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Thursday, Jan 07, 2010
"Recombinant and transgenic technologies will be adopted"
FOR CURE: M. Ponnavaikko, Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, releasing a souvenir to S. Sridharan, Controller of Examinations at a function in Tiruchi on Tuesday.
Trichy: Bharathidasan University has plans to present an ambitious research plan to the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) for cultivation of medicinal plants on hill areas, manufacture medicines, and commercialise them.
The CCRAS, an autonomous body of the department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is an apex body for the formulation, co-ordination, development and promotion of research in Ayurveda and Siddha systems of medicine and also the Sowa-Rigpa, commonly known as Tibetian or Amchi medicine.
The university's research plan will involve funding between Rs. 10 crore and Rs. 50 crore. The university's Department of Plant Science will play a pivotal role in executing the project through recombinant and/or transgenic technologies, the Vice-Chancellor, M. Ponnavaikko, said on Tuesday.
Presiding over the inaugural session of the day-long national seminar on 'Recent Trends in Secondary Metabolic Engineering,' Prof. Ponnavaikko said the initiative was in keeping with India's objective to see through a shift from Allopathy to traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda and Siddha.
The Vice-Chancellor handed over the first copy of the seminar souvenir to S. Sridharan, Controller of Examinations, in the presence of the key-note speaker S. Karuthapandian, Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaukudi; N. Jeyapaul, Head, Department of Plant Science; and M.B. Viswanathan, Professor. The Organising Secretary, A. Lakshmi Praba,explained how secondary metabolic engineering could be arrived at through tissue culture.
T. Ramaswamy, Registrar, presided over the valediction session that was addressed by K.V. Krishnamoorthy, visiting Professor, Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathidasan University.
Varsity keen to cultivate, sell medicinal plants
"Recombinant and transgenic technologies will be adopted"
FOR CURE: M. Ponnavaikko, Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, releasing a souvenir to S. Sridharan, Controller of Examinations at a function in Tiruchi on Tuesday.
Trichy: Bharathidasan University has plans to present an ambitious research plan to the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) for cultivation of medicinal plants on hill areas, manufacture medicines, and commercialise them.
The university's research plan will involve funding between Rs. 10 crore and Rs. 50 crore. The university's Department of Plant Science will play a pivotal role in executing the project through recombinant and/or transgenic technologies, the Vice-Chancellor, M. Ponnavaikko, said on Tuesday.
Presiding over the inaugural session of the day-long national seminar on 'Recent Trends in Secondary Metabolic Engineering,' Prof. Ponnavaikko said the initiative was in keeping with India's objective to see through a shift from Allopathy to traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda and Siddha.
The Vice-Chancellor handed over the first copy of the seminar souvenir to S. Sridharan, Controller of Examinations, in the presence of the key-note speaker S. Karuthapandian, Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaukudi; N. Jeyapaul, Head, Department of Plant Science; and M.B. Viswanathan, Professor. The Organising Secretary, A. Lakshmi Praba,explained how secondary metabolic engineering could be arrived at through tissue culture.
T. Ramaswamy, Registrar, presided over the valediction session that was addressed by K.V. Krishnamoorthy, visiting Professor, Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathidasan University.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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