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ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM (ODF)–OF PAN INDIA POULTRY TRAINING / EDUCATION FACILITIES ORGANISED BY CPDO&TI, BENGALURU ON 8TH JANUARY, 2021 Central Poultry Development Organization & Training Institute under Government of India, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, a premier Institute located at Hessarghatta, Bengaluru organized a one day online Discussion forum – of pan India poultry training / education facilities on 8th January, 2021
CPDO&TI
CASM
CPPM, Hosur
Poultry sector in India is a technocommercial sector with contribution of nearly 1.5 lakh crores to the GNP with about 6 million people being employed directly or indirectly. Human resource development forms a significant backbone for the sector which well acknowledges that there are good number of technocrats / specialists along with work force in the sector. However, keeping in pace with the growth of the sector the middle management and experts in specific areas of automation, management, soft skills etc is the need of the hour.
Gajendran, Principal, Suguna Institute of Poultr y Management (SIPM), Udumalpet, Tamilnadu, Dr. Girish Verma, Dean, College of Avian Science & Management (CASM), Thiruvazhamkunnu, Kerala and College of Poultry Production & Management (CPPM), Hosur, Tamilnadu and host Institute, Central Poultry Development Organisation & Training Institute (CPDO&TI), Hessarghatta, Bengaluru deliberated about facilities in general and training activities in particular during the day.
initiative by CPDO&TI along with other institutes. He also felt that during this digital era of post covid vir tual platforms like this made easy for all the panelists to join and to create a historic r e c o r d i n y o u t u b e c h a n n e l of CPDO&TI and Hibiz TV for future reference to the needy.
CPDO&TI the premier poultry training institute in the country took lead in organizing pan-India ODF of poultry training / education facilities across the country. IN this forum, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Director, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute (ICAR-CARI), Izatnagar, U.P., Dr. R.N. Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research (ICAR-DPR), Hyderabad, Colonel. Joshi, GM & Head, Dr. B.V. Rao Institute of Poultry Management & Technology (IPMT), Pune, Dr. K. 32
Dr. Mahesh P.S., Joint Commissioner, GoI & Director welcomed all the panelists for the discussion forum. Prof. R.N.S. Gowda, former Vice chancellor, KVAFSU and poultry expert inaugurated the event and stressed the need for coordination, collaboration and remodeling of courses at all Institutes and educational facilities suiting to safe food and biosecurity in the farms. Further, Prof. felt that such an initiative of establishing one platform for training / educational facilities is highly needed and appreciated the
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Director, ICARCARI elaborated in detail about the facilities available at the Institute. CARI is the only Institute mandated for research in alternate species including chicken namely, Duck, Quail, Guinea Fowl, Turkey etc. CARI was established in 1979 with a mandate of research and human resource capacity building. CARI is the premier institute offering masters and PhD programs in the specific field of poultry specializations. He further narrated about various breeds of poultry released by CARI across the country. They conduct lot of training programmes namely, shor t term t r a i n i n g p ro g r a m m e of 6 - d a y s , sponsored training programmes, specialized training programs (12 days), EDP programme (6 days) and Poultry Planner | Vol. 23 | No.01 | January - 2021
