Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
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Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
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A first-generation educated.
Transferred the GM technology to TNAU from University of California, Davis, Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA and John Innes Centre< Norwich UK and trained at the least 56 at TNAU.
Developed Bt brinjal varieties for small farmers of the state; those varieties are now on hold by the Government for political reasons.
Was the Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (2003-06).
Was the Director of Centre for Plant Molecular Biology at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (2006-09)
Was in TICEL Biopark as its Director (Scientific) for a brief period
Now back to pavilion
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bt eggplant
bt brinjal
fruit and shoot borer
solanum melongena
leucinodes orbonalis
gm food crop
gm food crops
gm crops
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