ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), headquartered in Chennai, is India’s premier national research institute for brackishwater aquaculture. Under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, CIBA develops science-based technologies and best-management practices for sustainable shrimp and finfish farming, including breeding, nutrition, disease diagnostics, genetics, and farm-cluster management. It collaborates with state governments, industry, and farmers through extension programmes, training, and partnerships, and hosts key initiatives such as the Indian White Shrimp genome project and innovative shrimp-disease response programmes.