of the centre. Courses Offered 1. LLM (IPR) PhD Integrated (5 Year) 2. LLM (IP) PhD Integrated (5 Year) 3. LLM (IPR, 1 Year) 4. BBA LLB (5 Year) 5. B.Com LLB (5 year) DDU KAUSHAL Kendra UGC has introduced DDU KAUSHAL KENDRAS (DDUKK) for promoting vocational education in continuation to its initiatives for introducing community colleges and B.Voc Programmes realizing the importance and the necessity for developing skills among students, and creating work ready manpower on large scale. It is one of the pioneering institutions in vocational education in higher education sector in the country. DDUKK CUSAT aims at providing quality vocational education through DDUKK combining class room centered formal education and training with experience sharing of Industry practitioners and internships in business houses. The focus is towards integrated knowledge acquisition and upgrading human skill towards creating a new league of employable youth. Teaching and training methodology of courses offered under DDUKK are designed accordingly. DDUKK was originally established with Dr. Zakkariaya K.A (Professor, School of Management Studies, CUSAT) as the founder director in the year 2015. Courses offered: 1. M.Voc in Technology and Management Consultancy 2. M.Voc in Mobile Phone Application Development 3. B.Voc in Business Process and Data Analytics Faculty of Marine Sciences School of Industrial Fisheries The Department of Industrial Fisheries was established in 1976 and upgraded to a school in 1995 to recognize its academic and scientific achievements. It has five divisions: Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries Fishing Technology Fish Processing Technology Fisheries Economics Fisheries Management. Department of Atmospheric Sciences The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is a centre of excellence in teaching and research in the field of Meteorology/Atmospheric Sciences. It is located in the Lakeside Campus of the Cochin University of Science and Technology. The department was identified by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as one of the Centres of Excellence for the Government of India's New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) on mesoscale modelling for monsoon-related predictions, along with other premier centres such as the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune; the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; C- MMACS, Bangalore and the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore. The department offers post-graduate coursework leading to the degrees of MSc (Meteorology) and MTech (Atmospheric Science). Department of Chemical Oceanography The Department of Chemical Oceanography focuses on teaching and research on