The Bharathiar University has obtained patents for two procedures.
They are,
One is related to salvaging of metals from solid wastes and
Other is the use of a fruit tree to treat diabetes.
The first patent was for ‘Method for recovery of metals from metal-bearing solid wastes’ by K. Ramachandran, Associate Professor, and research scholars R. Saravanakumar and P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan.
The second patent was for the use of Syzygium mundagam (wild jamun fruit tree) in treating diabetes.
A team of Professor T. Parimelazagan and research scholar Rahul Chandran studied the tree, isolated active compounds from the tree bark and used it in various tests.