Agricultural scientist selected for ISCA award

Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 14:16 [IST]

Mysore, Oct 30: G Manjunath, a scientist working at the Dony Midewn Research Laboratory Department of studies in applied Botany and Biotechnology University of Mysore has been selected for the prestigious ''ISCA-National Young Scientist Award 2007-2008'' for his research work in Agricultural Biotechnology.

According to an official release here today, Mr Manjunath had worked for All India Co-ordinated pearl millet improvement project sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

The award carries a certificate of merit and cash award of Rs 25,000 which would be presented by the President of India on January 5 during the 95th sesson of ISCA to be held at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

UNI

Topics: karnataka, mysore, scientist, agriculture, new delhi

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