ICSU President Wins Trieste Science Award

Goverdhan Mehta, President of ICSU and professor of organic chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore has been awarded the Trieste Science Prize for significant advances he has made in the synthesis of organic compounds. Mehta's group of researchers have synthesized around 50 complex and biologically active anti-cancer drugs and carbon compounds with potential applications in nanotechnology devices. The Trieste Science Prize honours outstanding scientists who have not yet been awarded other international prizes for scientific achievement. Goverdhan and botanist Herrera-Estrella of Brazil , the other winner this year, will receive their awards at a ceremony in Trieste on 17 May 2007.

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