Qualifications
M.Sc. (1959), Ph. D. (1964), Allahabad University, Allahabad, India
Experience
Microbiologist (Assistant Professor) IARI, New Delhi 1963-1971
Senior Microbiologist (Associate Professor) IARI, New Delhi 1971-1974
Associate Professor, JNU, New Delhi 1975-1984
Professor, JNU, New Delhi 1985-2004
Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology (Amity University), Noida (adjacent to Delhi); September 2004
Current Courses Taught
Plant-Microbe Interaction, Mycology & Phycology
Research Interests
Plant-Microbe Interaction
Professional Affiliations
National Academy of Agriculture Sciences
International Society of Symbiosis, Boston, USA
Indian Science Congress Association
Executive Council, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
University Research Council, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Academic Council, Amity University Rajasthan
ASSOCHAM Knowledge Millennium Council
ASSOCHAM Expert Committee on Agriculture and Food Processing
ASSOCHAM Expert Committee on S&T and Innovation
Professional Activities
Number of Ph.D. Degree awarded: 101
Number of D.Sc. Degree awarded: 1
Published over 412 research articles, which appeared in National and International, journals of repute and also several major review articles and chapters in books.
Published 109 books in the area of Microbial Technology, published by Academic Press, London, CRC Press, Florida, USA, IDRC, Canada and Springer-Verlag, Germany.
Nominated as Editor-in-Chief by Springer-Verlag (Germany & New York), the leading science-publishing house, to prepare volumes on Soil Biology
Nominated as Editor-in-Chief by IK Internationals to make series of books on Microbial and Biotechnological Research.
Academic Editor - ‘International Journal of Plant & Soil Science’
Other Achievements
Awards & Recognition
- Commonwealth Fellowship (Australia)
- National Research Council (Canada)
- Alexander von-Humboldt Foundation (Germany)
- National Science Foundation (USA)
- Indo-Czechoslovakia Exchange Programme (Prague)
- DAAD Fellowship (Germany)
- Deutsches BMFT Programme, George-August University, Gottingen (Germany)
- RAISA Fellowship for Innovative Research in Biotechnology (Italy)
- Swiss Federal Research Fellowship (Switzerland)
- BP Koirala award (Nepal)
- DFG-INSA Fellowship (Indo-Germany)
- FAMI Award 2011 (India)
- Honorary Diploma, UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2011)
- Life time achievement award, Bombay University (2011)
- Special felicitation for outstanding research in the field of microbiology, JNU (2012)
Contact Information
Amity Institute of Microbial Technology (AIMT)
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sector 125, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh