Email : [email protected]

Education :

B.Sc - 1952; M.Sc - 1954; Ph.D (London) 1964

Posts held :

Lecturer - 1954-1959

Asst Professor - 1959- 1973

Professor of Botany - 1973 - 1993 in Education Dept of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal

Membership in Professional Bodies:

1.  Member Emeritus of American Society of Plant Physiologists (USA)

2.  Member Emeritus for Experimental Biology (UK)

3.  Fellow of Indian Botanical Society

4.  Fellow of Indian Society of Plant Physiologists

Field of Specialization :

Worked on fresh water algal physiology discovering glycollate excretion in green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa and photoassimilation of organic substrates in dim light in micro algae and also worked on algal ecology

Research guidance :

Guided 2 Ph.D students

Travel and visits abroad:

U.K (Ph.D); Sweden (Photosynthesis Congress); France (Photosynthesis Congress); Leiden (Phycological Conference) ; USA (ASPP Symposium); Japan (Photosynthesis Congress); Hongkong (Phycological Conference); Australia (Photosynthesis Congress);

Research Publications :

# articles; 32 research papers; 2 books

Awards and Honours:

1.  Studentship of Westfield College (New Queen Mary College and Westfield College), London

2.  Scholarship for 9th International Photosynthesis Congress, Nagoya, Japan 1992

3.  Gold Medal (1992) by Indian Society for Plant Physiology

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