Date of birth: 30th May 1928

Date of demise:  16th July 2011 

Academic qualification 

High School                                   UP Board of Education                  1942.           IInd Division

B.Sc. (Ag).                                     Agra University                             1946.           IInd Division

M.Sc (Ag) Plant Pathology             Agra University                             1948.           Ist Division

Assoc. IARI Plant Pathology          IARI, New Delhi                            1950            Ist Division

M.S. Plant Pathology                      Kansas State University, USA        1954

Ph.D Plant Pathology                                                                           Kansas State University, USA  1956 

Employment Record

Designation                              Organisation                  Period            Nature of Duties

Asstt Mycologist                        IARI, New Delhi.              1956-58       Research on Wheat Rust

Asstt Plant Pathologist               IARI, New Delhi             1958-63         Research & Teaching

Plant Pathologist (Nematodes)   IARI, New Delhi             1963-74         Research & Teaching

Deputy Secretary,                          UPSC, New Delhi            1974-78.          Administration

Head, Nematology.                        IARI, New Delhi.              1978-81  Research, Teaching &   

                                                                                                               Administration

Senior Nematologist                  IARI, New Delhi             1981-84         Research & Teaching

Professor, Nematology              IARI, New Delhi             1984-88         Research & Teaching 

Superannuated in 1988

Training: Four months (Nov 1961-Feb 1962) on Plant Parasitic Nematodes at Rothamsted Experiment Station, UK 

Post-Doctoral:  One year (Nov 1970-Oct 1971) at Department of  Nematology, University of California, Davis, USA under  the FAO/TA Program 

Research Publications:  More than 150 

Other attainments:

-          Elected member of Gamma Sigma Delta and Sigma XI Chapters, Kansas State University, USA

-          Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences

-          Identified as Outstanding Scientist of IARI, New Delhi in 1986

-          Awarded the Certificate of Honour and Hexamar Research Award for outstanding contributions in Nematology

-          Awarded the Jeerasannidhi Lecture Award by the Indian Phytopathological Society 

-          Nominated as the Advisory Member for Nematology Session of International Conference in Australia

-          Elected President of the Nematological Society of India and also the Indian Phytopathological Society

-          Elected Chief Editor of the Indian Journal of Nematology 

-          Felicitated for Outstanding contributions to the Division and Science of Nematology at the 44th Foundation 

-          Day at IARI in 2010

-          25 Ph.D and M.Sc students obtained Spector degrees under his supervision

-          Trainer for the Animal Welfare Training Program, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt of India

Books Published:  6 books published on Plant Parasitic Nematodes 

Field of Specialization:  Plant Protection (Plant Pathology,  Nematology). Also knowledgable in General Agriculture and Animal Welfare 

Additional information:

-          As a specialist in the field of Plant Protection,  he was appointed by the Indian Agricultural Institute of India 

-          to investigate the impact of ear-sickle disease in wheat in the Central part of Uttar Pradesh (1968)

-          In 1971,  he was member of a team appointed by the IARI to investigate the impact of rice root Nematodes on rice crop in Bihar

-          During 1979-80,  he was member of an evaluation team of Govt of India to study the impact of new high 

-          yielding cereal varieties on the acceptance by the farmers,  particularly the marginal ones.