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Leo DSouza, Mangalurus Mendel who worked to transform cashew industry

Fr Leo built one of Indias earliest plant tissue culture labs and helped crack cashew micropropagation, including a test-tube cashew tree that made it to the soil; he leaves behind a rare Jesuit legacy that fused rigorous science with public purpose, shaping women scientists and vulnerable lives alike

10 Feb 2026 11:14 am