Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Paknikar, Kishore Madhukar P001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Hyderabad, India on 28 February 1959. B.Sc., M.Sc., Abasaheb Garware College (University of Poona), Pune, 1976-1980; Ph.D, MACS Research Institute (University of Poona), Pune, 1980-1984.
Director, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 2013 to date
Scientist, Microbial Sciences Division, 1984-2007, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune; Director, Nano Cutting Edge Technology Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, 2005-09; Adviser, National Nanotechnology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007; Visiting Professor, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, USA, 2006-08; Visiting Professor, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France, 2000-03; Head, Microbial Sciences Division (since 2010) and In-Charge, Centre for Nanobioscience, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 2007-16.
Awards/Honours: Biotech Research Society (India) Industrial Medal Award, 2007; Society for General Microbiology (UK) Third World Microbiology Fund Award, 1987.
Fellow: Association of Microbiologists of India; Biotech Research Society (India); Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
Research Areas: Application of nanoscience in medicine, biology, agriculture and environment; microbe-metal interactions
Address: Director, Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra; 11 Chandragupta Housing Society, 81/5 B Kothrud, Paud Road, Pune 411038, Maharashtra; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9823087687; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Pal, Asim Kumar P002

FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Gomotia, Singur, Hoogly, WB, India on 1 June, 1953. Educated at Hakimpur T.C. High School, Hakimpur (Hoogly, WB), 1963-69; Serampore College, Hoogly, 1969-70; Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belumath (Calcutta University), 1970- 73; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Mohanpur, 1973- 78; Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 1979- 81, 1984- 89; B.Sc. (Hons)1973; BVSc & AH, 1978; MVSc & AH (Hons), 1981, Ph.D, 1990.
Assistant Professor, 1982, and Associate Professor/ Sr. Scientist, 1995, BAU, Ranchi; Principal Scientist, 2003, Head, Division of Fish Nutrition, Physiology and Biochemistry, 2009-12, and Joint Director, 2012-2015, CIFE, Mumbai.
Awards/Honours: CIFE Best Teacher Award, 2002, 2004, Best Technology Transfer Award, 2002, and Best Scientist Award, 2003; ICAR Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam Award, 2005; Best Division Award, 2009; Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Best Indian Fisheries Scientist, 2008; Rafi Ahamed Kidwai Award, 2012; Life Time Achievement Award of CLFMA of India, 2013; Millennium Plaques of Honour, Indian Science Congress Association, 2014.
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India); Linnean Society of London; Institute of Chemists (India); Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.
Research Areas: Stress physiology and climate change, nutraceuticals, natural resources management and aquatic radioecology.
Address: Former Joint Director, ICAR-CIFE; 1205-B, Green Tower 216, Gilbert Hill Lane, Near Bhavans College, Andheri (West), Mumbai 400058, Maharashtra; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09969282919; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Pal, Dilip Kumar P003

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Jessore, Bangladesh on 19 April 1948. Educated at Basirhat High School, West Bengal, 1958-64; Vidyasagar College, Calcutta, 1964-1968; University College of Agriculture, Calcutta, 1968-75; Institute of Soil Science, Hannover, West Germany, 1980-81; B.Sc. 1968; M.Sc., 1970; Ph.D. 1975; Post-Doc., 1980-81.
Scientist S-1, Division of Soils and Agronomy, CSSRI, Karnal, 1975-81; Scientist S-2, 1981-85, Senior Scientist, 1986-89, Head, 1989-91, Senior Scientist, Division of Pedology, 1991-96, and Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Soil Resource Studies, NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, 1996-2010; Visiting Scientist/Consultant, Resilient Dry Land Systems, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, 2010-14.
Awards/Honours: ISSS 12th International Congress Commemoration Award, 1997; ICAR Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research Award, 2005-06; ISSS Platinum Jubilee Commemoration Award, 2012..
Fellow: Maharashtra Academy of Sciences; The Indian Society of Soil Science; West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology.
Research Areas: Soil Science - Soil Mineralogy
Address: Kamal Narayan Apts, Q3 Laxmi Nagar, Nagpur 440022, Maharashtra; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09822369154; Email: [e-mail]]
Pal, Ram Krishna P004

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in Tribeni, West Bengal on 1 January 1956. Educated at Bagati Ram Gopal Ghosh Higher Secondary School, Bagati, Hooghly, West Bengal 1968-75; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Mohonpur, Nadia, West Bengal 1976-79; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1980-85; Ph.D. 1986
Director, ICAR-National Research Centre on Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra 2012 till date
Scientist and Senior Scientist, Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1986-2006; Principal Scientist, Professor and Head of the Division of Post Harvest Technology Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 2007-2012.
Awards/Honours: Dr.J.C.Anand gold Medal in 2013; Certificate of Achievement of Honour by the International Agriculture Centre, the Netherlands, National Consultant of FAO of the UN, technical expert for “harmonization of food standards” among SAARC countries; core team member for establishment of Advanced Centre for Agricultural Research and Education at YeZin in Myanmar. USAID Fellowship 1989, FAO Fellowship 1998
Fellow: Fellow of Horticulture Society of India in the year 2010
Research Areas: Pomegranate as dietary supplement for management of chronic human ailments including cancer, postharvest technology and value addition of horticulture and field crops, Controlled / Modified Atmosphere storage
Address: Director, ICAR-NRC on Pomegranate, NH-65, Solapur Pune Highway, Kegaon, Solapur 413255, Maharashtra; [Cell: 8888754868; Email: [e-mail]]
Pal, Suresh P005

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born at Simbhalka, Uttar Pradesh on 15 March 1960. Educated at Government schools affiliated to UP Board; B.Sc. Ag & AH (Hons), 1979; M.Sc. Ag, 1982, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar; Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), 1987, IARI, New Delhi.
Director, ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 2016 to date.
Scientist, Division of Agricultural Economics, IARI, New Delhi, 1986-96; Senior Scientist, 1996-2004 and Principal Scientist, 2004-2009, NCAP, New Delhi; Head, Division of Agricultural Economics, IARI, New Delhi, 2009-15. Consultant and visiting scientist to CGIAR Centres (IFPRI, IRRI, CIMMYT), World Bank, FAO, CGIAR Science Council, APAARI, ODI (UK) and other international research organizations and universities; Member (Official), and Chairman (2016) Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices, New Delhi 2015-16.
Awards/Honours: D.K. Desai Award (1992 & 2002) of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (Mumbai); D.T. Doshi Award (2002) of the Agricultural Economics Research Associuation (India); The Norman Borlaug International Science Fellow, 2009 (USDA); Expert member of high level committees of the Planning Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Envionment and Forest, Ministry of Agriculture, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, and Indian Council of Agricultural Research; Member Research Program Committee (2009-12) and Executive Committee of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (Mumbai); Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural Economics Research Review; Member, Advisory Committee of ASTI Program of CGIAR (2010-12); Secretary (2013-14, 2016 to date) and Vice-President (2015), Agricultural Economics Research Association (India).
Research Areas: Agricultural development policy, institutional change, technology and trade for development, science and technology policy
Address: Director, ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, DPS Marg, Pusa, New Delhi 110012; B-5 Bungalow, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 9968217791; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Treasurer 1 Jan, 2010 to 22 Aug, 2010

Palanisami, Kuppannan P006

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on October 3, 1949. Completed B.Sc (Agri) during 1969-73; M.Sc (Agri Econ), 1973-75 and Ph.D. (Agri Econ), 1976-1981 from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Senior Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, USA, 1990.
Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, USA, 1982-84 & 1990; Visiting Fellow, KhonKaen University, Thailand, 1984-85; worked at IRRI, Philippines, 1986-88. Visiting Researcher, Waseda University, Japan, 2000 and RIHN, Kyoto, Japan in 2004; Consultant for the UN/FAO for East African Countries in 1997; Consultant to World Bank programs in different states in India and IFAD projects in 7 Asian Countries; Member, Expert Committee preparing water master plan for Abu Dhabi and Dubai Emirates, 2007.
Director, Water Technology Centre, 2000-06, and Director, Centre for Agricultural & Rural Development Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 2006-08; Chairman, Project Implementation Team of More Crop and Income per Drop Programme, GOI, 2007-09. Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Office, Hyderabad, 2008-14; Emeritus Scientist, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, 2014-17.
Awards/Honours: TNAU Best Researcher, 1992; Best Scientist Water Technology, 1997; D K Desai Award for best paper, ISAE, 1999; Tamil Nadu Best Scientist Award, 1999; GOI, JAIN-INCID - Krishi Sinchai Vikas Puraskar Award, 2004; Outstanding Professional Award by JCI COSMO (Rotary), 2011; GLOBE Award by Wellcome Trust, UK, 2012; Junior and Senior Fulbright Fellowships, USA, 1982 & 1990; Robert McNamara Fellowship, World Bank, 1984; JSPS Fellowship, Japan, 2000; RIHN, Japan, Invited Fellow, 2005.
Research Areas: Water economics & policy, impact evaluation, investment modelling, technology transfer and climate change
Address: 8 A3 Ramasamy Layout, Venkitapuram, Velandipalayam P.O, Coimbatore 641025, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 9443348782; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Palni, Lok Man Singh P007

FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in Almora, India on 22 May 1953. Educated at CAV College, Allahabad, 1964-68; B.Sc. & M.Sc.: Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 1968-72; Lecturer, Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Nainital, 1972-76; Research Scholar, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, 1977-80; Ph.D.: University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, 1980. Post-Doc & Research Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1980-89.
Professor & Dean, Biotechnology Department, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 2014 to date.
Founder Head, Division of Biotechnology, C.S.I.R. Complex, Palampur, 1989-92; Founder Head, Division of Environmental Physiology and Biotechnology, 1992-95; Director Incharge, 1995-96; Senior most Scientist, 2001-03 and Director, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED; Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt of India, New Delhi), Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, 1996-2001 & 2008-13; Senior Scientific Adviser (Biotechnology) & Project Director, State Biotechnology Programme, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Haldi, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 2003-08;
Awards/Honours: ALIS Award by the British Council, 1984; C. Venkata Ram Memorial Award, 1992; ICFRE Award for Forest Conservation, 1996-97; Jewel of India Award, 2001; UGC Adjunct Professor, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, 2002; Prof. Shri Ranjan Memorial Lecture Award of NASI, 2004; Uttaranchal Ratna Award by All India Conference of Intellectuals, 2006; Biodiversity Award of NASI, 2007; Rambha Khetwal Nyaas Vishisth Samman, 2007; S.S. Jina Jayanti Samman, 2008; Member, New York Academy of Sciences, USA, 1996; Member, International Association for Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology (India Chapter), 1997; Courtesy Professorship, Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Nainital, India, 1999; Council Member, The National Academy of Sciences, India, 2005, 2006; Member, Advisory Group-Environmental Technology, Vision 2035 TIFAC, DST; Member and Lead Author and Review Editor, International Platform on biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2014-2018). Member Sectional Committee, The Indian National Science Academy (2017-19).
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India, 1997; Indian National Science Academy, 2013; International Society of Plant Morphologists, 2013.
Research Areas: Plant Growth Substances, Plant Tissue Culture, Microbial Interactions, Biodiversity & Biotechnology, Rural Development and Science & Society related programmes in the Indian Himalayan Region
Address: Professor & Dean, Biotechnology Department, Graphic Era University, Clement Town, Dehradun 248002, Uttarakhand; Flat 1-A/B, Riturain, Woldorf Compound, Near Vijaya Bank, Nainital 263001, Uttarakhand; [Cell: 8475996514, 9456748720; Email: [e-mail]]
Panda, Sudhindra Nath P008

FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in Gopalbindha, Bhadrak, Odisha, India on 5 August, 1956. Educated at Government Boys High School, Unit 1, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 1967-71; Fakir Mohan College, Balasore, Odisha, 1971-1972; Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, 1973-78; Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, 1980-82 & 1986-89; Ph.D. 1992.
Director, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chennai 2016 to date.
Junior Engineer, Addl. Director of Soil Conservation, Jodhpur and Addl. Director of Agric. Engineering, Bhubaneswar, 1978-80; Research Assistant, Dryland Project (ICAR), OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1982-83; Assistant Research Engineer, Regional Research Station, PAU, Ballowal Saunkhri, Punjab, 1983-84; Assistant Professor, Soil & Water Engineering Department, PAU, Ludhiana, 1984-86; Senior Scientist (Soil & Water Engineering), OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1989-95; Reader (Engineering), Water & Land Management Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, 1991-94 (on deputation from OUAT); Assistant Professor, 1995-2000; Associate Professor, 2000-2004; Professor, 2004-10 and Professor (Higher Academic Grade), 2010-16 Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur; Visiting Professor, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan, 2013-2014 (on leave from IIT, Kharagpur); Professor-in-Charge (Water Works), IIT Kharagpur, 2004-2007; Founder Head, School of Water Resources, IIT Kharagpur, 2008-2013.
Awards/Honours: Gold Medal, Orissa Engineering Congress, Bhubaneswar, 1990 & 1991; Jawahar Lal Nehru Award in Soil Science, Natural Resource Management and Agronomy (Water Management), ICAR, 1995; Short-term Collaborative Research Fellowship in Agricultural Land Drainage, Winand Staring Center for Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1996; Short-term Collaborative Research Fellowship in Artificial Groundwater Recharge, INSA-DFG (Germany), 1997; Shanker Memorial Award (Soil & Water Engineering), Indian Soc. of Agric. Engineers (ISAE), 1998; Integrated Environmental Engineering Study Scholarships in Rainwater Harvesting and Recycling Processes, DAAD, Germany, 2001; Visiting International Fellow, Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, 2002; Commendation Medal (Soil & Water Engineering), ISAE, 2003; Short-term Collaborative Research Fellowship in Crop, Soil & Water Sciences, INSA-IRRI, Manila (Philippines), 2004; K C Das Memorial Award, Institution of Engineers (India), 2006; Short-term Collaborative Research Fellowship in Disaster Management, DAAD, Germany, 2008; Institution Award, Institution of Engineers (India), 2009; Short-term Collaborative Research Fellowship in Water Resources Management of Arid Environment, INSA-JSPS (Japan), 2011.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2015; Indian Water Resources Society, 2013; and The Institution of Engineers (India), 2006; Life Member: Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, 2009; Indian Society of Water Management, 1995; and Systems Society of India, 1987; Member: American Society of Agric. and Biological Engineers, 2004; International Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, 2000; and American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999.
Research Areas: Systems Approach for Integrated Land and Water Resources Planning and Management, Rainwater Conservation and Reuse for Climate Resilient Rainfed Agriculture, Development of DSS for Rainwater Management and Flood Frequency Analysis, Application of Geo-informatics and Soft Computing Tools for Watershed/Flood Management, Climate Forecasting and Catchment Simulation Modelling.
Address: Director, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Taramani, Chennai 600113, Tamil Nadu; A-76, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302, W.B.; [Tel: Off.: [phone], 22545405; Cell: 9434009156, 7550079156; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Pandey_,_Chandra_Bhushan'>Pandey, Chandra Bhushan P009

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in Budapur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 1 January 1960. Educated at Gangapur Intermediate College, Varanasi, 1975-77; Jagatpur Intermediate College, Varanasi, 1977-79; Gorakhpur University, 1979-84, B.Sc. 1982, M.Sc. 1984; Ph.D., Banaras Hindu University, 1990.
Principal Scientist and Head, ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur, 2012 to date.
Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, 1993-2000; Senior Scientist, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, 2000-2008; Principal Scientist, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 2008-2012.
Awards/Honours: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award, 2006-07; Dr. K. G. Tejwani Award, 2009; Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship, 2014.
Fellow: International Society of Tropical Ecology
Research Areas: Agroforestry, soil-tree-crop relations, carbon sequestration, biogeochemistry of ecosystems
Address: Principal Scientist & Head, Natural Resources & Environmental Division, ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 342003, Rajasthan; [Cell: 9460206137; Email: [e-mail]]
Pandey, Mata Prasad P010

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in Pratapgarh, India on 8 September 1946. Educated at Higher Secondary School, Garwara, Pratapgarh, 1956-61; Kanyakubja Vocational Degree College, Lucknow, 1961-63; Govt Agricultural College, Kanpur, 1963-67; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 1967-71; B.Sc. 1965; M.Sc. 1967; Ph.D. 1971; DAAD Post Doctoral Fellow, Goettingen University, Germany, 1977-78; IRRI/CABO Fellow, Wageningen, Netherlands, 1986.
Director General, Institute of Agriculture Technology, Utthan, Jhalwa, Allahabad, U.P., 2014 to date.
JRO/SRO, Pulses Breeding, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, 1971-83; SRO, Rice Breeding, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, 1983-91; Visiting Scientist, IRRI, Philippines, 1987-89; FAO Fellowship, 1992; National Coordinator, Hybrid Rice Seed Production in ICAR as FAO Consultant, 2001-02; Visiting Scientist, PR China, 2002; Professor/Principal Rice Breeder, 1992-2006, Head, 1998-2001 and 2004-06, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand; Director, Central Rice Research Institute (ICAR), Cuttack, 2006-08; Managing Director, M/s Nodai Seeds India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana, 2008-09; Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, 2009-11; Vice Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2011-14; Member, O&M PC, NAIP (ICAR), 2009; Member, National Awards Committee of ICAR, PPV & FR Authority, GOI and Sectional Committee-Crop Sciences, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, Member of Management Boards viz. State Red Cross Society of India, Raipur (CG); Chhattisgarh Hindi Granth Academy, Raipur; Chairman, Vikas Bharti, Bishunpur, Gumla, Jharkhand; Member, Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand; Member of the Managing Committee, Ram Krishna Mission Ashram, Morhabadi, Ranchi, Jharkhand; Member, Jharkhand Agricultural Development Governing Council and Executive Council, Govt of Jharkhand; Member RAC-Awards (Norman Borlaug) of ICAR, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: FAO/ICAR/UNDP Award, 1996; Sri Aurobindo Institute of Rural Development, AP, Award, 1996; UP Govt. Rice Research Accomplishment Award, 2004; GBPUAT Most Outstanding Achievement Awards, 1984, 1986, 1997 and 2004; ICAR Dr. R.H. Richharia Award for Outstanding Rice Research, 2004; Rai Bahadur Dr. Ram Dhan Singh Memorial Trust Award for Rice Crop 2004-05; Krishi Vigyan Jyoti Samman, 2007; Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Agricultural Scientist Award, 2009; Sardar Patel Best Institute Award to CRRI, 2008; Chhattisgarh Krishi Ratna Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2009; Kisan Samman Patra, 2010; Bhoomi Nirman Award, 2010; Vice President, Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding, 2009; SRASSA- IRRI Plaque of Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions in promoting Stress Tolerant Rice, 2014 and Doyen of Rice Research Golden Jubilee Award, 2015 of ICAR/IIRR, Hyderabad.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Rotary Greenfield Club; Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hanoi; Society of Agricultural Professionals, Kanpur.
Research Areas: Crop breeding (rice and grain legumes), genetics and biotechnology
Address: Director General, Institute of Agriculture Technology, Utthan, Jhalwa, Allahabad 211012, U.P.; 2/38, Vinamra Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 266010, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 09956901946; Email: [e-mail]]
Pandey, Rakesh P011

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in village Jaisinghpur, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 October 1960, Educated at Janta Inter College Belhari, Sultanpur 1974-1978, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 1978-80, Kanpur University, Kanpur, 1980-82, B.Sc., 1980, M.Sc. 1982, Ph.D. 1989.
Scientist, Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist & Head 1998-2014, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow to date.
Awards/Honours: DAAD Fellow, Germany, 1991-93; Young Scientist Award, 1995; Senior DAAD Fellow, Germany, 1999; CSIR Technology Award 1999; Rajbhasha Hindi Award, 2000; Golden Peacock Eco-innovation Award 2007; Prof. V.P. Bhide Memorial Award, 2008; Outstanding Scientist Award, 2010; Dr. S.L. Mishra Medal 2011; Young Researcher Award, 2014; Prof. R.K. Srivastava Memorial Oration Award by Indian Science Congress Association 2015; Prof. H.S. Srivastava Memorial Award by PHSS Foundation 2015.
Visiting Scientist Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2003-2005; Editor, Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 2002-2006, Indian Journal of Plant Pathology, 2001-2006, U.P. Biodiversity Board 2009-12, Medicinal Plants 2010-2014 and Indian Phytopathology, 2014; President (MEZ) Indian Phytopathological Society, 2013-14; DAAD Alumni, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 2014; DAAD Alumni, Faculty of Agriculture, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh and Faculty of Agriculture - HKBP Nommensen University, Medan, Indonesia 2015; DAAD Alumni, Kathmandu Forestry College, Nepal 2016.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society; Nematological Society of India; The Indian Botanical Society; Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology
Research Areas: Nematology, Agricultural Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Molecular & Developmental Biology, Biogerontology & Neurobiology
Address: Principal Scientist & Head, Dept of Microbial Technology & Nematology, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, U.P.; 6/954, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow 226022, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], 2718520; Res. [phone], Cell: 09793993218, 09453023391; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]]