Vice Chancellor of UOH selected for JC Bose Fellowship 2018

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, Prof Appa Rao Podile, has been selected for the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship-2018.

The fellowship is given in recognition of his performance in the area of plant-microbe interactions in general and induced resistance in plants in particular, according to a university press release here today.

He has made 'significant' contributions in three closely related areas of research that revolve around the recognition of pathogen-derived molecules by plants that activate defense response and contribute to improved health/yield, it said.

The J C Bose Fellow will receive a fellowship amount of Rs 25,000 per month and a research grant of Rs 15 lakh per annum and is provided initially for a period of 5 years.

The release said Podile has developed a concept to use chitinolytic bacteria that attack the rigid cell wall of fungal pathogens for control of fungal diseases and also as PGPR.

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