Faculty of Fisheries
Faculty of Fisheries in SKUAST (K) was established in the year 2005 after continuous efforts of seven years with 152 newly created staff positions & a substantive position of Dean. The Faculty has come up at Rangil, Ganderbal (Srinagar), Kashmir on 229 kanals of prized land provided by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir and has became country’s first Faculty (College) of Fisheries with Coldwater/Hill Fisheries. Besides its primary mandate of Teaching, Research & Extension Education, the college has become a common facility for other hill states of the India like Himachal Pradesh, Uttararanchal Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim etc. for Human Resource Development specific to hill/coldwater fisheries. In token of this, the Academic Council of SKUAST (K) approved reservation of two seats each in BFSc & MFSc degree programmes for all these States. Number of State nominees of Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim are already taking the benefit of this provision and under this provision a number of students have completed their Degress from this University.
Development of trained human resource in fisheries for the whole country in general and Jammu & Kashmir state in particular with special reference to Coldwater/Hill fisheries. Organizing Research & Development (R&D) especially in Coldwater/Mountain Fisheries. Tapping of Fisheries Potential of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Development of technologies for mass seed production of Schizothoracids (snow trouts) for natural stock enhancement and their subsequent culture. Economically viable Feed formulation for Trouts and carps in Kashmir. Conservation and management of aquatic resources for food/sport/tourism vis-à-vis Fisheries. Impact Assessment of exotics on the local fish fauna.
The vision of FoFy is to be the Centre of Excellence for cultivating professionalism in fisheries and an important base for scientific innovation, in fisheries sector in general and hill/coldwater fisheries in particular.
Tapping of Fisheries Potential of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Development of trained human resource in Coldwater/Hill fisheries for the whole country in general and Jammu & Kashmir state in particular. Organizing Research & Development (R&D) in Coldwater/Mountain Fisheries. Development of technologies for mass seed production of Schizothoracids (snow trouts) for natural stock enhancement and their subsequent culture. Feed formulation for Trouts and Schizothoracids (snow trouts). Conservation and management of aquatic resources for food/sport/tourism vis-à-vis Fisheries. Impact Assessment of exotics on the local fish fauna.
The adequate Research & Development coupled with Education support in Hill/coldwater fisheries sector are very important and critical to the region. Even the Human resource Development for this sector is very inadequate. No Institution in the country is conducting Resident Instruction programmes in Fishery Science specific to temperate Coldwaters. Most of the programmes are tailor-made for warm water, coastal and marine sectors. Therefore, in order to remove this imbalance and address the issues of coldwater/temperate sector in greater detail to generate suitable technologies for raising per unit productivity, the Faculty of Fisheries in SKUAST (K) was established in August 2005. Mandate of the Faculty shall be to conduct research and disseminate the findings and other technical information through extension education programmes, besides producing skilled and trained manpower for the better administration and management of fisheries sector. Degree Programme Offered: The Faculty is offering Bachelors (B.F.Sc.), Masters (M.F.Sc. in seven disciplines) and Doctoral (Ph.D. in two disciplines) at its Rangil, Campus. Courses related to Cold water/Hill Fisheries have been incorporated in the curriculum as per ICAR recommendations. The Faculty is offering two seats each in B.F.Sc & M.F.Sc degree programmes for other hill states of the country like Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim & Uttarakhand having Coldwater / Hill fisheries resources. Students from these states are already taking the benefit of this provision. Students of Fisheries have excelled at National level in various competitive examinations conducted for research fellowships and ARS. Under ICAR JRF, students have shown 100% results (with National Ranking as high as 3) all along during the past which has resulted SKUAST-Kashmir to rank at No.3 among the Best SAUs in India.
Dean, Faculty of Fisheries is the coordinator of various programmes in the faculty comprising of the nine Divisions and is supported by the following sections:General Administration Section including Academics, Secrecy/ Confidential/ and Personal Section of the Dean;Accounts Section;Information & Communication Technology Lab;Estates Section;Library & Documentation section;Hostel/Health Center; andWorkshop & vehicle section.
Programmes at FoFy,Ph. D in FRM, AEMM.F.Sc in FRM, AEM, AAHM, FNB, FB, SS, Aquaculture,B.F.Sc
"The 6-month certificate course offered at Faculty of Fisheries imparts hands-on training to the trainees on different aspects of ornamental fisheries like fabrication of aquaria,breeding of ornamental fish, their proper rearing, feeding, management as well as development of entrepreneurship skills in this trade.
The students of the Faculty are participating in various extra- /Co-curricular activities within and outside the university with brilliant performance. The Faculty has retained the Badminton Championship Trophy all along during the past in the university. The Faculty has also received a prize for excellent performance during Inter-college competition of all fisheries colleges of India held at CIFE, Mumbai. The students are regularly participating in various NSS activities like plantation/ cleanliness drive and other environmental awareness programmes. Similar performance is shown by our students in debates etc.
"It was established in the year 2006.since then it continues to make progress in its program to face challenges of information explosion by adopting information technology. Faculty library is providing quality services to the students, teachers & research scholars supporting teaching research & extension programs of the faculty.
Educational Institution all across the world are implementing different Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of different academic, administrative, research and extension related activities. Nowadays the process of learning has included learning using different means of Information & Communication Technology has become a new norm which has resulted in rapid increase in the investments made by different educational institutions in ICT and related services. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a very helpful tool for providing good governance to the Faculty and its associated Divisions which brings change in the working of an Educational Institution.The ICT Lab was established in 2013 as a constituent unit of Dean’s office of Faculty of Fisheries, SKUAST-K in order to establish a platform where the students in general and faculty members in particular will leverage from the investments made in establishment of the unit. The main focus of ICT lab at Faculty of Fisheries is to help students in understanding a technology in order to ignite them to apply the ICT as a facilitator in their corresponding domains.
