Final Voting Announcement: IPS Election Announcement (2025)

Dear Esteemed Members:

Greeting from the Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS), New Delhi.

The online voting for the President-Elect (2025), Zonal President and Councillors (Central, Mid-Eastern and Northern Zones) has been started from December 17, 2024 to January 14, 2025 at IPS website: https://www.ipsdis.org/election. The eligible members are requested to cast their vote by clicking on radio-button (option button) against the name of person whom you wish to elect for the particular position.

The other positions of the officer bearers of the Society have been elected unanimously and available on IPS website https://www.ipsdis.org/election

The Online Election Schedule is as follows

Start date of final voting: December 17, 2024

Last date of final voting: January 14, 2025

Counting of Final Votes: January 15, 2025

Declaration of result: In the Annual General Body meeting

All the members requested to kindly visit the website for further details and cast their valuable votes.


Preliminary Nomination Result (2025) 

 

 Post

Name & Address

Status

President Elect (2025)

Prof. V.K. Baranwal (ID: 100)

National Professor, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

will contest in final election

Dr. Rasappa Viswanathan (ID: 1647)

Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

will contest in final election

 

ZONAL CHAPTERS (2025)


Zone

Zonal President

Zonal Councillor

Status

Delhi Zone

Dr. Ashish Kumar (ID: 644)

Principal Scientist, ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi

Dr. M.K. Khokhar (ID: 608)

Scientist, ICAR-NRCIPM, New Delhi

Unopposed Elected

Eastern Zone

Dr. Abhijeet Ghatak (ID: 1691)

Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist, BAU, Bhagalpur, Bihar

Dr. A. Srinivasaraghavan (ID: 1721)

Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist, BAU, Bhagalpur, Bihar

Unopposed Elected

North-Eastern Zone

Dr. Gireesh Chand (ID: 193)

Professor, CoA, CAU(I), Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

Dr. Amit Kumar Singh (ID: 652)

Associate Professor, CoA, CAU(I), Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

Unopposed Elected

Western Zone

Dr. V.M. Gholve (ID: 385)

Professor, VNMKV, Parbhani, Maharashtra

Dr. Gajendra Jagtap (ID: 492)

Professor, VNMKV, Parbhani, Maharashtra

Unopposed Elected

Central Zone

Team A

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar (ID: 666)

Assistant Professor & Nodal Officer (ICAR), JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Ashish Kumar (ID: 1730)

Scientist, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

will contest in final election

 

Team B

Dr. Jyothsna M.K. (ID: 2047)

Associate Professor, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

 

Dr. Pradeep Manyam (ID: 2045)

Assistant Professor, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

will contest in final election

Mid-Eastern Zone

Team A

Dr. H.V. Singh (ID: 1354)

Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBAIM, Kushmaur, Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh

 

Dr. Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap (ID: 571)

Scientist, ICAR-NBAIM, Kushmaur, Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh

will contest in final election

 

Team B

Dr. Rajarshi Kumar Gaur (ID: 369)

Professor, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

 

Dr. Smriti Mall (ID: 2104)

Assistant Professor, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

will contest in final election

Northern Zone

Team A

Dr. Ritu Bala (ID: 82)

Plant Pathologist (Wheat), PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab

 

Dr. Yogita Bohra (ID: 2181)

Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab

will contest in final election

 

Team B

Dr. Vishal Gupta (ID: 458)

Head (Plant Pathology), SKUAST-J, Chatha, Jammu & Kashmir

 

Dr. Deepak Kumar (ID: 652)

Professor/Chief Scientist, SKUAST-J, Chatha, Jammu & Kashmir

will contest in final election

Southern Zone

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No valid nominations received.

To be nominated by the Executive Council