Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)

CIFE was established on 06 June 1961. The main purpose of its establishment was to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities. The CIFE, initially, started with three Academic Divisions viz., Fishery Biology, Fishery Technology and Fishery Economics for conducting a two-year post-graduate course of Diploma in Fisheries Science (D.F.Sc.). The Institute came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Reserach with effect from 1 April, 1979. CIFE has been providing leadership in Fisheries Education and Training in India as also in neighbouring Afro-Asian Countries for nearly four decades. It was in recognition of the pivotal role played by the Institute in Fisheries Education that the Ministry of Human Resources Development and the University Grants Commission accorded the Deemed -to-be University status to CIFE on 29 March, 1989.