to scientific aquaculture practices at a famous institute like ICAR-CIFA. He urged to have the linkage among the Indian Army, trained farming community and ICAR-CIFA for information sharing in freshwater aquaculture and more collaboration in future.

Dr. Bindu R. Pillai, Director, ICAR-CIFA, Kausalyaganga briefed about the role of ICAR-CIFA for dissemination of freshwater aquaculture technologies to the tribal areas of the country including NEH States. She urged the participants to get as much knowledge about fish culture from ICAR-CIFA and to use it for their livelihood development.

Dr. B.C. Mohapatra, Principal Scientist and Chairman, Tribal Sub Plan Programme of ICAR-CIFA informed that the institute had already conducted three such training programmes for tribal youths of Assam sponsored by the Mahar Regiment of Indian Army. Capt. Shivansh Tripathi, Captain, 5/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, Assam thanked ICAR-CIFA for conducting this programme for tribal youths of Assam.

(Source: ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga)