Lizymol Philipose Pamadykandathil


Lizymol Philipose Pamadykandathil is an Indian dental materials scientist. Her work has been recognised with a Nari Shakti Puraskar - the highest civilian honour for women in India

Life

She has a doctorate, masters and a degree from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. She gained her doctorate in 1998.
On International Women's Day 2017 she was of thirty women and nine institutions that received the Nari Shakti Puraskar - the highest civilian honour for women in India from the Honourable President Ram Nath Kovind at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. The award came with 100,000 rupees. She was recognised particularly for developing a bone cement which can also be used as a cheaper alternative to dental fillings imported from abroad. The cement can be used for fixing bone grafts, bone filling and repairing the loss due to osteoporosis.
She works for the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Trivandrum.

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