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Ms. Blessy Joseph received a Senior Research Fellowship (FRS-DIRECT) from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of the Indian Government.  She was also recently awarded the NIIT Calicut Center Best Paper Award for her research in polymer science and technology. Ms. Blessy has written widely in refereed journals and is currently the editor […]

Scientists from the Advanced Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Mahatma Gandhi University recently discovered three new species of earthworms in the genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from the Kerala region of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot in India. The scientific team is made up of Dr. Prasanth Narayanan, Dr. Sathrumithra, Dr. Anuja, […]

Stanford University in the United States recently released a list that represents the 2% of the most cited scientists in various disciplines. The comprehensive list includes 1,59,683 people with close to 1,500 scientists, physicians and engineers in India.  The list includes the name of Professor Sabu Thomas, the Vice-Chancellor of the MGU.  All in the […]

The Research Scholar Ms. Helseena E.H under the supervision of Dr. Jisha M.S  of the National Institute of Plant Science Technology (NIPST) at MGU has developed an effective biopesticide formulation from a newly isolated and characterized Lysinibacillus Sphaericus against banana Pseudostem Weevil (BPW), Odoiporuslongicollis. Oliver,  a noxious pest of banana causes 100%yield loss due to […]