Pradip K. Bose, a professor at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, made a groundbreaking paleontological discovery. He found fossilized tracks near Churhat town, Sidhi Read More
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India saw its first practical application of biomethane when a methane plant was installed in a colony near Bombay (now Mumbai, Maharashtra). Read More
Rama Brahma Sanyal (1850–1908): Pioneer of Zoological Studies in India Rama Brahma Sanyal was a pioneering Indian zoologist. In 1876, he joined the Calcutta Read More
Discovery of Anther Culture Technique (1967) – S.C. Maheshwari & Sipra Mukherjee In 1967, Indian scientists S.C. Maheshwari and Sipra Mukherjee from Read More
Dr. Har Gobind Khorana, an India-born US resident, made groundbreaking contributions to genetics and molecular biology. Gene Synthesis (1976): He successfully synthesized Read More
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under India’s Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Persistent Systems, launched MANAV: The Human Read More
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“Birbal Sahni’s Discovery of Pentoxyleae: Unveiling Jurassic Gymnosperms (1948)”
In 1948, renowned Indian paleobotanist Professor Birbal Sahni identified and named a new group of Jurassic-period gymnosperms as “Pentoxyleae,” based on fossil Read More
Science & Medical
“S.C. Seal’s Discovery of Cholera Exotoxin: Pioneering Vaccine Development (1940s)”
In the early 1940s, Dr. S.C. Seal of the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health in Calcutta (now Kolkata, Read More
In 1979, Dr. Pushpa M. Bhargava and E.S.R. Reddy of the Regional Research Laboratory in Hyderabad identified seminal plasmin, a protein Read More
Nature & Environment
“Pushpa Khanna’s Discovery of Polypeptide-P: A Natural Insulin Alternative (1980s)”
In the early 1980s, Professor Pushpa Khanna of the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, successfully isolated a hypoglycemic peptide known as polypeptide-P Read More
