Dr.Abraham Verghese & his team ( Dr.P.D.Kamala Jayanthi and Dr.T.N.Shivananda) received Biotech Product & Process Development and Commercialization Award 2014 from Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in recognition of the pioneering work for development of impregnation process for cost effective eco-friendly pheromone trap for effective monitoring of fruit flies belonging to Bactrocera spp for use in horticultural crops.
