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The grants were launched at a two-day national conclave on ‘Women in Science & Technology: Fostering Innovation’ co-organised by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.

The research on effective warning signals for earthquakes was undertaken by Kanchan Aggarwal, who is a PhD Scholar under the guidance of Prof. Arun K Tangirala of the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras.

The fossil was found by a team of officers of the Jaipur-based Western Region office of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).

The plant has come into the limelight recently due to its immunomodulatory and antiviral activity after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study conducted by the scientists at Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research–Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR–CFTRI) found that new protein-based antimicrobials from beneficial microbes could be a better replacement for conventional antibiotics look p in the food industry.

Dr Debabrata Panda did his research on Agro-biodiversity, Underutilised Plant Species, and Wild Crops. He explains the importance of indigenous rice, millet and other wild crop species found in Koraput, Odisha.

IIT-Delhi’s Prof Archana Chugh along with her PhD students have been working in collaboration with Dr Sushmita G Shah, Ophthalmologist and Cornea Specialist, to find a cure for fungal keratitis or infection of the cornea.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) - the scientific body authorised to name celestial objects - is seeking suggestions from people all over the world to name a select set of exoplanets and their host stars

“From ancient times, curd has been used for skin and hair care. Drainage water from curd, which is usually discarded, contains a good amount of bioactive peptides which we have utilized for this therapeutic application." #Innovation #IIT

Scientists at the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) used gold nanoparticles and, by rearranging size and gaps between them, developed a new material which has unique properties like the capacity to absorb light and carbon dioxide.