Top GM food scientist in false patent claim

A top scientist engaged in research on genetically modified (GM) food crops has been found to have falsified claims about patents to grab a national award.

The scientist, Dr Kailash C. Bansal, was given the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for "outstanding research" in transgenic crops for the year 2007-2008 on the basis of claims that he had "filed three patents for novel gene discovery", including one on transgenic brinjal.