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Kerala scientist makes it to prestigious institute in Japan
Thiruvananthapuram: Dr. Vasudevan Pillai Biju, a research scientist in the US, has been appointed Senior Scientist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. He has been assigned to work on nanotechnology, according to Prof D. Muralidharan, Professor of the Department of Zoology of the University of Kerala. Dr Biju hails from Adichanalloor village in Plakkadu in Kollam district.

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