4 - Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture

Ambehr B. ltbuth, PltD
DIrrctoa
Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculturn
Bhubaneswar, Oris~, India
The central lnstitute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar has been pivotal in
developing and disseminating aquaculture technology since last four decades.
These technologies are developed from back up support provided by the high quality
research in the field of biotechnology, bioinformatics and other frontier research.
The institute is a leading centre in the country in terms of the research in the field
of the bioinfoxmatics as evidenced from the fact that the Bioinformatics Centre of
CIFA is only such centre in the fisheries sector in the country. The centre is
uniquely contributing to the sector by providing infrastructure, information and
data base support to the students and scientists. The researchers in the field are
immensely benefited by the ongoing workshop and training activities of the centre.
Since 1990 the centre has already conducted 11 National Workshop-Cum-Training
Programmes to update the researchers on the latest developments in the field of the
biotechnology, bioinfoxmatics, statistic and information technology. These
programmes also provide a platform for the interaction of the researchers and
students working in the related field.
Continuing with our traditions, this year also we are organizing the "National
Workshop-Cum-Training Programme on Bioinformatics and Information
Management in Aquaculturew during 19-21 March, 2009. The lectures and
presentations of these workshops are compiled in this manual to make a ready
reference study materials for the participants. I hope this manual will be highly
useful source of information.