HYDERABAD: Nobel laureate Ronald Ross, who discovered the malaria parasite, was honoured by the Telangana postal department which released a special postal cover on him on Friday.
To mark the occasion of World Mosquito Day, the postal department and Osmania University (OU) jointly released it at Sir Ronald Ross Institute, Begumpet. The postal department also introduced a permanent pictorial cancellation of Sir Ronald Ross Building.
Ronald Ross worked as general duty medical officer between 1895 and 1897 at Begumpet. He had discovered the presence of malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of female anopheles mosquito in August 1897. He won the Nobel in 1902 for his work.
Minister for animal husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Telangana chief postmaster general S Rajendra Kumar and OU vice chancellor prof D Ravinder were present on the occasion and remembered Ross’ services.
Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology is a malaria research institute established in 1955. The institute is a division of the OU and was named after him. The institute building was declared a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India.
