Rajiv Gandhi Center For Aquaculture(RGCA)
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture is the Research and Development arm of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), which, inspired by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s vision of making India a technologically advanced nation, founded this Centre of Excellence in Aquaculture and dedicated it to the development of the Indian Aquaculture Industry. RGCA is actively involved in the development of various Sustainable Aquaculture Technologies that are bio-secure, eco-friendly, traceable and with low carbon outputs, for seed production and grow out farming of various aquatic species, those having export potential in particular. RGCA is also developing a state-of-the-art technology transfer and training centre for disseminating the technologies developed at the various projects established at different locations in the country to the aquaculture industry in India.
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