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SOUVENIR: Thiruvalluvar University Vice-Chancellor L. Kannan (left) receiving copies of abstract from A. Ramachandran, Forest Utilisation Officer, Tamil Nadu Forest Department in Tiruchi on Thursday. TIRUCHI: The growing prominence of microbial technology in the era of biodiversity conservation is increasingly felt worldwide, Tiruvalluvar University Vice-Chancellor L. Kannan observed on Thursday. The endemic problem of air, water and land pollution caused by natural and demographic factors could be addressed through bio-remediation based on microbial technology, Prof. Kannan said addressing the inaugural of a national symposium on ‘Current Scenario in Microbial Technology – 2008’, organised by the Department of Microbiology of Bharathidasan University. India being a mega-diversity centre, there was a need for accelerating research in the country on the role of microbial species in sustaining environment, agriculture, food and medicine, industry, forestry and ocean, Prof. Kannan emphasised. Microbiology candidates were sought after as water quality testing analysts worldwide, he said, while explaining the opportunities in the field. Focussing on the imperative need for offsetting global warming in order to prevent degradation of biodiversity caused by the migration of vector and microbial organisms from tropical to sub-tropical areas, A. Ramachandran, Forest Utilisation Officer, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Chennai, said in his inaugural address that microbial diversity must be enhanced for bio-remediation of environment polluted by excessive carbondioxide in the atmosphere; large-scale use of plastics, emissions from vehicles and industrial chemicals. Dr. Ramachandran advocated adequate field exposure for researchers to understand chronological aspects before getting into laboratory work. Presiding over, University Registrar V. Radhakrishnan said the symposium would help in arriving at new processes to circumvent the environmental degradation caused by pollutants. With a capacity for rational thinking, man ought to make judicious use of natural resources in the interest of future generations, he said calling for the adoption of technology to make industrial and agricultural wastes and plastic materials bio-degradable. G. Subramanian, former Head, Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, handed over the first copy of the book titled ‘Topics in Microbial Technology’ to Raghunathan, Senior Plant Protection Specialist, on the occasion. Organising chairman of the symposium N. Thajuddin, organising secretary V. Rajesh Kannan, and convenor K. Natarajaseenivasan spoke.
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