WIPO Gold Medal Bagged by NIIST

The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram in January 2011 bagged the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Gold medal. NIIST was honoured for its technology for Clean bio-processing of white pepper from green and black pepper (Piper nigrum L). WIPO gold medal was conferred based on recommendation by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). The award-winning technology was developed during 2004 to 2007 by a team of three scientists led by Dr V. B. Manilal. The other members of the team consisted of Ajit Haridas and Dr Gopinathan M.

NIIST, earlier known as the Regional Research Laboratory, is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) while WIPO is a UN body based in Geneva that aims to promote innovation and intellectual property generation.