Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Kaushik, Brahma Dutta K016

FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Kotkasim, India on 21 May 1945; Educated at Govt. High School, Dausa, Rajasthan 1959-61; SKN College of Agriculture Jobner, Rajasthan 1961- 1966; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1966-71; B.Sc. 1966; M.Sc. 1968; Ph.D. 1971.
German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship, Gottingen, 1975-76; Indo-UK Exchange Programme, London, 1981; Indo US Senior Scientific Panel on Biol. Nitrogen Fixation 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991 to Ithaca, Davis, Hawaii (USA), Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, Nepal, 2001; Asiatic Soc. Dhakha, Bangladesh, 2002; Biofertilizer Expert, Mauritius, 2003; Professor of Microbiology, 1997-2001 and Head 2002-2007, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Professor of Eminence, Division of Biotechnology, Netaji Subash Institute of Technology, New Delhi 2007-10; Dean (R & D), Anand Engineering College, Agra, 2011-13.
Awards/Honours: S.R. Vyas Memorial Award, 2000; K.S. Bilgrami Gold Medal, 2005; Life Time Achievement Award, 2010 by Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology, Chennai. Life Time Achievement Award 2014 by North Maharastra University Jalgaon, Jalgaon. General Secretary, 1998-2000, and President, AMI, 2001; President, Indian Phycological Society, 2007 to date.
Fellow: Association of Microbiologist, India.
Research Areas: Agricultural microbiology, biological nitrogen fixation
Address: Director (R&D), Shri Ram Solvent Extraction Pvt. Ltd.; 2944 JP / Sector 23, Gurgaon 122017, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9868213738, 8130283738; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Kayastha, Arvind Mohan K017

FELLOW, ELECTED 2007

Born in Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, on 1 August 1960. Educated at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Varanasi, 1974-76; B.H.U., Varanasi 1976-79; Faculty of Science, B.H.U., Varanasi 1979-82; Department of Biochemistry, B.H.U., Varanasi 1979-82; Enzymology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, B.H.U., Varanasi 1982-88; School of Biotechnology, B.H.U., Varanasi, 1988-89 (DBT, Res. Assoc.); Post-doc, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A., 1989-90; Post-doc, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA, 1990; B.Sc. 1979; M.Sc. 1982; Ph.D. 1988; FAOBMB Fellowships, 1988 & 1994; Fogarty International Fellowship, 1989-90; UGC Career Award, 1995-97; Visiting Fellowship, DAAD Sandwich Program, 2001, 2006 & 2009.
Professor, School of Biotechnology, B.H.U., 2007 to date.
Lecturer, 1990-95, Senior Lecturer, 1995-1999, Reader, 1999-2006, and Associate Professor, 2006-07, Coordinator, Centre for Bioinformatics, 2011-14, School of Biotechnology, B.H.U., Varanasi; Coordinator, School of Biotechnology, B.H.U. 2013-16.
Awards/Honours: Prof. C.N.R. Rao Education Foundation Award for achieving Excellence in Scientific Research in Biotechnology, 2012; Editorial Board Member, Protein and Peptide Letters, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., USA, 2005 to date; Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine, Springer, 2005 to date; Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IPBB), Springer, 2008-16; Associate Editor, JPBB, 2016 todate; Indian Journal of Agricultural Biochemists, 2010 to date; International Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 2012 to date; Biochemical Compounds, Herbert Open Access Journal, U.K.; Associate Editor, Agricultural Research (Official Publication of NAAS), Springer, 2012-15; Founder Editor, Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, 2010 to date; Member, Executive Committee of the Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2014-17; Expert Committee Member in Biotechnology under Special Assistance Programme (SAP), UGC.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences.
Research Areas: Enzymology & enzyme technology, protein structure-function studies, plant biochemistry
Address: Professor, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; 42-53 Akhnoor Hut, Nandnagar Colony, ITI Road, P.O. BHU, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Kesavan, Parthasarathy Chenna K018

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Bangalore, India on 24 August 1938. Educated at Suburban High School, Coimbatore, 1949-54, Government Arts College, Coimbatore 1954-56; Central College of Agriculture, New Delhi 1956-59; Coimbatore Agricultural College 1959-61; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1963-66; B.Sc. 1959; M.Sc 1961; Ph.D. 1966.
Distinguished Fellow, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai to date.
Sessional Instructor, Biology Department, Calgary University, Alberta, Canada, 1967-68; Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 1968-70; Associate Professor, 1970-78, and Professor & Dean, 1978-93, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi; Formerly, Director, Biosciences Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 1993-98; DAE Homi Bhabha Chair for Nuclear Sciences and Sustainable Development; Executive Director, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai; Emeritus Professor, Sustainability Science, IGNOU, New Delhi, 2011-12.
Awards/Honours: Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award, 2008-2009
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Institute of Physics.
Research Areas: Radiation Biology, Genetics, Science and Ecotechnology, Sustainability Science
Address: DAE Homi Bhabha Chair and Distinuished Fellow, MSSRF, 3rd Cross Street, CPT Campus, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600113, Tamil Nadu; N-19 Maxworth Nagar, Kovilambakkam, Sunnambu Kulathur Village, Chennai 600117, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. [phone], 22541698, 65299023-D; Res. [phone], 22682254, Cell: 09444024013; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Khadi, Basavaraj M K019

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Kalakeri, Bijapur, Karnataka on 1 June 1954. Educated at Kalakeri, Bijapur Schools, 1970; Agricultural College, Dharwad, 1971-1975, B.Sc.(Agri).; GBPUAT, Pantnagar, 1976-1977, M.Sc.(Agri.); University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Dharwad), 1977-1983, Ph.D; Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Experimental Biology of Plants, Tashkent, USSR, 1987-89.
Director of Education, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, 2015 to date.
Principal Scientist (Cotton), UAS, Dharwad, 1995-2005; Director, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, 2005-08; Dean (Post Graduate Studies), 2008-12 and Director of Research, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, 2012-15. Director of Education, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, 2015 -2016. Member, Genetic Engineering Approval Committee 2006-12; Review Committee on Genetic Manipulations, 2006-09; Executive Council, MAU, Parbhani 2005-08; Dr. P.D.K.V., Akola, 2006-08; Research Advisory Committee, CICR, Nagpur, 2004-08; CIRCOT 2008-11,ARI, Pune 2013-16, ICAR Governing Body and ICAR Society, 2006-08; Task Force on Crop Biotechnology, DBT, 2011-14, Board of Management, UAS, Dharwad, 2011-12.
Awards/Honours: Best FAO Visiting Scientist of IR of Iran, 2000; ICAR Team Research Awards 2000 & 2006; Sir C.V. Raman Young Scientist Award 1998-99; UAS Cash Incentive Award 1996, 2001 and 2003; UAS Team Award, 1998-99, 1999-2000 & 2001-2002; ISCI Hutchinson Memorial Award, 1999; Dr. A.B. Joshi Gold Medal, 2002; Rao Bahaddur Ramdhan Singh Award, 2005; Dr. R.B. Ekbote Award-2013 by Agharkar Research Institute, Pune.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; International Society for Tropical Crops Research and Development; National Academy of Biological Sciences.
Research Areas: Genetics and Plant Breeding; Introgression Breeding and Hybrid Development in Cotton
Address: PUROB, Xth Cross, Saptapur, Dharwad 580001, Karnataka; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09019944999; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Khan, Mohammed Latif K020

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Akberpur (Auraiya), UP, India on 1 January 1961. Educated at Kanpur University, Kanpur, B. Sc. & M. Sc., 1978-82; North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 1983-89; Ph.D. 1987; Post Doctoral 1987-89.
Professor, Department of Botany; Chairperson, Committee of University Nodal Centre for Ranking Process, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 2013 to date.
Assistant Professor, Division of Forestry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Srinagar, J&K, 1989-1992; Assistant Professor, 1992-97, Associate Professor, 1997-2006, and Professor, 2006-12, Department of Forestry, North-Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh; Professor & Head, Department of Botany, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, 2011-12.
Awards/Honours: Nanda Memorial Award for Young Scientist (1995), Indian Society for Tree Scientists; DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship, 1995-96; DBT-Overseas Fellowship, 2005 & 2008; Vice President, National Institute of Ecology.
Fellow: National Environmental Science Academy; National Institute of Ecology; International Society for Tropical Ecology.
Research Areas: Forest Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Eco-restoration and Natural Resource Management
Address: Professor, Department of Botany, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar 470003, M.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09425613661; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Khan, Mujeebur Rahman K021

FELLOW, ELECTED 2012

Born in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, India on 1 January 1963. Educated at City High School, Aligarh, 1975-77; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1977-88; B.Sc. (Hons.) 1981; M.Sc. 1984; M. Phil. 1987; Ph.D. 1988; Post-Doctoral Research, Department of Nematology, North Carolina State University, USA (1988); Division of Plant Industry, California Department of Food and Agriculture, USA (1989); and Institute of Parasitology, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau, UK (1989).
Chairman (2006-07), and Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 2008 to date.
Research Associate, MoEF & CSIR, Department of Botany, 1989-93; Lecturer, Department of Plant Protection, 1993-1995; Senior Lecturer, 1996-1999; and Associate Professor, 2000-08, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Awards/Honours: MAAS Young Scientist Best Paper Publication Award, 1995, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi; G.N. Goyle Memorial Award, 1997, International Society for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Award, 1998, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta; Best Poster Award 2003, National Conference on Pulses, Indian Society for Pulses Research and Development, IIPR, Kanpur; Outstanding Scientist Award in Biopesticides, 2008, Doctors Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha, Lucknow; Best Research Project Award, 2011, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; Prof. H.M. Shah Memorial Award-2015, Nematological Society of India, IARI, New Delhi: Outstanding Scientist Award (Nematology), 2015, Society for Plant Protection Sciences, ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi.
Research Areas: Plant Nematology, Plant Pathology, Environmental Botany
Address: Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P.; 9-B, Rifa Complex, Medical Road, Civil Lines, Aligarh 202002, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. 09456278953; Cell: 09412527112; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Khanna, Subhash Kumar K022

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Hafizabad, Punjab, India on 21 February 1942. Educated at National College, Lucknow, 1953-60; Lucknow University, Lucknow B.Sc. 1962, M.Sc. 1964 & Ph.D. 1970.
Member Scientific Panel, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Govt. of India.
Sr. Scientific Asst., 1969-73, Scientist (B) 1973-78, Scientist (C) 1978-84, Scientist (EI) 1984-89, Scientist (EII) 1989-94, Scientist (F)/Deputy Director 1994-97, Scientist (G)/Director Grade 1999-2002, Head, Food Toxicology Division, 1987-2002, Consultant Food Toxicologist, 2002-04 and Emeritus Scientist, 2004-2007, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow. WHO Fellowship, 1977; Indo-US, National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1985; CSIR Business Development Visit Fellowship, 1995; Consultant, DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI for WHO Biennium Programme, World Bank Capacity Building Project and Joint Parliamentary Committee on Pesticide, Lok Sabha, 2003-2004.
Awards/Honours: Institutional Technology Development Award, 1991; Technology Development Award, 1992; Best Exhibit Award, 1995; Rotary Club Award, 1995
Fellow: Academy of Environmental Biology, India; Society of Toxicology, India; Association of Food Scientist and Technologist, India.
Research Areas: Quality and safety assessment of food-additives-adulterants and contaminants
Address: 40/8, Gokhale Vihar Marg, Lucknow 226001, U.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09450096975; Email: [e-mail]]
Khanna-Chopra, Renu K023

FELLOW, ELECTED 1992

Born in Delhi, India on 24 September 1949. Educated at Lady Irwin School, Delhi, 1961-65; Kamla Raja Girls College, Gwalior, 1965-68; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1968-74; B.Sc. 1968; M.Sc. 1970; Ph.D. 1974.
Emeritus Scientist, Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Homi Bhabha Fellow, 1980-82; INSA-Royal Society Exchange Fellow, 1982-83; Biotechnology Overseas Research Associate, 1989-90; Principal Scientist and National Fellow, ICAR, 1995-2011.
Awards/Honours: NCERT Science Fellowship, 1965-74; INSA Young Scientist Award, 1978; R.D. Asana Endowment Award, 1980-83; R.D. Asana Prize, 1983; ICAR Outstanding Women Scientist Award, 1995; Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award, 1998; Corresponding Editor, Journal of Bioscience, India; INSA Council Member, 2009-2011.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Plant physiology & biochemistry
Address: Emeritus Scientist, Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; A1/153, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi; [Cell: 9899017170; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2013 to 31 Dec, 2015; Member Executive Council (Casual Vacancy) 16 Sep, 2007 to 31 Dec, 2008

Khanuja, Suman Preet Singh K024

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in New Delhi, India on 13 August 1958. Educated at SBM Higher Secondary School, Delhi, 1971-75; B.Sc., 1980 and M.Sc. 1982, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar; Ph.D., Indian Agricultural Research Instiute, 1987; Post Doctoral, University of California, San Diego, USA, 1990.
Director & Mentor, SKiES Life Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Delhi/Lucknow, 2013 to date; Founder & Mentor, Suman Khanuja Innovation Enterprises (SKiES India) 2011 to date.
Scientist, 1986-91 and Scientist (Senior Scale), National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, 1991-96; Visiting Fellow, USDA, Beltsville (ARS), Maryland, USA, 1995; Scientist E-II and Head Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Division, CIMAP, 1996-2001; Director, CIMAP, Lucknow, 2001-08; Chief Scientific Advisor (bioAgriculture & bioNutrition), Avesthagen Limited, Bangalore 2008; Chief Executive Officer & Director Mayar Biotech SEZ, Sohna, NCR, 2009-10; Chief Mentor & Director, Nutrahelix Biotech, Delhi/Mumbai 2010-12.
Awards/Honours: IARI Best Teacher Award, 1995; CSIR Technology Prize, 1999; All India Biotechnology Association Award, 2000; IDMA, Mumbai Patent Appreciation Award for US Patent No.6,423,741 on "Antimicrobial composition and the method for producing the same", 2004; EOAI-SOM Award 2003-2005; FICCI Award 2004-05; ISCA Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award 2005, and Prof SK Mukerjee Commemoration Lecture (Young Scientist Award), 2005-2006; All India Industrial Exhibition Society, Hyderabad Best Invention Prize, 2007; Nina Saxena Award, 2007; Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award 2008; Upbhoktashri Award 2008; VASVIK Award, 2008; CSIR Award for Innovations in Rural Development (CAIRD 2008); CSIR Technology Award for Life Sciences, 2012.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists; Plant Tissue Culture Association of India; Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Society of India, (President, 2006-2013).
Research Areas: Molecular and General Genetics, Biotechnology, Plant Genetics and Breeding, Plant Metabolomics; Technology Sectors: Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Natural Products, Botanicals, Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals, Secondary Agriculture, Agribusiness
Address: Director & Mentor, SKiES Life Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Delhi/Lucknow, Founder SKiES India; Former Director, CIMAP/CSIR, C 41-42, Double Storey, Ramesh Nagar, New Delhi 110015; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 09711773867; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Khehra, Amarjeet Singh K025

FELLOW, ELECTED 1992

Born in Village 26 JB, Lyalpur, India on 15 June 1934. Educated at Govt. College, Ludhiana, B.Sc. 1953; M.Sc. Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1959, Ph.D Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1968.
Research Assistant (Cotto Breeding), 1954-61, Assistant Cotton Breeder 1961-69, Maize Breeder, 1969-74, Sr. Maize Breeder, 1974-84, Sr. Maize Breeder-cum-Head, Department of Plant Breeding, 1984-88, Associate Director of Research, Additional Director of Research and Director of Research, 1988-93, Vice Chancellor, 1994-97, PAU, Ludhiana.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Prize, 1986-87; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding Dr. Joginder Singh Memorial Prize, 1991-92.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Crop breeding and genetics
Address: 903 Phase 3B2, Sector 60, Mohali 160059, Punjab; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09888260002; Email: [e-mail]]
Khepar, Shankar Dass K026

FELLOW, ELECTED 1994

Born in Chandiani Khurd, Punjab, India on 8 November 1940. Educated at Village School upto 1957; Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, 1957-60; Institution of Engineers, India, 1963-66; University of Roorkee, 1969-71; Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1976-79; B.Tech. 1966; ME 1971; Ph.D. 1979.
Executive Director, Intellect Solutions, LLC, Virgina, USA.
Professor and Head, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, 1974-80, and Project Director, KWADP, 1980-83, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU); Consultant - Water Management, Asian Development Bank Project, Srilanka, 1984-86; Additional Director of Research, Engineering, 1986-88, and Dean College of Agricultural Engineering, 1988-96, PAU; ICAR National Professor, 1997-2002; Director, Bhutta College of Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana, 2003-10.
Awards/Honours: Republic Day NRDC Award, 1976; Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1980; Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1985; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Award, 1986-88.
Fellow: Institute of Engineers, India; Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Research Areas: Irrigation and drainage engineering
Address: 10 FF, HIG Flats, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana 141012, Punjab; 1013 White Place, SW, Leesburg, VA 20175, USA; [Tel: USA: 703-669-2511; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 1999 to 31 Dec, 2001

Khosla, Prem Kumar K027

FELLOW, ELECTED 1992

Born in Samrala, Ludhiana, India on 18 February 1940. Educated at Arya High School, Ludhiana, Punjab 1948-55; Panjab University, B.Sc. (Hons) 1959; M.Sc. (Hons) 1962; and Ph.D. 1968; Post Doctorate in Forestry, Oxford University, 1972-74.
Vice Chancellor and Founder, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan (H.P.), 2009 to date.
Research Assistant 1963-68 and Lecturer Botany 1968-75, Panjab University, Chandigarh; Senior Tree Breeder 1975-81, Solan Campus (HPAU, Palampur); Professor Forestry 1981-89; Director Extention Education 1989-98, and Vice Chancellor, HPAU, Palampur, 1998-2001; Senior Scientific Advisor Biotechnology 2001-04, H.P. Govt.; President, Shoolini Institute of Life Science and Business Management (SILB), Solan, 2004-09.
Awards/Honours: Indian Society of Tree Scientists Seth Memorial Award, 1992; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2001, Indian Society of Tree Scientists; Shikhsha Ratan Award for Technical Education, AITMA, 2012; National Education Excellence Award, ASSOCHAM, 2013; Distinguished Citizen of Solan Award, 2015.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; International Society of Tropical Foresters, USA; Founder Secretary, Indian Society of Tree Scientists; 1981-98; President Indian Society of Tree Scientists, 2015-16.
Research Areas: Forest Genetics, Agroforestry, Biotechnology
Address: Vice-Chancellor, Shoolini Univesity of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Post Box No. 9, Head Post Office, The Mall, Solan 173212, H.P.; Saroj Villa, Officers Colony, Kotla Nala, Rajgarh Road, Solan 173212, H.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], 226774; Res. [phone]; Cell: 09816064182; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Khurana_,_Jitendra_Paul'>Khurana, Jitendra Paul K028

FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Amritsar, India, on 30 October 1954. Educated at Anglo Sanskrit School, Delhi, 1964-70; Hindu College, Sonepat, 1970-71; Deshbandu College, Delhi, 1971-73; Kurukshetra University, 1973-75; Department of Botany, Delhi University, 1975-85; Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA, 1985-86; Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 1986-88; B.Sc., 1973; M.Sc., 1975; Ph.D., 1982.
Director, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi; Coordinator, UGC-Special Assistance Programme, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi.
Professor of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC), New Delhi, 1996 to date; Head, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, UDSC, New Delhi, 1995-98, 2001-2004, 2014 to date; Visiting Professor, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, 2001.
Awards/Honours: NASI Prof. Shri Ranjan Memorial Award Lecture, 2006; INSA Prof. P. Maheshwari Memorial Award Lecture, 2008; DBT Tata Innovation Fellow, 2010-2013; ISCA Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award, 2010; Indian Botanical Society Prof. Birbal Sahni Medal, 2011; ISCA Prof. S.S. Katiyar Endowment Lecture, 2013; General Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, 2010-2013; Secretary, Plant Tissue Culture Association, India, 2010-2016; DST J.C. Bose Fellow, 2013-2018; Council Member, 2012-2014, Vice-President, 2014, Indian National Science Academy; West Bengal Academy of Sciences and Technology (WAST) J.C. Sengupta Endowment Lecture, 2014; Plant Tissue Culture Association of India Prof. H.C. Arya Memorial Gold Medal, 2015; NASI Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Award Lecture, 2015.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Sciences; The World Academy of Sciences.
Research Areas: Photo-perception and signal transduction mechanisms; structural and functional genomics in plants
Address: Professor & Coordinator (UGC-SAP), Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110021; Type VB/4, Staff Quarters, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110021; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res.[phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Khurana, Paramjit K029

FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in Delhi on 15 August 1956. Educated at Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Jheel Kurenja, Delhi, 1970-72, University of Delhi, 1972-83; Michigan State University, USA, 1987-88; B.Sc, 1975; M.Sc, 1977; M.Phil 1978;Ph.D, 1983.
Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University, 1998 to date and Head, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi. 2016 to date.
Scientist at Universityof Delhi, 1983-84; Lecturer, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, 1984-1987; Research Associate at Michigan State University, USA, 1987-1988; Lecturer,1988-89; Reader, 1990-98; and Professor, 1998 onwards; Head of the Department, 2004-07, 2016 to date, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University.
Awards/Honours: Professor Archana Sharma Memorial Award, Indian Science Congress Association, 2011-2012; Prof. J.C. Bose Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, 2012-2017.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences India, 2003; Indian Academy of Sciences, 2010; Indian National Science Academy, 2011; Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences India, 2013; Street Memorial Lecture Award for 2013-14 by the Plant Tissue Culture Association (India); Shri Ranjan Memorial Lecture Award (2014) by The National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Genomics
Address: Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi 110021; House No. 4, Type VB, Staff Residence, University of Delhi South Campus, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi 110021; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 9711006512; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]