K R Aneja

Biography:

Prof. K.R. Aneja, Ph. D. D.Sc., is the recipient of many Awards and Fellowships, the major one’s include: 2022 MSI Lifetime Achievement Award, President of the Mycological Society of India (2013), Recorder of ISCA, INSA-Royal Society Academic Exchange Fellowship, Best Citizens of India, Rashtriya Gaurav, ISWA lecture award, Shiksha Rattan Samman, and 2023 Unnat Bharat Shewa Shree Award. He served as the Governor's/Chancellor's nominee for  Teacher's  Selection  at  Punjabi  university,  Patiala, Member of the Research Advisory Committee of ICAR Weed Research Centre, Jabalpur, M.P, India, Member RPC, as well as and Expert Member of the ICFRE, Dehradun. He got his B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD degrees from Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, and Vidya-Vachspati Award from Kashi Hindi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi. He served the Departments of Botany and Microbiology, Kurukshetra University for 34 years, and joined the teaching faculty in the same Institute and served as Professor & Chairman for 11years, supervised 23 PhD scholars & 50 M.Phil. candidates; published 185 research papers/reviews/chapters; over 57 abstracts, attended over 50 National and International Conferences, delivered Lead lectures and Chaired several sessions, valedictory addresses; authored/co-authored 16 books, edited 5 books, written 2 manuals, and Proceedings of an International Conference published by International Publishers (04) and National Publishers (19). He is an Honorary Professor & Research Advisor at the Sardar Bhagwan Singh University, Dehradun (Uttarakhand).