Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute

Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI) is an autonomous research institute dedicated to inland fisheries management and augmentation under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research of Government of India.^[1]

Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute

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Type	Central Research Institute
Established	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Director	Dr. B. K. Das
Location	Barrackpore, , West Bengal , India 26.1366°N 91.7898°E / 26.1366; 91.7898
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	ICAR; CIFR
Website	www.cifri.res.in

It was established on 17 March 1947 as the Central Inland Fisheries Research Station at Kolkata, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. In 1959 this research station was elevated to the status of "Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, and moved to its own building at Barrackpore. In 1967 the institute came under the administrative control of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.^[2]