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Aug 7, 2023

Obituary Professor K. Byrappa

Prof. K. Byrappa (Byron), the former Vice-Chancellor of the Mangalore University and a well-known ceramicist, passed away after he suffered a stroke at the Bangalore airport in India. He was an Academician of the World Academy of Science and an active volunteer of the global ceramic community.

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