The Young Scientist competition is an initiative of the FP7 projects: INNO INDIGO and INDIGO POLICY, which was initiated in 2014 with the aim of giving young researchers from India and Europe a suitable podium to promote their research projects and ideas for cooperation (between India and Europe).
In a country that has produced some of the most renowned scientists, inventors, innovators and mathematicians, VIT University student Prasanth Manohar has just added his name to the prestigious league, by winning the Young Scientist of the Year 2016 award for his research on Phage Therapy. This year's competition which started in May and closed in July 2016, was open to all India-and EU-based PhD students and early career researchers, who work in the field of bio-economy, biotechnology and bio-based energy. The award was constituted by INDIGO Projects, which aims at breaking grounds at research and innovation through Indo-European partnerships.
Currently a research scholar at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, Manohar explains, "My research topic is Phage Therapy for multi-drug resistance clinical pathogens. I am currently working on identifying the prevalence and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria among clinical pathogens in India and isolating and characterising novel lytic phages for therapeutic purpose against multi-drug resistant bacteria. My research focuses on the preparation of freeze-dried preparation of cocktail phages to treat infections caused by these superbugs."
Manohar who completed his MSc in Biotechnology from Ramachandra University, Porur attributes his success to the university's special lab. "Our lab is working under the guidance of Dr N Ramesh, Assistant Professor, Young Scientist-DST-SERB, Joint Coordinator-IIMAR, SBST. Our research work includes the identification of carbapenem, colistin and tigecycline resistant bacteria from clinical samples," he shares.
The Young Scientist competition is an initiative of the FP7 projects: INNO INDIGO and INDIGO POLICY, which was initiated in 2014 with the aim of giving young researchers from India and Europe a suitable podium to promote their research projects and ideas for cooperation (between India and Europe).
Through such a competition, young scientists gain enormous exposure not only from their peers on social media platforms but also from the scientific community as the final decision on the winner is taken by the audience of EU-lndia STI Days which gathers annually since 2009 to promote scientific cooperation between the two scientific hubs, after presentations of projects and project ideas by the finalists.
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