Vellore :

VIT University conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award on Professor M A Vijayalakshmi, Director of the Centre for Bio-separation Technologies (CBST) at the university for her contribution to research and academics in a function to mark the International Women’s Day on Monday. She received the award from the chief guest, Dr Kamala Selvaraj, a noted gynecologist, at a function held at the university campus.

72-year old veteran scientist Vijayalakshmi while dedicating the award to her colleagues and students, thanked the university for recognizing the ‘real woman’ in her that made her achieve several milestones in her long career. Her areas of expertise include ‘separation science’ and technology, molecular recognition, recombinant protein expression, immune-technology and bio-active molecules. A native of Batlagundu in Tamilnadu, she obtained her M Sc Chemistry from All India Institute of Chemistry in Calcutta, her Ph.D from the University of Burgundy in France and her D.Sc from Sweden. She was selected as one of the best young Indian scientists to meet Prime minister Indira Gandhi when the latter visited France in 1981.

Vijayalakshmi, who had evinced keen interest in separation technology, established the first molecular interaction lab at the University of Compiegne in France.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by V NarayanaMurthi / March 11th, 2015