CIFA sets up business devpt centre in capital

The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) opened a business development center in Bhubaneswar, India on Monday to help entrepreneurs in their training and for official purposes. The center was established with funding from both the central and state governments. CIFA has around 200 entrepreneurs who are doing business in the aquaculture sector. Most of the entrepreneurs are farmers who produce fish seeds and manufacture feed for the aquaculture sector. They cannot afford to organize meetings or training programmes at hotels or similar kinds of facilities, so the government has established this dedicated facility for entrepreneurs. Besides holding meeting and training programmes in the business development center, the entrepreneurs can create business networking and discuss different issues among themselves at the center. They can use the space without paying money. This center was inaugurated by Himanshu Pathak, secretary of department of agriculture and education and director general of ICAR. The center has a meeting room, training hall, and an office around 200 people can sit at the training hall around Rs 2 crore has been spent for the center. It has display facilities, along with a projector, sound system, TV, computers, and other office accessories. An entrepreneur can conduct the business meet and other programmes here.