Leo D’Souza, Mangaluru’s Mendel who worked to transform cashew industry

2026-02-10 - 00:05

Fr Leo built one of India’s 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