• Departmental profile

    The prime objective of fisheries extension is to persuade and empower aquafarmers and fishing communities to improve their socioeconomic condition and quality of life by making improvement in their farming practices resulting in increased fish production and income. Once the primary objective at household and community levels is achieved, the overall national development objective of increasing national fish production is also attained. It is highly desirable that the primary producers are well informed and involved in the planning process from the very beginning and supported by the Government to enhance their production to achieve the planned national targets. Further, it is also equally important that while providing extension services support to these primary producers for developing their farming practices, utmost care be taken that recommendations suggested are in line with the need, means and ability of individuals and the communities and at the same time these are economically viable and socially acceptable. The top down approach deserves revision and warrants active participation of primary producers in the process. The targeted expansion of aquaculture production will depend upon many factors, including the development of necessary infrastructure and marketing facilities, easy availability of required inputs and perhaps the most important of all these factors is the need for a system of information transfer from the research and development centres to the farming households. Only appropriate programme can generate mass participation to achieve national objectives.

    The Department has been offering courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate levels. The Department is offering M.F.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Fishery Extension. The Department is well equipped with UG laboratory, PG laboratory and seminar room.  The curriculum is being revised time to time as per the need of time. The undergraduate and postgraduate courses were updated during 2016-17 and 2009-10 as per the Fifth Deans’ Committee’s recommendation (ICAR) and Broad Subject Matter Area Committee (ICAR), respectively. Pedagogy is being performed with adoption of internet facilities to update knowledge of students. The post graduate students carry out research work emerging and need based areas of fishery extension for their research works and such results are being published in different reputed journals. So far twenty six students and two student have been completed their M.F.Sc. and Ph.D. from this Department respectively.

  • Faculty Member

    Faculty: Faculty of Fishery Sciences
    Head of the Department. : Dr. Biswarup Saha

    PROF. SHYAM SUNDAR DANA

    Qualification : M.V.Sc. & Ph. D.
    Designation : Professor
    Email : danashyamsundar@gmail.com
    Phone : +91 9231658017

    PUBLICATIONS

    National: 40
    International: 02
    Popular Articles: 20
    Manual: 06
    Books/ Books Chapter:08

    STUDENT GUIDANCE

    Master Degree: 0
    Post Doctoral: 0

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    DR. BISWARUP SAHA

    Qualification : M.Sc. & Ph. D.
    Designation : Professor
    Email : biswarup.ext@gmail.com
    Phone : +91 9862260267

    PUBLICATIONS

    National: 37
    International: 04
    Popular Articles: 20
    Manual: 05
    Books/ Books Chapter:19

    STUDENT GUIDANCE

    Master Degree: 0
    Post Doctoral: 0

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    MRS. MOUMITA RAY SARKAR

    Qualification : M.F.Sc.
    Designation : Assistant Professor
    Email : mou.mfsc@gmail.com
    Phone : +91 9477097052

    PUBLICATIONS

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    Popular Articles:
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    STUDENT GUIDANCE

    Master Degree: 0
    Post Doctoral: 0

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  • Course

    Course offered:

    Undergraduate Programme
    Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
    FEX-221 Communication Skills and Personality Development 0+1
    FEX-322 Fisheries Extension Education 1+1
    FEX-323 Fisheries Policy and Law 1+0
    FEX-324 Fisheries Business Management and Entrepreneurship Development 1+0
    FNC-111 Swimming 0+1
    FNC-122 Physical Education, First Aid & Yoga Practices 0+1
    Post-graduate Programme
    Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
    FEX-501 Perspectives and Practices of Fisheries Extension 2+1
    FEX-502 Extension Communication and Methods 2+1
    FEX-503 Participatory Approaches in Fisheries Extension 2+1
    FEX-504 Training for Human Resource Development 2+1
    FEX-505 Community Mobilisation and Organisational Development 1+1
    FEX-506 Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations in Fisheries 1+1
    FEX-507 Multimedia Creations and Applications 1+1
    FEX-508 Planning and Management of Development Programs 1+1
    FEX-509 Human Resource Management 1+1
    FEX-510 Gender, Livelihood and Development 1+1
    FEX-511 Development Journalism 1+1
    FEX-512 Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Fisheries 1+1
    FEX-591 Masters’ Seminar 1+0
    FEX-599 Masters’ Research 0+20
    Ph D Programme
    Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
    FEX-601 Advances in Fisheries Extension Management 2+1
    FEX-602 Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs 2+1
    FEX-603 Measurement and Scaling Techniques 2+1
    FEX-604 Extension Service System Management 1+1
    FEX-605 Advances in Training Methods and Education Technology 1+1
    FEX-606 Social and Gender Issues in Fisheries 1+1
    FEX-607 Information and Communication Technology for Fisheries Development 1+1
    FEX-608 International Experiences in Fisheries Extension 1+1
    FEX-609 Media and Communications Research 1+1
    FEX-610 Ergonomics 1+1
    FEX-691 Doctoral Seminar – I 1+0
    FEX-692 Doctoral Seminar – II 1+0
    FEX-699 Doctoral Research 20
    Others
    Course No. Course Title Credit Hours
    SRP-IPA 411 In-plant attachment (for 8 weeks) 0+10
    SRP-RAWE 412 Rural Fisheries Work Experience (for 8 weeks) 0+8
    SRP-ST 413 Study Tour (in and outside State) (for 4 weeks) 0+2
  • Project Completed / ongoing

    Ongoing
    Sl.No. Title Name of PI Period Funding Agency Budget (Rs. in lakhs)
    1 Culture and propagation of indigenous air-breathing Catfishes in a home-stead stagnant pond Dr. Shyam Sundar Dana 2014-2015 NFDB, Hyderabad 0.380
  • Research Findings