About the Programme
Course Overview
The school supports students in developing their competency in Water Quality Management, Fish Health Management, Feed Management, Aquatic Environmental Management, and Fish Processing Technology, through skill-based learning. It has dedicated units such as 21 fishponds, fish feed mill, Biofloc unit, ornamental unit, aquaponic unit, Chinese circular hatcheries, fish processing unit, RAS system and dedicated laboratories. Students get hands-on practices for navigating trawlers, net webbing and repairing, preparation of value-added fish products, through various academic partners such as ICAR-CIFA, ICAR-CIWA, ICAR-CMFRI, NIPHATT, ICAR-CIFT, Growel Feeds, Tata Rallies, and many other fisheries institutes and companies. The school is also committed to use IoTs for developing smart intensive aquaculture for commercial production of fishes in earthen and RAS Units. In order to develop entrepreneurial skills among its peers, it has also developed two domain courses (Intensive Aquaculture and Fish Processing Technology) where students practice the methodologies adopted in aqua/processing industries.
INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE
Course Overview
In this domain, students are encouraged to design aquaculture rearing systems like Biofloc, Recirculatory Aquaculture System, and Aquaponics, as per the industry needs. Students learn to develop SOPs for commercial production of food and ornamental fish besides feed manufacturing and management, health management, water quality management. They develop skills for seed production of Indian Major Carps, Tilapia, Goldfish, Molly, Platy, Angel Fish, Guppy etc. The domain also helps students to be technically skilled and ready for career placements by enhancing their entrepreneurship development capabilities in the field of aquaculture, while being committed to use IoTs for developing smart intensive aquaculture for the commercial production of fishes.
FISH PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Course Overview
This domain empowers students to understand novel technologies applied in processing for the product development of dry fish, salted and smoked fish, frozen fillets, mince-based products like surimi, ham and sausage, etc. Students gain knowledge about fish by-product valorization into value-added products such as silage, fish protein hydrolysate, chitin, chitosan and collagen. Besides value added fish products, the domain provides hands-on experience on quality assessment of fish and fishery products using microbiological techniques like TPC, identification of fish spoilage organisms (S. aureus, E. coli, C. botulinum, etc), and various other biochemical techniques – Proximate composition, TMA, TVB-N, TBARS and PV. Students also experience educational visits to leading fish processing and training institutes like ICAR-CIFT and NIFPHATT. This domain makes students technically skilled and ready for career placements, while also helping them develop entrepreneur skills
Duration- Four years
Scope/Job Opportunity
- Fisheries Biologist
- Fisheries Extension Officer
- Fisheries Officer
- Fishery Manager
- Fishery Technician
- Fishery Observer
Eligibility Criteria l 10+2 (Physics/Math, Chemistry Biology) 50%