Lizymol Philipose Pamadykandathil | |
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| Education | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam |
| Occupation | materials scientist |
| Known for | receiving theNari Shakti Puraskar |
Lizymol Philipose Pamadykandathil is an Indian dental materials scientist. Her work has been recognised with aNari Shakti Puraskar - the highest civilian honour exclusively for women in India.
She holds a doctorate and master's degree fromMahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. She was awarded her doctorate degree in 1998.[1]
She received the Young Scientist Award for the year 2002 of the State Committee on Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala.[1]
She was conferred the youth of the year award in 2015 and received a certificate of appreciation to honour her achievements in science, from the Youths Association, Church of the East, Central Committee, India and the Dr. S. Vasudev Award 2014[2] of KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala
OnInternational Women's Day (8 March) 2017 she was one of thirty women and nine institutions who received theNari Shakti Puraskar[3] - the highest civilian honour for women in India from the Honourable PresidentRam Nath Kovind at thePresidential Palace in New Delhi.[4] Other award winners from Kerala were temple painterSyamala Kumari and zoologistM.S. Sunil.[5] The award came with 100,000 rupees. She was recognised for developing a bioactive polymer and polymer based composite material which can be used for dental restoration and as bone cement for fixing implants.[5]
She works with theSree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology inTrivandrum.[1]
She has been a recipient of the 7th and 10th National Awards for Technology Innovation awarded by Government of India.[6] She is the recipient of Kerala state science literature puraskaram (children science) in 2020 from KSCSTE, the government of Kerala. She has 30 patents including 21 granted Indian patents, 11 transferred technologies and multiple commercialized technologies to her credit.