5th Advisory Board Meeting and Awarding of Grants under Phase IV

Date: Friday, 12th November 2021

Time: 4:30 p.m.

Via: Board Room + Zoom Interface

Agenda

  • Welcome by Vice Chancellor
  • Signing of documents and awarding of grants
  • Presentation of OMST Procurement guidelines by Director/OTS
  • Brief summary on road map of Research Projects by Grantees.
    • Project 8 – Enhancing the skin colouration of ornamental fishes using Palmyrah fruit – Mrs. S. Sathyaruban, Lecturer (Dept. of Fisheries, Faculty of Science)
    • Project 9 – Development of Cellulose Nano Crystal (CNC) Reinforced Bionanocomposite, Employing Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), Polyhydroxy butyrate (PBH) and thermoplastic Starch (TPS) – Mrs. Subajiny Sivakanthan, Senior Lecturer (Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry)
    • Project 10 – Production and marketing of supper compost from bio-waste to suppress the soil borne diseases – Dr. K. Pakeerathan (Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Biology)
  • Proposal for Marketable Innovation Awards for Undergraduate Students by Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
  • Q & A Session and Discussion
  • Acknowledgment