Hyderabad: All hopes of bringing out of oblivion a crucial aspect of Sir Ronald Ross’s legacy may have to be abandoned, thanks to ownership tussles over a 2.5-acre land parcel.
The Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology in Begumpet could have earned Hyderabad the distinction of housing a lab where Nobel-worthy science was undertaken. On August 20, 1897, Sir Ronald Ross discovered the malarial parasite in the female anopheles mosquito at a modest lab, attached to a hospital.
Osmania University is custodian of the building which housed Sir Ross’ lab, but the Indian government owns the land through Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA). The Ministry stated a few months ago that the land, attached to the Begumpet airport, cannot be alienated in favour of the university, informs institute director B. Reddya Naik. “Our plan was to set up a modern research laboratory on the premises. The significance associated with this place is enough to fetch it funds from numerous agencies. But without ownership of land, no infrastructure can be developed,” he says.
21/07/18 Rohit P.S./The Hindu
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The Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology in Begumpet could have earned Hyderabad the distinction of housing a lab where Nobel-worthy science was undertaken. On August 20, 1897, Sir Ronald Ross discovered the malarial parasite in the female anopheles mosquito at a modest lab, attached to a hospital.
Osmania University is custodian of the building which housed Sir Ross’ lab, but the Indian government owns the land through Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA). The Ministry stated a few months ago that the land, attached to the Begumpet airport, cannot be alienated in favour of the university, informs institute director B. Reddya Naik. “Our plan was to set up a modern research laboratory on the premises. The significance associated with this place is enough to fetch it funds from numerous agencies. But without ownership of land, no infrastructure can be developed,” he says.
21/07/18 Rohit P.S./The Hindu
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