It discuss about early life, CAREER, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HIM, THE STORY, THE EVOLUTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, HE CLASSIFIED Biotechnology IN…CONTRIBUTIONS & conclusion

1. Károly ErEKy
DR. C. BEULAH JAYARANI
M.Sc., M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil (Edn), M.Phil (ZOO), NET, Ph.D (Edn)
ASST. PROFESSOR,
LOYOLA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, CHENNAI - 34

2. EARLY LIFE
• Born on October 18, 1878
in Esztergom, Hungary as Károly
Wittmann.
• In 1893 he changed his name to
Ereky.
• He was a Hungarian agricultural
engineer.
• He attended the Technical University
of Budapest and in 1900 received a
degree in technical engineering.
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3. CAREER
• Worked as machine designer for
several paper and food industry
companies in Vienna, Austria until
1905.
• Assistant professor in Technical
University, Budapest
• In 1919 he became the Hungarian
Minister of Food.
• Ereky was also proficient in
speaking both German and English.
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4. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HIM…
• The term 'biotechnology' was coined by him in 1919.
• In a book he published in Berlin called ”Biotechnologie
der Fleisch-, Fett- und Milcherzeugung im
landwirtschaftlichen Grossbetriebe” (Biotechnology of
Meat, Fat and Milk Production in an Agricultural Large-
Scale Farm)
• By his definition, biotechnology was simply “the process
of using technology to convert raw, biological material
into a useful product”.
• He is regarded by some as the "father" of
biotechnology.
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5. THE STory

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7. THE EVOLUTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
• Biotechnology is essentially the
product of interaction between the
science of biology and technology.
• Biotechnology is as old as human
civilization and has been an integral
part of the human life.
• Old/Traditional biotechnology
• New/Modern biotechnology
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8. CONTD..
• The products of biotechnology have a major
impact on the quality of
1.Human life,
2.Productivity,
3. Trade and economics in the world.
• Biotechnology is being used in the areas of
1.Diagnosis,
2.Prevention and cure of diseases,
3.Pharmaceutical drugs.
• Production of new food resources, in
environmental protection and energy
conservation.
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9. HE CLASSIFIED BIOTECHNOLOGY IN…
• Applied to medical
processes
Red biotechnology:
Red biotechnology:
• Applied to industrial
processes
White
biotechnology:
White
biotechnology:
• Applied in agricultural
processes
Green
biotechnology:
Green
biotechnology:
• Applied in marine or aquatic
environments
Blue
biotechnology:
Blue
biotechnology:
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10. CONTRIBUTIONS
• Development of biotechnology
activities before the Second World
War, with a large production of acetic
acid.
• It was the first producer of vitamin B12
on an industrial scale
• And in the use of enzymes of bacterial
origin to produce beer.
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11. CONTRIBUTIONS
• The book sold several
thousand copies within few
weeks in Germany. In 1921
the book was translated
into Dutch.
• He built
a slaughterhouse for a
thousand pigs and a
fattening farm with space
for 50.
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12. CoNClUSIoN
After World war II and death
On 19 September 1946, Ereky was sent to
the prison of Vác for 12 years by People's
Tribunal for his counter-revolutionary role in
Hungary. He died in prison on 17 June 1952
at the age of 74.
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13. REFERENCES
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 TN Text book
 NCERT reader
 Discovery today
 Wikipedia
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