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Hyderabad: : Use of tobacco - be it smoking or chewing, may not be a healthy habit but tobacco waste may soon be a goldmine. The extract components from tobacco wastes are high-value nutraceutical products, estimated to fetch about $1,000 per kg in the international markets.
A technology has been developed at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad to manufacture nutraceuticals from tobacco wastes. As part of commercialisation of this technology, IICT has signed an agreement with Bangalore-based Sami Laboratories Pvt Ltd.
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| The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) will have a new director. The institute will be headed by Dr JS Yadav who will take charge from October 1 following the retirement of Dr KV Raghavan. |
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