Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol 7: Grass Gymnosperms Additions Keys to the Families and Floristics Analysis By T. Pullaiah

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Publisher ‏: Regency Publications
Author : T. Pullaiah, S. karuppusamy
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Hard Back
ISBN : 9789389719475

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Prof. T. Pullaiah obtained his M. Sc. (1973) and Ph. D. (1976) degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University Russia during 1976-1978. He travelled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanic Gardens in about 17 countries. He joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as Lecturer (1979) and became Professor (1993). He held several positions in the University as Dean Faculty of Life Sciences; Head Department of Botany; Chairman Board of Studies in Botany; Head Department of Sericulture; Co-ordinator and Chairman Board of Studies in Biotechnology; Principal Sri Krishnadevaraya University College. He retired from active Service in 2011 and was selected by UGC as UGC-BSR Faculty Fellow in the Department of Botany Sri Krishnadevaraya University. He has published 75 books 335 research papers and 35 popular articles. Hisbooks include Flora of Andhra Pradesh (5 volumes) Biodiversity in India (8 volumes) Flora of Telangana (3 volumes) Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants (5 volumes) Ethnobotany of India (5 volumes) Global Biodiversity (4 volumes) Orchids of Eastern Ghats and Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India. He was the Principal-Investigator of 20 major Research Projects totalling more than a Crore of Rupees funded by DBT DST CSIR UGC BSI WWF GCC etc. Under his guidance 54 students obtained their Ph. D. degrees and 34 students their M. Phil. Degrees. He is the recipient of Best Teacher Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh Prof. P. Maheshwari Gold Medal and Dr. G. Panigrahi Memorial Award of Indian Botanical Society and Prof. Y. D. Tiagi Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He was President of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2013) and President of the Indian Botanical Society (2014). He was a member of Species Survival Commission of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Dr. S. Karuppusamy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany The Madura College Madurai Tamil Nadu. He obtained his M.Sc. degree from Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai and Ph. D. degree from Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed Univerrsity Tamil Nadu. Later on he worked as Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Biotechnology and Research Associate in the Department of Botany Sri Krishnadevaraya University Anantapur. He has published more than 120 research papers in reputed journals and co-authored five books Flora of Eastern Ghats volume 3 and 4 Flora of Andhra Pradesh volume 5 Revised Flora of Andhra Pradesh Volume 3 and Caralluma (Sensu lato) Orchids of Eastern Ghats and Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India. He is the recipient of Prof. Y. S. Murthy Gold Medal from Indian Botanical Society and Rolla S. Rao award from Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He is a Fellow of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and Indian Botanical Society. He is the Principal-Investigator of 3 major Research Projects funded by UGC SERB and NIF. Under his guidance 4 students obtained their Ph. D. degrees.