Mangalore, May 5: Dr S Ayyappan, an alumnus of the College of Fisheries, Mangalore, who on January 1, 2010 had assumed charge as Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Secretary to Government of India, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) New Delhi, was warmly felicitated at his alma mater by the past and present faculty, staff and students on his first visit to the College after assumption of charge.
The function was organized at the behest of Dr. Ayyappan's guru and mentor Dr. H.P.C.Shetty, the Founder Director of Instruction of the College.
The programme was presided over by Dr. Suresh Honnappagol, the Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, while the University's Board of Management Member Shri Vasudeva Byndoor was the Guest of Honour.
Proposing the toast, Dr. H.P.C. Shetty said that January, 1, 2010 was a red letter day for the entire fisheries fraternity of the country, since it was for the very first time in the annals of the ICAR that a non-crop sciences graduate, and that too a fisheries graduate, was appointed to the coveted post of Director General, ICAR.
Dr. Ayyappan has risen to the highest possible position in the Government of India. His professional career has been a saga of hard work, dedication, brilliance and incorruptibility. Dr. K.M. Shankar, the Dean of the College, read out the citation of Dr. Ayyappan. Dr S. M. Shivaprakasha, Professor and Head, Inland Fisheries Research Station, Bijapur, proposed the vote of thanks.
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