Name | J.P. Verma |
Designation | President |
Complete postal Address with city code | Indian Phytopathological Society |
Email IDs | xyz@gmail.com |
Mobile No. | 123456789 |
Dr. Jeevan Prakash Verma, Ph.D. (Lucknow), Dr. Rer. Nat. (Munich), FNASc, FNA, Ex- Professor, Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, India, was the recipient of the Birbal Sahni Memorial Gold Medal for standing first class first at the M.Sc. (Botany) examination and the Ruchi Ram Sahni Research Prize in Botany for best thesis. He was awarded the Hexamar Award for cotton improvement. He is working on the bacterial diseases of plants and has published more than 135 research papers and 16 books including a book on Bacterial Blight of Cotton published in 1986 by the CRC Press, Florida, U.S.A. He has organized/participated in various national/international conferences/symposia/congress as convener/chairman. He was in the editorial board of various journals. Dr. Verma passed away on September 4, 2005.
1958-1961 Research Scholar, Botany Department, LucknowUniversity, Lucknow.
1961-1969 Lecturer, Department of Botany, Kalyani
University, Kalyani, Distt.Nadia, West Bengal.
1969 - Scientist, Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (joined IARI in Readers Grade in May 1969, inducted in ARS in 1975, promoted in 1976, 1982); looking after PG-School work since 1988.
Honours/Medals
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Birbal
Sahni Memorial Gold Meal for standing first class first at the M.Sc.
examination in 1958.
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New
Pusa Recreation Club Silver Jubilee Medal for sports organization at IARI 1983.
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Awarded
several medals and prizes in sports, PEC, St. John Ambulance and studies in
college days.
Research Prize/National Award
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Ruchi
Ram Sahni Research Prize in Botany for
the best piece of research work carried out at the Lucknow University during
the preceeding three sessions in 1960.
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Hexamar
Award in December, 1981 for cotton improvement (jointly with Dr. R.P. Singh, my
student and colleague)
Lectures
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Platinum
jubilee lecture in the section of Agricultural Sciences, 79th
session of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA); to be delivered on 5th
January, 1992 at Vadodara.
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Mundkur
Memorial Lecture, Indian Phytopathological Society; to be delivered on 30th
December, 1991 at Bhavanagar.
- Delivered several other invitational lectures in India and abroad including Botanisches Institut, Munich; Technical University, Darmstadt; Botany Department, Delhi University.
Fellowships/scholarships
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Government
Merit Scholarship (1956-58) on the basis of B.Sc. results and merit position in
the University.
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Research
Training Scholarship (1958-1961) on the basis of M.Sc. results.
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DAAD
Fellowship, for a study-cum-information trip to West Germany (1978, three
months).
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Recommended
by the Government of India for the Royal Commission for the exhibition of 1851
– science research scholarship for 1964 to the UK under the British
Commonwealth University Interchange Scheme.
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Selected
in the INSA bilateral exchange programme to visit Germany (1991-92, for three
weeks).
Membership of Scientific Societies
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Fellow
of the Indian National Sconce Academy (FNA)
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Fellow
of the National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc)
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Foundation
Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India
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Fellow
of the Indian Phytopathological Society (FPSI)
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Life
member of Society of Plant Pathologists, Lucknow; Indian Sciences Congress
Association, Calcutta.
Office in academic/advisory bodies
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President,
Section of Agricultural Sciences, 77th Session of Indian Science
Congress Association, held at Cochin (January, 1990).
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Member,
Sectional Committee, INSA, Plant Sciences (1991).
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Member,
Pathology Panel, ICAR (1989-92).
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Convener,
Cotton Group, IARI, New Delhi (1977-80)
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Member
of various examination/selection/screening committees
Scientific editorship
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Chief
Editor, Indian Phytopathology, New Delhi (1986-88, 1989-91).
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Editor,
Indian Phytopathology (1980-82)
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Editor,
Review of Tropical Plant Pathology, New Delhi (since 1984).
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Edited
several volumes like “Technology Blending and Agrarian Prosperity”, 1990, 180
pp; “Farming Systems and Integrated Pest Management”, 1992; “Vistas in Plant
Pathology”, 1986, 593 pp; “Current Trends in Plant Pathology”, 1974, 342 pp.
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Editorial
collaborator for various other journals and volumes
Author of books
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Bacterial
Blight of Cotton, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 1986, 278 pp.
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The
Bacteria, MPH, New Delhi, 1987, 211 pp.
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General
Bacteriology (in Hindi, in collaboration with Dr. R.P. Singh), published by the
Commission for Sci. & Tech. Terminology, New Delhi, 1988, 294 pp.