HPAU scholar bags young scientist award.

December 7, 2022

Dr Rakesh Kumar, working as assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathology at the CSK HP Agriculture University, has been awarded the Prof S Ramachandran Memorial Young Scientist Award as the Best Molecular Oncologist-2022 during the International Veterinary Pathology Congress held at Hyderabad recently.
He has been awarded for his research work on the “Evaluation of anti-cancerous effect of Saussurea lappa (Kuth) against breast cancer in laboratory rat model”.
Kuth is cultivated in Lahaul and Spiti and has shown to have anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and hepatoprotective effects.