Wetland Research and Training Centre (WRTC)

Wetland Research and Training Centre (WRTC) took birth in the year 2002 with support from the 10th Finance Commission. The centre was recently expanded and upgraded in year 2010 through the support received from World Bank under the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project component of Odisha. The centre being in close proximity to the Chilika Lake offers unique opportunity to perform in situ research related to wetland ecology, conservation, and biodiversity. The centre also supports various students from for their M.Sc. dissertation and summer training program. The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in its ongoing mission to protect lake genetic diversity and promote wise-use of bio-resources has implemented several long-term research studies that are sponsored by World Bank under Integrated Coastal Zone Management project. These research activities are commissioned in collaboration with premier institutes of India such as CIFRI, BNHS, IISERK, RPRC, and KIIT University. These studies are focused on ecologically and economically important component of Lake Ecosystem such as fishes, birds, macrophytes, benthos, and microbial communities of Chilika Lake ecosystem.

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