A. Bijukumar Vice Chancellor, KUFOS with Shafi Mather, Chairman of Mas Sports activities and Leisure Personal Restricted and Dinesh Kaippilly, Registrar, KUFOS after signing the MoU.
Kerala College of Fisheries and Ocean Research has entered right into a Public-Personal Partnership (PPP) initiative in fish farming and value-added fishery merchandise.
The MoU with Mas Sports activities and Leisure Personal Restricted to launch collaboration seeks to mix scientific experience with business expertise to assist innovation, sustainability and inclusive progress within the fisheries sector.
Below the MoU, fish farming services will probably be developed at Edayar and Kakkarnad in Ernakulam district. The partnership will even work collectively on fish processing, worth addition and advertising, whereas creating significant studying alternatives for KUFOS college students by coaching, internships and hands-on discipline publicity. The settlement, legitimate for 5 years, displays KUFOS’s dedication to working intently with business to strengthen expertise, livelihoods and sustainable aquaculture practices in Kerala, stated a press launch.
The initiative envisions a holistic campus the place sports activities and cultural actions for youngsters and youth are seamlessly built-in with agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry and different allied actions. 1000’s of younger folks will probably be educated in numerous sports activities disciplines, whereas their each day meals necessities will probably be met by produce grown and harvested inside the campus itself.
Indigenous cattle will probably be reared to fulfill milk necessities, whereas poultry and duck farming items will present meat. The land will even assist the cultivation of greens and fruits, and fish will probably be sourced from ponds and superior aquaculture programs developed on website. A particular focus will probably be positioned on including worth to harvested fish, drawing on the scientific and technical experience of KUFOS.
As soon as realised, the initiative is predicted to face out as a novel mannequin in Kerala that brings collectively training, sustainability, sports activities and livelihoods in a single ecosystem.
Past infrastructure and innovation, the undertaking guarantees to create substantial employment alternatives, providing significant work to hundreds of expert and semi-skilled youth and contributing positively to the social and financial cloth of the area.
Revealed on January 18, 2026
