With an aim to develop entrepreneurship in freshwater aquaculture and provide a platform to the traders to share their views and ideas, the Business Planning and Development (BPD) unit of the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) organised a workshop on Friday.
National Coordinator of National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) Dr AP Srivastava attended the event as the chief guest while OPSl Chairman Dr AK Behera, CIFA Director Dr P Jayasankar and NK Barik, PI, BPD were guests of honour.
During the interaction, incubates who are ready to link into BPD, shared their views and expectations of running the business and expected support from BPD, CIFA.
The total number of participants was 150, including 40 entrepreneurs, officials from ICAR institutes, OUAT and State universities, etc.
The BPD unit is established to support entrepreneurs across the country. It has initiated links to develop eight incubates on fish feed, plastic designs, aqua-tourism, aqua-school and promotion of producer’s organisation in the freshwater aquaculture sector.
The meeting was followed by an exhibition where several commercialised and commercialisable technologies from the CIFA were showcased.
Summing up the workshop, the CIFA Director and BPD Project leader said the unit is intended to instil confidence among the entrepreneurs on technologies and handholding would be carried on till this goal is achieved and the entire value chain operation is completed.
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Bhubaneswar : Hockey India coach Terry Walsh has been appointed as the chief coach of Odisha’s newly created Kalinga lancer team, said chief adviser Dillip Tirkey. Australian striker Terry twice
played in the Olympic. Presently working as coach for the senior hockey team of India. We are proud that Terry would guide our State team and he will accompanied by experienced lajrus Barla as assistant-coach, added Dillip. The joint venture between the
State-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco) and Mahanadi Coalfield ltd (MCl), a Coal India subsidiary are the new franchise of the sixth team (Kalinga lancer) in the 2nd Edition Hockey India league, a professional league for field hockey competition in the country to be held from January 23 to February 23.
The team would be comprised of 24 members in which 10 overseas players would get the chance, the franchise owner would spend total ` 3.5 crores for the players auction, said chief adviser Olympian Dillip Tirkey.