Dr.Venu Polineni, an innovator from SPMVV-TOCIC, developed a new generation nematicide cocktails to effectively target the plant parasitic pathogen, the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Dr. Polineni started Telluris biotech at Hyderabad which is an early stage Life sciences company with a focus to develop biological controls against root-knot and cyst nematode related plant diseases with the support of US $4 million (approximately Rs.2900 lakhs) from "Innovations In Food & Agriculture fund" USA.