Award Achievers
MEDALS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY
BIRBAL SAHNI MEDAL
The Birbal Sahni Medal was instituted in 1957 by Prof. T. S. Sadasivan to commemorate the memory of Prof. Birbal Sahni, his revered teacher and one of the founding mmbers of the Indian Botanical Society. This medal is awarded every year to a distinguishd Idian Botanist( A life member of IBS) for his/her contributions and devotion to the caus of Indian Botany on the recommendation of th Executive Council. A special function of the society is held annually during the Botanical Conference in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture is delivered by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have so far been honoured by this medal:-
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| Recipient | Year of award | Recipient | Year of award |
| Prof. M.O.P. Iyengar | 1957 | Prof. S.C. Pandeya | 1989 |
| Prof. P. Maheshwari | 1958 | Prof. C.P. Malik | 1990 |
| Prof. P. Parija | 1959 | Prof. R.N. Lakhanpal | 1991 |
| Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal | 1960 | Dr. B.S. Venkatachala | 1992 |
| Dr. B.P. Pal | 1961 | Prof.Dalbir Singh | 1993 |
| Prof. T.S. Sadasivan | 1962 | Dr.P.V. Sane | 1994 |
| Dr. Fr. H. Santapau | 1963 | Prof. R.S. Ambashta | 1995 |
| Prof. V. Puri | 1964 | Prof. C.P. Sharma | 1996 |
| Dr. M.S. Swaminathan | 1965 | Prof. M.S. Chennaveeraiah | 1997 |
| Prof. R. Misra | 1966 | Prof. R.S.Mhrotra | 1998 |
| Prof.R.K. Saksena | 1967 | Prof. J.S. Singh | 1999 |
| Prof. P.N. Mehra | 1968 | Prof. C. Manoharachary | 2000 |
| Prof. S. M. Sircar | 1969 | Prof. S.K. Sopory | 2001 |
| Prof. B.M. Johri | 1970 | Prof. M.M. Johri | 2002 |
| Prof. J. Venkateshwarlu | 1971 | Prof. S.P.Singh | 2003 |
| Prof. C.V. Subramanian | 1972 | Prof. P.K. Gupta | 2004 |
| Prof. R.P. Roy | 1973 | Prof. S.V.S. Chauhan | 2005 |
| Prof. A.K.Sharma | 1974 | Prof. A.K. Tyagi | 2006 |
| Prof. B.G.L. Swamy | 1975 | Dr. H.C. Chaturvedi | 2007 |
| Prof. D.D. Pant | 1976 | Prof. Y.P. Abrol | 2008 |
| Prof. K.K. Nanda | 1977 | Dr. P.S. Ahuja | 2009 |
| Prof. T.S. Mahabale | 1978 | Prof. S.M. Reddy | 2010 |
| Prof. K.R. Surange | 1979 | Prof. J.P. Khurana | 2011 |
| Prof. S.C. Agarwala | 1980 | Prof. S. R. Yadav | 2012 |
| Prof. S.C. Maheshwari | 1981 | Dr. R. R. Rao | 2013 |
| Dr. T.N. Khoshoo | 1982 | Prof. R.S. Dwivedi | 2014 |
| Prof. B.N. Prasad | 1983 | Prof. P.C. Trivedi | 2015 |
| Prof. V.S. Rama Das | 1985 | Prof. Paramjit Khurana | 2017 |
| Prof. B.S. Mehrotra | 1986 | ||
| Prof. S. N. Mathur | 1987 | ||
| Prof. S.K. Sinha | 1988 |
PANCHANAN MAHESHWARI MEDAL
Panchanan Maheswari Medal was instituted during 1977 by Dr. K. Subramanyam,Ex.Director,Botaqnical Survey of India to commemorate the memory of Prof. P. Maheshwari,his revered ‘Guru’, in recognition of his valuable contributions to Botanical Studies and in appreciation of his service to society. The medal is awarded each year to a distinguished Indian Botanist (A life member of IBS) for original, sustained , and significant contributions to the advancement of botanical knowledge on the recommendation of Executive Council. In alternate years the medal is to be awarded to a distinguished botanist whose area of study is Angiosperm embryology(including descriptive ,phylogenetic,systematic and experimental embryology) or taxonomy and floristics.A special function during the Botanical Conference is held annually is connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture by the recipient of the medal.
The following botanists have so far been honoured by this medal:-
| Recipient | Year of award | Recipient | Year of award |
| Prof. Reayat Khan | 1978 | Prof. P.S.Bisen | 1999 |
| Prof. K.S. Thind | 1979 | Prof. M.R. Vijayaraghavan | 2000 |
| Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram | 1980 | Prof. Uma Kant | 2001 |
| Prof. K.S. Bhargava | 1981 | Prof. T. Pulliah | 2002 |
| Dr. S.K. Jain | 1982 | Prof. P.M. Swamy | 2003 |
| Prof. K.S. Bilgrami | 1983 | Prof. P.Tandon | 2004 |
| Prof. R.S. Rao | 1984 | Dr. M. Sanjapa | 2005 |
| Prof. P. Kachroo | 1985 | Prof. S.K. Datta | 2006 |
| Prof. H. Maheshwari Devi | 1986 | Prof. O.P. Saxena | 2007 |
| Dr. M.A. Rau | 1987 | Dr. M.P. Nayar | 2008 |
| Dr. R.P. Singh | 1988 | Prof. G.D. Sharma | 2009 |
| Prof. Uma Kant Sinha | 1989 | prof. M. Sabu | 2010 |
| Prof. S.S. Bir | 1990 | Prof. H. B. Singh | 2011 |
| Prof. S.S. Raghuvanshi | 1991 | Prof. R. S. Tripathi | 2012 |
| Prof. M.M. Bhandari | 1992 | Prof. M. Anis | 2013 |
| Prof. Anupam Varma | 1993 | Prof. P.B. Kavi Kishore | 2014 |
| Dr. G. Panigrahi | 1994 | Prof. A.K. Pandey | 2015 |
| Prof. A.K. Koul | 1995 | Prof. S.K. Chaturvedi | 2016 |
| Prof. P.K.Deshpande | 1996 | Prof. Nanna Rama Swami | 2017 |
| Prof. G.S. Rawla | 1997 | ||
| Prof. K.R. Shivanna | 1998 |
VISHWAMBHAR PURI MEDAL
Vishwambhar Puri Medal was instituted during 1977, by Prof. V. Puri, for his well known services to the society and the subject of Botany. The medal is awarded each year to a distinguished Indian Botanist ( Life member of IBS) for his/her significant contributions to the advancement of Botany on the recommendations of the Executive Council. In alternate year the medal is to be awarded to a distinguishd prson for contributions to Morphology of Angiosperms. A special function is organised during the Botanical Conference in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have so far honoured by this medal:
| Recipient | Year of award | Recipient | Year of award |
| Dr. K. Subramanyam | 1978 | Prof. R. N. Trivedi | 1999 |
| Prof. T.V. Dsikachary | 1979 | Prof. C.M. Govil | 2000 |
| Prof. V. R. Dnyansagar | 1980 | Prof.(Mrs.) Indira Kalyansundaram | 2001 |
| Prof. L.P.Mall | 1981 | Prof. Mohd.Iqbal | 2002 |
| Prof. B.Tiagi | 1982 | Prof.(Mrs.)V. Padmja | 2003 |
| Prof. Y.S.R.K. Sarma | 1983 | Prof. N.P. Vaikos | 2004 |
| Prof. J.J. Shah | 1984 | Prof. A.K. Bhtnagar | 2005 |
| Prof. Jafar Nizam | 1985 | Prof. K.V. Krishnamurthy | 2006 |
| Prof. Y.D. Tiagi | 1986 | Dr. J.L. Karihaloo | 2007 |
| Prof. G.P. Agarwal | 1987 | Prof. Ashwani Kumar | 2008 |
| Prof. R.M. Pai | 1988 | D.Sarvesh Kumar | 2009 |
| Prof. A.B. Prasad | 1989 | Prof. Ashok K. Jain | 2010 |
| Prof. K.S. Manilal | 1990 | Prof. H. S. Prakash | 2011 |
| Prof.Atul R. Mehta | 1991 | Dr. J. jagmohan Reddy | 2012 |
| Prof. G.R. Rao | 1992 | Dr. S. D. Bonde | 2013 |
| Prof. K.K. Lakhamanan | 1993 | Prof. D.A. Patil | 2014 |
| Prof. G.S. paliwal | 1994 | Dr. N.C. Gautam | 2015 |
| Prof. Naresh Chandra | 1995 | Prof. G.V.S. Murthy | 2016 |
| prof. Bir Bahadur | 1996 | Prof. S. K. Dwivedi | 2017 |
| Prof. L. Janmejay Singh | 1997 | ||
| Prof. J.D. patel | 1998 |
Y.S.MURTY MEDAL
Y.S. Murty Medal was instituted during 1985, by Prof. Y.S. Murty Commemoration Committee. The medal is awarded each year to a distinguished young Botanist ( Life member/Fellow)member of the society not more than 40 years of age for outstanding contributions in any branch of Botany. A special function is organised during the Botanical Conference in connection with the presentation of this medal and a special lecture by the recipient of the medal. The following botanists have been honoured by this medal:
| Recipient | Year of award |
| Dr. D. Mukherjee | 1986 |
| Dr. Sharda Khandelwal | 1987 |
| Dr. A.K. Roy | 1988 |
| Dr. Tribhuwan Singh | 1989 |
| Dr. U.C.Lavania | 1990 |
| Dr. A.K. Pandey | 1991 |
| Dr. D.K. Maheshwari | 1992 |
| Dr. A.P. Garg | 1993 |
| Dr. S.K. Chaturvedi | 1994 |
| Dr. S.N. Bagchi | 1995 |
| Dr. Pushpa Koul | 1996 |
| Dr.Kailash Agrawal | 1997 |
| Dr.Vimla Y. | 1998 |
| Dr. Sonali Chaturvedi | 1999 |
| Dr.S.S. Sandhu | 2000 |
| Dr. Vidya Patni nee Ramani | 2001 |
| Dr. Manoj Dhar | 2002 |
| Dr. (Mrs.) Sangeta Srivastava | 2003 |
| Dr. (Miss) Sandhu Sareen | 2004 |
| Dr. B.M. Singh | 2005 |
| Dr.Tarun Kan | 2006 |
| Dr. P. Giridhar | 2007 |
| Dr. Rajesh Tandon | 2008 |
| Dr.P. Drivedi | 2009 |
| Dr. Rupam Kapoor | 2010 |
| Dr. Rakhi Chaturvedi | 2011 |
| Dr. Shashi pandey | 2012 |
| Dr. D. Nagaraju | 2013 |
| Dr. S. Karuppusamy | 2014 |
| Dr. Pankaj Kumar Arora | 2015 |
| Dr. G. S. Shekhawat | 2016 |
| Dr. Supriya Tiwari | 2017 |
The Secretary invites nominations for each medal from the members of the Executive Council, office bearers for the last 5 Years and medal awardeess (Birbal Sahni/Panchanan Mheswari and Vishwambhar Puri medals) for the last 5 years. The valid nominations ar sent for balloting to the mmbers of the Executive Council along with the biodata prforma duly filld in. A majority shall elect but in case more than one persons scure equal votes, only such names shall be considered for second balloting. In case of a tie, decision will be taken by the draw of lots. All nominations should be made in an approvd performa accompanied by a detailed biodata.
YOUNG BOTANIST AWARD (DR. M.S. SWAMINATHAN MERIT CERTIFICATE & DR. BAHADUR SINGH GOLD MEDAL)
This award was started in 2001 on the advice of Prof. A.K. Koul,m Jammu, Prsident of the socity in 2000. The merit certificate is given in the name of country’s notabl Agricultural Scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan , FRS and Dr. Bahadur Singh , Founder Head, Department of Botany, B.R. College, Agra (now R.B.S. College) by his studnts Dr. S.N. Chaturvedi, B. R. College, paliwal and Prof. S.V.S. Chauhan. The medal is awarded each year to a young botanist below th age of 35 years. The rules are as follows:
Life members up to the age of 35 years can participat. They will presnt their research work for 18 minuts followed by 5 minutes discussion. For best presentation Young Botanist Award ( Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate and Dr. Bahadur Sing Medal) is given every year. The selection will be based on a Committee of Judges appointed for the purpose. The minimum number of participants ahould be three. If more papers are received a committee will select best three for presentation at the conference.
The following young botanist have received this award:
- Dr. Venu Kaul (Jammu) 2001
- Dr. Susheel Vrma (Jammu) 2002
- Dr. Vandana Singh(Agra) 2003
- Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava (Lucknow) 2004
- Ms. Sampat Nehra (Jaipur) 2005
- Mr. Karuppusamy (Anantpur) 2006
- Ms. Geeta (jammu) 2007
- Ms. Poonam Meena (Jaipur)2008
- Dr. Priyanka Verma (Lucknow) 2011
- Dr. Pankaj K. Arora (Hyderabad) 2012
- Dr. Neha Pandey 2013
- Siddharth K. Mihra (Sagar) 2014
- Dr. Swati Tripathi 2015
K.S. BILGRAMI MEDAL ( FOR BEST POSTER PRESNTATION)
Instituted in 2004 by his student Prof. S. M.Rddy, Warangal.The medal is awarded to a member (upto the age of 35 years) for best poster presentation(single author)
Follwing member has received the award:
- Dr.(Ms.) Vandana Singh (Agra) 2004
- Ms. Meenakshi Singh,(Lucknow)2005
- Ms. Surochita Basu,(Lucknow) 2006
- Ms.Chitra Wadhawani (Jaipur) 2007
- Ms. Parul Sharma,(Jaipur) 2008
- Rohan Gavankar (Mumbai) 2012
- Dr. Renuka Kohli (Jammu) 2013
- Dr. Akansha Srivastava 2014
MEDAL FOR WOMEN SCIENTIST
A medal for women scientist upto the age of 50 years is instituted by the society for a distinguished lady botanist from year 2006. Nominations will be invited by the secretary from life member of the society every year . Applicant are required to submit detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of ten best papers published for evaluation by committee constituted for the purpose. The selection will be based on a Committee of three Judges appointed for the purpose.
Following members has received the award:
Ms.Namrata Sharma (jammu) 2006
Ms. Seshu Lavania (Lucknow) 2007
Ms. Sindhu Sareen (Karnal) 2008
Dr. Alka Srivastava (Lucknow) 2011
Dr. Veenu Kaul (Jammu) 2012
Dr. Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow) 2013
Dr. Seema Chauhan (Agra) 2014
Darshana Patel 2015
Life Time Achievement Award
Executive council and general body of I.B.S. (2008) decided to start "The Life Time Achievement Award " to be given to a distinguished Botanist who have rendered exceptional service to any branch of plant sciences and services to the society on the recommendation of the Executive Council.
Prof. C.V. Subramaniam 2009
Prof. A.K. Sharma 2010
Prof. S. N. Chaturvedi (AGRA) 2011
Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram (New Delhi) 2012
Prof. A.K. Koul (JAMMU) 2013
Prof. R.M. Pai, (Aurangabad) 2014
Prof. Dalbir singh,(Canada) 2015
Prof. C. Manoharachari, ( Hyderabad) 2016
Prof.S. C. Maheshwari (Jaipur) 2017
WOMAN BOTANIST AWARD
Instituted by Prof. Muniamma in 2011 for the best paper presented by a
lady botanist during the conference (age limit 50 yrs).
2011 Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava
2012 Dr. Padmini Remeteke
2013 Dr. Geeta
2014 N.F.S.
PROF. Y.S. MURTY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL
Instituted by the Late Prof. C.M. Govil and Prof. Y. Vimla and her family members in 2012 will be awarded to an outstanding Plant Morphologist/ Taxonomist upto the age of 50 years for his/her research contributions in any group of plant kingdom.
2012 Dr. K.S. Rajput
2013 Dr. V.M. Raole
2014 N.F.S.
2015 Dr. Yogesh Joshi
PROF. S.N. DIXIT GOLD MEDAL
Instituted by students of Prof. S.N. Dixit in 2012. The medal is awarded to a Life Member (below the age of 50 yrs) for the best poster presentation during the conference.
2013 Dr. S.K. Mishra
2014 N.F.S.
2016 Gitanjali Singh
PROF. S.V.S. CHAUHAN GOLD MEDAL
Institute by students of Prof. S.V.S. Chauhan in 2013. The medal is awarded
to a life member (below the age of 25 yrs) for oral presentation of Research
Paper during the conference.
2014 Dr. Kutian Atul
2015 Akshi Shani
MEMORIAL LECTURES
1. Kajale Memorial Lecture (Alternate Years)
| Prof. H. Y. Mohan Ram | 1989 |
| Dr. K.S. Bilgrami | 1991 |
| Prof. S. C. Pandeya | 1993 |
| Prof. H. C. Arya | 1995 |
| Prof. M.R. Vijayaraghavan |
1997 |
| Prof. Dalbir Sing | 1999 |
| Prof. R. P. Singh | 2001 |
| Prof. K.R. Shivanna | 2003 |
| Prof. A.K. Kaul | 2005 |
| Prof. S.V.S. Chauhan | 2007 |
| Prof. S.S. sharma | 2015 |
2. Uma Kant Sinha Memorial Lecture (Alternate Years)
| Prof. A.K. Koul | 1992 |
| Prof. C. M. Govil | 1994 |
| Prof. S. C. Verma | 1996 |
| Prof. P.K. Gupta | 1998 |
| Prof. H. K. Goswami | 2000 |
| Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi | 2002 |
| Prof. K.V.B.R. Tilak | 2004 |
| Prof. jagadish Saran | 2006 |
| Dr. U.C.Lavania | 2008 |
|
Prof. R.N. Gohil Prof. Sumita Jha Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava Prof. Y. K. Bansal
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2009 2012 2014 2016 |
G.PANIGRAHI MEMORIAL LECTURE
Dr. Panigrahi commemoration lectures in two fields (Taxonomy, Floristic, Nomenclature & Biogeography of the Indian flora, alternately on Angiosperms & Pteridophytes), to be delivered each year has been instituted.
| Prof. S.S. Bir | 1997 |
| Prof. S. N. Patnaik | 1998 |
| Prof. R.M. Pai | 1999 |
| Prof. S.P. Khullar | 2000 |
| Dr. R.R. Rao | 2001 |
| Prof. G.K. Srivastava | 2002 |
| Dr. M. Sanjappa | 2003 |
| Dr. Subhash Chandra | 2004 |
| Dr. N.P. Singh | 2005 |
| Dr. P.B. Khare | 2006 |
| Prof. R.D. Gaur | 2007 |
| Prof. P.K. Khare | 2008 |
| Prof. T.N. Bhardwaj | 2010 |
Prof. T. Pulliah 2011
Prof. N. Punetha 2012
Prof. C.B. Gena 2014
Prof. A.K. Jain 2015
Prof. B.L. Choudhary 2016
Y.S. MURTY MEMORIAL LECTURE
Students and well wishers of late Prof. Y. S. Murty instituted a memorial lecture in his honour. Every year a distinguished botanist is invited by host University to deliver a lecture.
Society provide Rs. 3000/- as an honorarium to all the speakers of Memorial Lecture.
Dr. K.S. Rajput (Vadodara) 2012
Prof.V. N. Raole (Baroda) 2013
CASH PRIZES WITH THE SOCIETY FOR THE PUBLICATIONS
The Iyenger-Sahni Award- An Endowment of Rs.15,000/- was made by Prof. T.S. Sadasivan to Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (BSIP), LUCKNOW, for a cash award to be given out of the annual interest from Rs. 15,000/- accured. The award is given in alternate years to the best paper which has appeared in two volumes of Palaeobotanist and the Journal of Indian Botanical Society. The upper age limit of the awardee i.e. none of the authors shall be more than 40 years on the date of publications of the paper. If there is more than one author for the paper selected the money will be equally shared. The expert committe is to be appointed by the Governing Body of BSIP. The first award in 1984 will be for the papers published in Palaeobotanist.
Prof. Thomas Maxwell Harris Prize- This prize is instituted with the ammount of Rs. 18,00/- donated by Prof. T. M. Harris and Rs. 3,200/- collected by Dr. M. N. Bose from friens and well wishers and given to the Birbal Sahni Institute has decided that the interest from this endowment may be utilized for a prize to be given to a young scientist of age not exceeding 30 years for the best paper published in the palaeobotanist and the Journal of Indian Botanical Society iin alternate years. this proze will be knows as "Prof. Thomas maxwell Harris Prize". The others rules of this prize will be similar to the "Iyengar-Sahni Award". The first prize will be awarded in November, 1985 for the best paper published in the Palaeobotanist.
Prof. S.C. Dixit Cash Prize- This proize is instituted by Prof. S. C. Dixit to be given to women candidate up to the age of 45 years only, forthe best papers published in Journal of Indian Botanical Society. The prizes is of Rs. 500/- value (in 1985 only Rs. 250/-) is given out of interest accrued on the endowment of Rs. 5,000/- Papers should be single authourship.
S.N. Dixit Medal
Dr. S.K. Mishra (Sagar) 2013
CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, CASH PRIZES
AND MEDALS
(For Presentation of best paper in Botanical Conference)
With a view to improve the standard of presentation of research papers at the Botanical Conference and to attract and encourage the young scientists below the age of 30 years for contributing their best paper, it was decided in the Annual General Meeting on Dec. 29, 1982 to award each year Certificate of Merit for the best paper presented in each section during the Botanical Conference. Further a cash prize is also to be given from the annual interest accrued if donations of Rs. 1000/- or more are received for this purpose. The rules for the awards are :
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT— The authors of the papers must be members of the society, not above 30 years of age, as on 1st December of that year and the member presenting the paper adjudged as best will get the Certificate of Merit. In case no paper is found up to the mark in a particular section no certificate of merit will be awarded in that section.
CASH PRIZE— A cash prize of Rs. 500/- Shall be allowed to the person who has earned Certificate of Merit, when atleast three paper are presented for contest in that particular section.
MEDAL- In the Honor of senior Botanist students and well wishers of senior botanist donated Rs 25,000 each for the medal in eight different sections these medal will be awarded only on the recommendation of the experts at least six papers should be presented for these medals in each section.
The following persons have made donations of Rs. l000/- each for the section
mentioned for cash prize :
1. Mycology, Microbiology Plant Pathology, including seed Pathology
1. Prof. K. S.Bilgrami and Prof. G. P. Agarwal (In the name of Prof. R.N. Tandon)
2. Prof. K. S. Bhargava
3. Prof. A. Mahadevan
4. Dr. G. Thottapilly
5. Prof. Dalbir Singh
6. Prof. T. Prasad
Medal in honor of Prof. O.P. Mall
II. Cryptogamic Botany (Cryptogams) including fossils
1. Prof. Y.S.R.K. Sarma (In the name of Prof. Y. Bharadwaja)
2. Dr. U.D. Bongale
3. Dr. S.G. Bharati (Rs. 5000/-)
4. Prof. E. R. S. Talpasayi
(In the name of Prof. T.U. Chackoo)
5. Dr. (Mrs.) Pushpa Srivastava
(In the name of Prof. Jafar Nizam)
6. Dr. Jagdish Lal
7. Prof. B.S. Trivedi
Medal in honor of Prof. Jafar Nizam
III. Seed Plants, including fossils(Phenerogamous) Structure,Anatomy Reproductive Biology
1. Prof. Reayat Khan
2. Mrs. B. Venkata Ratnamma (In the name of Late Prof. B.S. Siva Rao)
Embryology including Seed & Fruit
3. Mrs. B. Venkata Ratnamma (In the name of Prof. B. S. Siva Rao)
4. Dr. R.P.Singh and his Students
5. Prof. B.Tiagi
6. Prof. H. Maheswari Devi
7. Students of Prof. H. Maheswari Devi
8. Dr. R.H.Shete (Rs. 25,000)
Medal in honor of Prof. Y.S Murthy
IV. Taxonomy of Seed Plants Floristis, including Biodiversity,Economic Botany including Ethnobotany & Pharmacognoxy
1. Prof. K.S. Manilal
2. Prof. R.S. Rao
Medal in honor of Prot Y.D Tiagi
V. Cell (Cytology) and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Breeding
1. Prof. K.R.S. Ayyangar
2. Prof. S.N. Chaturvedi
3. Dr. R.S. Himanshu
Medal in honor of Prof. S.N. Chaturvedi
VI. Ecology; Plant Geography & Environmental studies
1. Prof. R. Misra
Medal in honor of Prof. L.P. Mall
VII Plant Physiology, Biochemistry & Pharmacology
1. Prof K. K. Nanda
2. Prof S. C. Agarwala
3. Dr. G. V. Joshi Memorial Committee
Medal in honor of Prof. C.P Malik
VIII. Morphogenesis, Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology
1. Prof. B. M. Johri (Rs. 2000/-)
Medal in honor of Prof. H.C. Arya
IX. Poster Section
Participants should send their full papers along with the illustrations on or
before the date given by the Secretary. Posters will be displayed as per
instructions given by the local organizing secretary of the annual conference.