The Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Nagaland conducted a state level Training of Trainers (ToT) on ‘Recent Advances in Fisheries Technology & Soft Skill Development’ on 19 and 20 October.

The training was conducted under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY-2021-22) scheme at the Directorate Conference Hall, Kohima.

The objective of the training was to update the technical knowhow and upgrade the soft skills of technical officers.

Altogether, 80 technical officials from the district and the directorate attended the programme.

Resource Person Dr S K Das Principal, Scientist & Head Division of Animal & Fisheries Science, ICAR, Research Complex, NEH Region, Meghalaya, spoke on the topics on Recent Advances on Aquaculture & Fisheries with special reference to hilly states, fish nutrition and feed technology and recent advances in post-harvest technology.

Resource person for the second technical session, International Ashoka Fellow awardee (2001), Neichute Doulo, Founder & CEO, of The Entrepreneurs Associates (tEA) highlighted the traits of true professionalism, communication skills and the importance of time management.