Mahendra Rai

Microbial Biotechnologist

 

Professor and Head

Department  of  Biotechnology

Amravati University, Amravati-444602

Maharashtra, India

E-mail:[email protected]

 

                                      Awards and Fellowships

                                                                             Publications

 

Education and Professional experience

 

Degree	Subject	Year	Division/ %	University / Board
H.S.S.C.	Physics,Chemistry Botany,Zoology, Hindi, English	1973	First (74.6%)	Madhya Pradesh Board, Bhopal
B.Sc.	Chemistry,Botany, Zoology	1976	First (72%)	University of Saugar, Sagar, M.P., India
M.Sc.	Botany (Spl-Microbiology)	1978	First (69.6%)	University of Jabalpur, M.P., India
Ph.D*.	Mycology	1982		University of Jabalpur, M.P., India

*Studies on Some Indian Sphaeropsidales with Special Reference to Phoma and Related fungi”

 

Professional Experience:  Research 25-years;   Teaching: 23 years

 

Training  

§        Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow- 1 month, 1985

§        SERC visiting fellow,  Jawaharlal Nehru University,  New Delhi

§        (October 1-December 31, 1996), INSA visiting fellow  (January-March, 1998)

§        Visiting scientist , Turin, Italy  ( April-June, 1999),

§        Associateship from Third World Academy of  Sciences –UNESCO for 3- years  (visit due  2004).

First visit  held  from May-July 2003.

§        UGC Refresher course - 2  (From Botany Deptt, Jodhpur and SLS, JNU, New Delhi,  each one month)