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R. Arthur James, Professor and Chair, Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University (BDU), has been presented the prestigious Tamil Nadu Government’s Scientist Award successful Environmental Science for the twelvemonth 2022 by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TANSA).
According to a BDU property release, the grant was presented astatine a ceremonial connected Tuesday astatine the Resource Centre for Tribal Development successful Udhagamandalam. The grant carries a currency prize of ₹50,000 and a citation. The grant was presented by Govi. Chezhiaan, Minister for Higher Education, and M. P. Saminathan, Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity.
Prof. James’s pioneering probe connected earthy nanomaterials peculiarly successful the improvement of antibiotic agents for coiled healing and nutrient preservatives derived from extremophilic micro-organisms has had a important societal impact. He besides holds a patent for his invention of earthy anti-corrosive pigments extracted from seaweeds recovered on the Tamil Nadu coastline.
BDU vice-chancellor committee convenor E. Sundaravalli, on with committee members V. Rajesh Kannan, R. Sakthi Krishnan, and registrar (in-charge) R. Kalidasan congratulated Prof. James.
