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Honour for DRDO scientist

CHENNAI: W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller, R&D (Life Sciences and Human Resources), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been conferred the lifetime achievement award of the World Congress on Clinical, Preventive and Geriatric Cardiology-2008 in recognition of his contribution in preventive cardiology. President Pratibha Patil conferred the award on Dr. Selvamurthy at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 22.

Delivering the keynote address at the World Congress at Gurgaon, he spoke on the prevention of and reduction of risk in cardiovascular diseases emphasising the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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