Born in Ropar, Punjab on 25^th February 1930, Ph.D., Indian Agricultural Institute, 1966. 

Director, National Centre for Mushroom Research and Training, Solan; Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Mushroom Improvement Project; Professor and Chairman, Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh; Senior Scientist and Head, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Banglore; State Plant Pathologist, Himachal Pradesh; Member of many scientific committees of ICAR. 

Awarded: President, Indian Phytopathological Society, 1922; President, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 1983; Vice-President, Indian Society of Mycology, Calcutta, 1982-84; President, Indian Society of Mycology, Madras, 1994; President, Indian Mushroom Growers Association; Member, Plant Protection Commission of ISHS. 

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; Indian Academy of Horticulture; Hony Fellow, Society of Plant Pathologists.

Research Areas: Mycology and Plant Pathology; Mushroom Culture.

Address: Lovely Cottage, Saproon, Solan 173211, Himachal Pradesh.