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Journal of Biotechnology and Phytochemistry| Volume: 2

October 25-26, 2018 | Frankfurt, Germany

Joint Event

Biotechnology & Medical Microbiology

World Congress on

International Conference on

Food Science & Technology

Using traditional faiths and knowledge are secret of Science and Technology by Tamil community in

Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Thirumal Thayaruban

Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Sri Lanka

ri Lanka has been enriched with Traditional Knowledge (TK)

on Medicines and Agriculture. After the arrival of western

culture, traditional faiths & knowledge are gradually started

eroding, because of which farmers now face lots of problems

such as difficulty in accessing agriculture, unbearably high

treatment costs etc. This paper is going to be remember and

document our Inheritance patterns using in agriculture &

food safety at Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It is a qualitative research

based on secondary data analysis. Primarily, it is intended to

document the faiths & knowledge because existing researches

of the country does not provide adequate protection for TK.

While this study does not trial the efficacy of these methods,

it provides an indication of what methods are being used and

therefore a starting point for further researches in Sri Lanka.

The findings were classified into Spiritual Faith & Traditional

Knowledge included traditional compost, pest control & food

preservation methods which are used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Speaker Biography

Thirumal Thayaruban did his graduation in BSc Biotechnology with first class as well as he

successfully completed his master’s degree on MSc Biotechnology at University of Madras,

Chennai, India since 2006 to 2011. Now he is working as a District Environment officer

(District in Charge) at Marine Environment Protection Authority, Ministry of Mahaweli

Development and Environment since 1st August 2018 till now. Previously, he had been

attached to National Aquaculture Development Authority, Ministry of Fisheries and

Aquatic Resources Development, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as an Aqua

culturist from 2nd May 2018 up to 31st July 2018. Before, he was working as an Assistant

Lecturer at Department of Botany, Eastern University, Sri Lanka from 2011 up to 2017.