:Andhra Universityis looking for ways to commercialise its 23 patented/patent-pending technologies, ranging from healthcare and marine engineering to digital technologies and ICT, to develop them into commercially relevant products and applications.According to the university officials, these technologies have been developed within the recent years by the university faculty and researchers, which could pave a way for industry linkages.

by

For example, one of the technologies is related to inhibition of cancer cell lines. Another technology employed waste eggshells for adsorption of phenol present in the waste water, and consequently biodegradation of adsorbed phenol was achieved by employing activated sludge.

The department for promotion of and internal trade of the union ministry of commerce and industry recently sanctioned an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chair to Andhra University.