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Name

Prof. D.K. Maheshwari

Date Of Birth

12th  September 1953

Department

Department of Botany & Microbiology

Educational Qualifications

Ø  Ph.D. (Botany) from Agra University, 1977.

Ø    M.Sc (Botany) from Agra University, 1973.

Specialization  

Ø  Soil Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology

Employment History

Ø  Professor, Department of Botany & Microbiology, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, w.e.f. 15th October 1990.

Ø  Reader, Department of Microbiology, Barkatullah University ,Bhopal (MP) from January 1986 to October 1990.

Ø  Lecturer, Department of Botany, DAV (PG) college, Meerut University Muzaffarnagar (UP).

Address

3, Sharad Vihar (Near Shankar Ashram) Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand

Telephone

+91 1334 246 767 (O), 265 469 (R)

+91 983 730 8897 (M)

Fax

91 1334 246 767 (O)

Email

maheshwaridk@gmail.com

 

Publications

Research Paper's published

94

General Articles

10

Books

8

Ph. D.                  

31

 

Ph. D. Awarded:

 

S. No.

Topic

Year

Name of the Awardee

1

Comparative studies on the hydrobiology and phytoplanktonic of a lake and perennial pond with reference to seasonal variations

1987

Y. P. Jain

2

Studies on the effect of growth hormones and nematicides on the root Knot of some vegetable crop plants

1987

Satyapal Singh

3

Microbial degradation of cellulosic waste of sludge of paper mills and forest based industries.

1990

Seema Gohade

4

Studies on the cellulase production by certain Trichoderma sp.

1990

Hasrat Janha

5

Studies on the effect of growth hormones and nematicides on the root Knot of some vegetable crop plants

1990

Rakesh Paliwal

6

Impact of carbaryl and 2, 4-D on physiological and biochemical activity of Rhizobia species.

1991

Meenu Gupta

7

Investigations on mercury and lead tolerance potential in some cellulolytic fungi.

1991

Anwar Ahmad

8

Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for ethanol production.

1994

Jaspal Kaur

9

Investigation on growth of some tree legumes in degraded land amended with Rhizobium and Eichhornia residue.

1995

Ajay Khandelwal

10

Studies on the Rhizobium symbiotic with Acacia nilotica and Acacia catechu with special reference to substandard soil.

1995

Rajesh Sawney

11

Studies on waste water, the irrigation potential and its effect on leguminous plants and associated rhizobia.

1995

Surendra Kumar

12

Bioconversion of aquatic biomass residue by cellulolytic fungus Coriolus hirsutus (Wolfen ex. fries) auelet.

1997

Ravindra Sharma

13

Biomass production of certain aquatic macrophytes and their role in nutrient removal from polluted water.

1997

Chaman Lal

14

Rhizobia tree legumes (Acacia species) symbiosis in substandard soil and technology development for inoculum.

1997

Hemender Kumar

15

Biocontrol of certain pathogenic fungi of Helianthus annus L.

2000

Roshan Lal

16

Studies on microbial pesticides and their influence on pathogenic fungi associated with Arachis hypogea L.

2000

Vinay Kumar Sharma

17

Biocontrol of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) De Bary causing stem blight of Brassica campestris L

2001

Chandra Prakash Gupta

18

Influence of physiological stress conditions on certain rhizobia and their inoculant preparation

2001

Naveen Kumar Arora

19

Studies on root nodulating bacteria associated with Mucuna pruriens (Kaunch).

2001

Vineet Kumar

20

Biological control of Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot of ground nut (Arachis hypogea L.) through pseudomonads.

2002

Sweta Bhatia

21

Exopolysaccharide production: A mean to tolerate salinity by Sinorhizobium meliloti nodulating Mucuna pruriens (L).

2002

S. P. Paudiyal

22

Isolation, identification and characterization of siderophores producing rhizobia with special reference to biocontrol of root rot pathogen.

2002

Vishal Kumar Deshwal

23

Studies on the yield, breeding behaviour, nitrogen fixing ability and heavy metal resistance in induced mutants of Vigna radiate  (L) wilczek.

2003

Udai Pal Singh

24

Evaluation of potential rhizobial strains against deleterious rhizospheric micoorganisms.

2004

Kishor Kumar Joshi

25

Impact of rhizobia and chemical nutrients status on productivity of nonleguminous crop (Brassica campestris) L. var. local

2004

Shikha Chandra

26

Biocontrol potential of microbial consortium of Macrophomina phaseolina causing root rot of Sesamum indicum (L.).

2005

Bhavesh Kumar

27

Studies on rhizobacterial consortium for the biocontrol activity against deleterious micoorganisms of Brassica campestris L var. local

2006

Keerti Gupta

28

Studies on potential rhizobia and their evaluation in biocontrol of Fusarium solani causing root rot of Shisham.

2006

Neetu Singh

29.

Rhizobacteria in biocontrol of Heterodera cajani infecting Sesamum indicum L.

2006

Tarun Kumar

30.

Role of Rhizobacteria on Root-Knot of Capsicum annum L.

2007

Verinder Wahla

31.

Effect of Biofertilizer and Integrated Nutrient management Protocol (N, P & K) on quality improvement of  Sesamum indicum L.

2008

Sandeep Kumar

 

No. of Students Registered for Ph.D.

9

 

Technology Developed

·      Four strains of Rhizobia in Microbial Type Culture Collection at Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.

·      Two strains of Sinorhizobium in Japan Collection of Microorganisms,   Wako, Japan.

Administrative Experience and

Position Held

 

·      Served as Head, Department of Microbiology, Barkatulla University, Bhopal, from May 1986 to July 1988 for a period of 15 Months

·      Appointed as Head, Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar from 1991 to 1994, 1996 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2004.

·      Appointed as Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar from 1994 to 1996, 1998 to 2001 and again from 2004 to till date.

·      Served as Dean Student Welfare since 1991 – 2000 June.

International Participation and Creative Achievements

Ø    Selected and participated under International training course program on “Selected topics on Modern Biology” at Biological Research Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged in 1983 – 1984 for a period of 11 Months.

Ø    Invited to deliver seminar in the Department of Genetics, University of Gent (Belgium) in May 1984.

Ø    Attended and presented a paper in 14th Chemotherapy Conference at Hajuszlo, Hungary in 1984.

Ø    Participated in follow up program at Biological Research Center Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, for a period of three months in 1989.

Ø    Nominated to visit Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center under Bilateral Exchange Program between INSA-Hungarian Academy of Sciences for three weeks in 1989.

Ø    Nominated to visit Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences, Prague for two weeks under INSA - Bilateral Exchange Program in 1989.

Ø    Selected to participate in INDO – Hungarian Cultural Exchange Program sponsored by University Grants Commission, New Delhi in 1990.

Ø    Appointed as Senior Visiting Fellow at Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen (Hungary), for two months in 1990.

Ø    Invited to visit Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovakian Academy of  Sciences, Prague, in1990.

Ø    Participated in Federation of European Biochemical Society meeting (FEBS) held at Budapest, Hungary in 1990.

Ø    Attended 6th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, held at University of Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

Ø    Invited to deliver lecture in the division of Pharmacology, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

Ø    Appointed Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Biology, Science University of Tokyo, Noda, Japan, for two months in 1993.

Ø    Appointed Guest Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Ulm, Germany for one month in 1995.

Ø    Nominated to visit Germany under INSA – DFG exchange program to visit Germany in 1995.

Ø    Appointed Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Biology, Science University of Tokyo, Noda Japan, for two months in 1998.

Ø    Visited South Korea for three months under International Collaboration and Exchange programme sponsored by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2000.

Ø    Visited South Korea as visiting Professor, Daegu University, College of Biotechnology, Daegu, Kyongsan, 2001.

Ø    Visited South Korea for three months under International Collaboration and Exchange programme sponsored by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2003.

Ø    Delivered invited lecture in Annual conference of Society of Agricultural Chemistry & Biotechnology, held at Daegu University, Gyoungsan (April 25-26, 2003)

Ø    Delivered invited lecture in National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Suwon, Korea (June 10, 2003).

Ø    Nominated to visit South Korea for two months under International collaboration and Exchange Programme sponsored by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2005-2006.

Ø    Visited Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyungsang, Daegu (Korea) for two months under International Collaborations and Exchange Programme, sponsored by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2006.

Ø    Participated in 89th International Symposium of the KSABC on April 21, 2006 at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

 

Fellowships and Member of Professional Societies

§         Awardee of Post-Doctoral Fellowship, sponsored by C.S.I.R., New Delhi.

§         Fellow, Indian Botanical Society

§         Fellow, Indian Phytopathological Society

§         Life Member, Indian Botanical Society

§         Life Member, Microbiological Society of India

§         Life Member, Indian Science Congress

§         Life Member, Society of Advances in Science

§         Nominated Member, New York Academy of Sciences

§         Vice – President, Indian Botanical Society in 1997 – 1998

§         Editor, Journal of Indian Botanical Society w. e. f. 2000-2003

§         Member, Editorial Board, Korean J. Agric Chem. and Biotechnology

§         Member, Editorial Board, Indian Phytopathology