Dr R.SELVARAJAN has received DST-Lockheed Martin - India Innovation growth program award - 2015 and a Gold Medal was presented at DRDO Bhavan by Dr.Harsha Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, GOI during the month of May 2015. Dr R.Selvarajan has developed efficient cost effective detection kits for banana viruses which is being used in India for certification of tissue culture raised banana plants under NCS-TCP, a DBT program On 11/12/2015, he received a cash price of Rs 1.0 lakh from the DST- Lock-heed Martin at FICCI House, New Delhi. This is a collaborative effort of seven partners to encourage the innovation from Indian Scientists. The seven partners are Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Stanford Graduate School of Business and the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, USA.