
Nobel laureate to attend VIT-AP convocation
The Hindu
The event will be held virtually due to the pandemic situation
Nobel laureate M. Stanley Whittingham will be the chief guest at the VIT-AP convocation-2021, scheduled for September 23 (Thursday).
Vice-Chancellor of the University S.V. Kota said at a press conference on Tuesday that the British-born American chemist, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in developing lithium ion batteries and shared the prize with American chemist John Goodenough and Japanese chemist Yoshino Akira, will participate in the event in virtual mode.

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