ThePunjab Agricultural University(PAU), Ludhiana, has been granted an Indian patent on Fermentation Process for Enhanced Glucose Productionfrom Sweet Sorghum Bagasse Using Acidothermophilic Fungal Cellulases by theIndian Patent Office, New Delhi. The patent has been granted for 20 years in accordance with the provisions of the Patents Act.
This is the 15th Indian patent granted to PAU and second to principal microbiologist G S Kocher. The team also included his doctorate student Ritika from the department of Microbiology and H S Oberoi, scientist, Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering Technology(CIPHET), Ludhiana.