National Bioscience award for Dr Ramesh Sonti
Hyderabad: Senior scientist at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Dr Ramesh V. Sonti, has been awarded the prestigious National Bio-science Award for Career Development for the year 2003-04 from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Union Ministry of Science and Technology.

According to the CCMB the award is given annually to scientists who are less than 45 years old and who have made outstanding research contributions in bio-sciences and bio-technology with potential for application/product and technology development.

Dr Ramesh Sonti has been given the award for his research on understanding virulence mechanisms for the important bacterial leaf blight pathogen of rice. His research has also focussed on introduction of bacterial leaf blight resistance characteristics into the background of commercially important but disease susceptible rice varieties.

The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a citation and Rs 3 lakh per year for a period of three years as grant from DBT to support Dr Sonti's ongoing research efforts.
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O.N. Singh takes additional charge of IIBI
Kolkata: O.N. Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank, will hold concurrent charge of the post of CMD of Industrial Investment Bank of India Ltd (IIBI), in addition to his present assignment, with effect from March 1. He assumes charge of IIBI at a point when the ailing financial institution is set to undergo a major restructuring exercise.
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