Dr. Subna Ayyappan (70 -year -old), a famous agricultural scientist and awarded the Padma Shri honor, has been found dead. His body was recovered in the Kaveri River near Sri Ashram at Srirangapatan. Subna Ayyappan is survived by his wife and two daughters. The cause of Ayyappan’s death is not yet clear, but it is believed that he has committed suicide. Subna Ayyappan lived with his family in a house in Viseshwara Nagar Industrial Area in Mysore. He was missing since May 7.
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Police got information about the dead body in the river
Srirangapatan police have registered a case and started investigating the case. Police were reported to have floated a dead body in the Cauvery river on Saturday. Police reached the spot on information and got the body out of the river. The body was identified as Dr. Subna Aiyapan, a famous agricultural scientist and awarded the Padma Shri Samman. Ayyappan scooter has also been recovered from the banks of the river.
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Who was Subna Aiyapan
On 10 December 1955, Dr. Subna Ayapan was born in Yalandur in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. He had a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Fisheries Science. He then did his PhD from Agriculture University in Bangalore. Dr. Subna served in many important positions at the national level. He played an important role in promoting Blue Revolution (blue revolution- fatsy) in the country. The government recognized his contribution and in the year 2022, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest honor in the country. Dr. Ayyappan served in Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar and Bangalore at different times. He was the first non-agricultural scientist to lead the Indian Council of Agriculture Research.
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For several decades, Dr. Ayyappan played many leadership roles in aquatic agriculture. He served as Director of the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) in Bhubaneswar and Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE) in Mumbai. He was also the founder chief executive of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) in Hyderabad and later held the post of Secretary in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India.
India emerged as a big force in the region of fisheries
The Indian fisherman region which produced only 60,000 tonnes of fish 50 years ago. Now after the blue revolution, it has increased to 47 lakh tonnes. It contains 1.5 million tonnes of fresh water fish. In the last decade in the production of fish and fish products, India has recorded an average growth rate of 14.8 percent as compared to an average of 7.5 percent in the same period. Fisheries is actually the only largest agricultural export of India with a growth rate of 6–10% in the last five years. The primary source of livelihood of many communities in India is fishing and India is the second largest fish producing country in the world, which exports more than Rs 47,000 crore.
