ICAR - Central Institute of Fisheries Education organized a CAFT training programme first time on ‘Nutrigenomic Approaches in fish Nutritional Research’ from 8 -18 December 2015 at Mumbai. A total of 17 participants from university and ICAR attended the training on the subject.

The program was inaugurated by Dr. S.D. Singh, ADG (I. Fy.), ICAR New Delhi on 8th December, 2015. In his address ADG emphasized that CIFE aims at capacity building in specialized and upstream areas to fulfill the dream of Blue Revolution in the country.

Dr. Gopal Krishna, Director stressed that the goal of Blue revolution can be activated by using newer technologies like molecular techniques, selective breeding, nutrigenetics and most recent nutrigenomic studies. In the training programme the topics covered included Nutrigenomics in Fish Nutrition Research, Fundamental of Fish Nutrigenomics, Functional Genomics Research and their Utility in Fish Nutrigenomics, Genomics and Proteomics, Immunostimulant and Gene, Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture etc. The programme concluded in the presence of Dr. N.S. Rathore, Deputy Director General (Education), ICAR, New Delhi.