Mangaluru: College of Fisheries (COF) accused the Karnataka Veterinary, Fisheries Sciences University, (Kvafsu) Bidar, discrimination against universities and fisheries communities.
The COF staff wrote to the Registrar, Kvafsu, after the university quoted several shortcomings, such as human resources, infrastructure, funding and others, in their reports to the Department of Livestock and Fisheries to improve universities to universities.
“Kvafsu has treats the COF as a subordinate and inferior office and damages the fisheries sector.
This amounts to insult to the fishermen community.
Because of the indifferent attitude, this sector has not developed into its potential in the state.
This is a university obligation to consider decisions taken by Chosen Members, ” letter from the COF faculty to the Registrar said.
The COF also blamed the university because he did not follow the procedure before sending a report to the government, it became stakeholder.
On several occasions, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Minister of Kota Shrinivas Poojari, Minister of Fisheries S has been submit a memorandum to the country and the central government to improve the status of the university.
The Faculty’s COF states that Tamil Nadu has established a university and has six universities with various disciplines, Maharashtra has four universities, and so is Kerala.
Telangana and Odisha have been Gulspant university.
These countries have developed fisheries, entered the top five in the country, while Karnataka, has the second largest water reserves, still ranked 9-10 in aquaculture.
Some areas such as cage culture, maritime fishing, seaweed culture, marine biotechnology, ornamental fish culture, aquaponics have not been touched by the state due to the lack of available skills, the letter stated.
Reacting to Allegations, Dr.
Narayanaswamy, VC, Kvafsu told Tii, “We only provide status reports.
If the government wants to make a University COF, we do not mind,” he claimed they only handed over facts.
Fishermen demanded University fishermen demanding an increase in COF Become a university.
Nearly 55 fishermen signed a recent appeal and handed it to Deputy Commissioner KV Rajendra.
“The formation of the University will help provide various skills to fishermen and lift the fishermen community,” said Nithin Kumar, Chairman, Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation (KFDC).
College of Fisheries, Prime Minister of Fisheries Education and Research, was founded in 1969 as the first fisheries college in India.
It then made part of Karnataka Animal, University of Animal and Fisheries, Bidar.