A progressive fish farmer of Manipur Salam Rohendro Singh of Laphupat Tera under Imphal West District has been invited to share his rich experience in fish farming to young Civil Service Probationers who are attending 99th Foundation Course in the country’s prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. The three months foundation course is scheduled to commence from 26th August, 2024 and culminate on 29th November, 2024. He will interact with the young Civil servants from All India Services consisting officers from the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Forest Service and Central Services as well as officers from Royal Bhutan Service on the topic – Agriculture and Allied Sector in the last week of October, 2024 for ninety minutes.
Earlier, RohendroSingh attended two interactive sessions at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie in 2023 on the invitation of the later and shared his journey towards transformation of a progressive fish farmer in Manipur.
Rohendro is one of the pioneers of Sareng culture in Manipur. Recently, he was in the news for creating a breakthrough in breeding of Meitei Sareng (Wallagoattu). So far, he has received first prize in the State Level Fish Fair, 2021 organised by the Department of Fisheries, Manipur for producing the highest quantity of fish in the mela. The College of Fisheries, Lembucherra, Tripura had also awarded him Haricharan Das Best Progressive Fish Farmer Award in 2022. Later in 2023, he was conferred ICAR - Farmer Innovative Award in Umiam, Meghalaya for his outstanding contribution for revival of Sareng in Manipur.