An awareness program was conducted under National Agricultural Development Programme on the topic “Business Opportunities in value added fish products” on 29 th March 2019 in Fish Processing Incubation Facility, College of Fisheries Engineering, Nagapattinam. This program was headed and started by Professor K. Rathnakumar. In his presidential address, he elaborated the need for the value added fish products along with its necessities of developing young entrepreneurs in this field. Dr. N. Manimehalai was explaining the scope of fish processing and its business opportunities in India. Dr. P. Karthickumar further proceeded with the program on explaining the facilities required for large scale production and marketing strategies. Furthermore, the college students were shown around the facility and explained regarding the uses of fish processing equipment. A brainstorming session was held for exploring fish processing business ventures. Nearly 55 students from Bharathidasan University Constituent College, Nagapattinam attended and benefitted from this awareness program. The programme was coordinated by Dr. P. Karthickumar and Hozen Ricchie Rose.
