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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Murukeshan Vadakke Matham, a leading authority on photonics and optical engineering, said the stage was set for fourth industrial revolution that would witness an unprecedented merger of cyber, physical and biological worlds. Murukeshan VadakkeMathamAccording to Murukeshan the world leaders were discussing ways to leverage the benefits of newer technologies. “The fourth industrial revolution will have a major role in combating climate change. For instance, newer ways of communication help in reducing the need for air travel and thus reduce the carbon foot print,” said Murukeshan. As an expert in biomedical optics he had headed a research that led to the development of GonioPEN, a pen-sized device to diagnose glaucoma, an eye disease..