RGCA to collaborate with Bharthidasan University

Aiming to give a fillip to technology and skill development in the fisheries sector,the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture, the Technology Incubation Centre of Marine Products Export Development Authority, will collaborate with Bharthidasan University (accredited A grade by NAAC), Tiruchirapalli, the biggest university in Tamil Nadu.
In recognition of its milestone achievements,Bharthidasan University has now affiliated MPEDA - RGCA as an accredited research centre for conducting research leading to PhD in marine sciences.
"MPEDA - RGCA is a highly multidisciplinary organisation with strong inter-disciplinary linkages and has crossed many milestones towards achieving excellence in aquaculture."
"The time is now ripe for MPEDA - RGCA to associate more with the aquaculture industry and also with other research organizations," said A Jayathilak IAS, Chairman of MPEDA and the President of RGCA, in a release here.

MPEDA - RGCA has established a pioneering Broodstock Multiplication Centre for Litopenaus vannamei (white leg shrimp) at Visakhapatnam; Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF) for L vannamei in Chennai; and the NABL-accredited pathology and genetic laboratories at Sirkali (Tamil Nadu).
It has also fastened the diversification of India's aquaculture by providing seed and culture technologies for the commercial production of species like Asian Seabass, Mangrove Crab, Pompano, Cobia, Artemia and GIFT.

B Sreekumar, Secretary, MPEDA noted that RGCA can take the Indian aquaculture industry to new heights in the coming years through the transfer of the already standardized technologies, plans and other relevant information.

R Babu Rajendran, Registrar, Bharthidasan University, informed that discussions were also underway for entering into another MoU with MPEDA-RGCA for faculty exchange, students' training/internship and other collaborative research programmes.
MPEDA's to associate with Bharathidasan University was formalized at a meeting at the University on Tuesday.