Coimbatore: Two students from the Department of Science & Technology Nano Agriculture University Tamil Nadu (TNAU) has pocketed Fellowships under the scheme of the Prime Minister’s fellowship for their doctoral program at the Techologies Edge Technologies.d Pradeep, a PhD scholar, works to reduce the amount of fertilizer used by Farmers for polluting land and water bodies.
The topic is “The formulation of nano-fertilizers for the smart delivery system activated Drone”.
I Shanmugapriya, another student entering the second year of PhD, has submitted several scholarships.
He said he was glad he managed to get one of the highest paid scholarships in this country.
“Nano-bio hybrid to manage plant nematodes – mushroom pathogens” are the topic of research and involve identifying biodegradable molecules for vegetable plants that neutodes or worms and fungal pathogens.