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YEAR BOOK

2018

The National Academy of Sciences, India
(The Oldest Science Academy of India)
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CONTENTS

The Academy
(I) An Introduction 1
(II) Council 2018 4
(III) Activities of NASI (in a nutshell) 6

Rules and Regulations
Rules 10
Regulations 24
Regulations for Academy's Awards 32
Regulations for M.N. Saha Distinguished Fellowship 55

Past Presidents 56

Past General Secretaries 57

Other Officers of the Academy 59

Founder Fellows 61

Honorary Fellows 62

Foreign Fellows 65

Fellows 78

Deceased Honorary Fellows, Foreign Fellows and Fellows 293

Scientific Contributions of Fellows Elected in year 2017 297

Scientific Contributions of Foreign Fellows Elected in year 2017 302

Subject wise list of Honorary Fellows, Foreign Fellows and
Fellows
Agricultural Sciences 303
Animal Sciences 306
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology 311
Chemical Sciences 319
Earth Sciences 327
Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology 331
Mathematical Sciences 338
Medical & Forensic Sciences 344
Physical Sciences 350
Plant Sciences 359
Science & Society 366
Annual Sessions 367

List of Symposia/Seminars/Workshops held in the recent past 369

Sectional Presidents 372

Committees
Fellowship Scrutiny Committees 374
Membership Scrutiny Committees 376
NASI Science Teacher Award Committees 377

Prof. Meghnad Saha Distinguished Fellowship 378
NASI Platinum Jubilee Chair 378
J.C. Bose Chair 378
ICMR Chair in Public Health Research 378
Distinguished Woman Scientist Chair 378

Lecture Awardees
Prof. Meghnad Saha Memorial Lecture Awardees 379
Prof. N.R. Dhar Memorial Lecture Awardees 380
Prof. A.C. Banerji Memorial Lecture Awardees 382
Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Lecture Awardees 383
Dr. P. Sheel Memorial Lecture Awardees 385
Dr. P. Sheel Memorial (Young Woman Scientist)
Lecture Awardees 386
Prof. Saligram Sinha Memorial Lecture Awardees 387
Prof. R.C. Gupta Endowment History of Science Lecture
Awardees 388
Prof. R.N. Tandon Memorial Lecture Awardees 389
Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Lecture Awardees 390
Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Lecture
Awardees 391
Prof. U.S. Srivastava Memorial Lecture Awardees 392
Prof. Shri Ranjan Memorial Lecture Awardees 393
Award Lecture in the field of Toxicology 393
Prof. Krishnaji Memorial Lecture Awardees 394
Award Lecture in the field of Biodiversity 395
Prof. Archana Sharma Memorial Lecture Awardees 396
Dr. Mridula Kamboj Memorial Lecture Awardee 397
Prof. V.P. Sharma Memorial Lecture Awardees 397
Prof. M.G.K. Menon Memorial Lecture Awardees 397
Prof. M.G.K. Menon Lecture Awardees 398
NASI-Buti Foundation Lecture Awardee 398
Prof. R.N. Tandon's 90th Birthday Lecture Awardee 398
Prof. Meghnad Saha Platinum Jubilee Lifetime Honorary
Fellowship 398
NASI President's Platinum Jubilee Gold Medal 399
NASI-Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellows 400

NASI-Honorary Scientist 402

NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Awardees 403

NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Awardees 406

SICO-Sponsored NASI Awardees 415

The NASI - Swarna Jayanti Puraskar Awardees 417

NASI – Springer Awardees 420

The NASI - Millennium Awardees 422

The NASI - Science Teacher Awardees 423

U.P. Education Minister's Gold Medal Recipients 425

Academy's Local Chapters 427

Benefactors 433

Life Members 434

Contact 558
THE ACADEMY

(I) An Introduction

India could justly feel proud for its unique contributions to science in
the ancient past. However, successive foreign invasions and alien
rule for centuries pushed science in the background and the country
went through with what may be described as the dark age for
science. Western science attracted Indian intelligentsia after the
establishment of the western system of education and the
universities; and despite many constraints, the country could produce
giants like Prof. J.C. Bose, Prof. S.N. Bose, Prof. Meghnad Saha,
Prof. C.V. Raman and Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.

The 1st World War and the world-wide economic depression caused
a setback to scientific research globally - much more so in India
whose scientists found it difficult even to publish their research work
since they had to be almost entirely dependent on foreign journals.
The post World War India also saw the rise of the freedom movement
which incidentally also drew attention to the numerous problems of
the Indian people like poverty, hunger, diseases, recurrent floods,
droughts, famines etc. Patriotic scientists felt deeply concerned with
these.

It was in this background that the idea of establishing a forum for
scientists, which would bring them together to discuss and find
scientific solutions to the problems of the country, was mooted by
Prof. Meghnad Saha, a great scientist, patriot and then Professor of
Physics at Allahabad University in 1929. His views were published in
December 1929 issue of the Allahabad University magazine in an
article entitled 'A Plea for an Academy of Sciences'.

Thus, the National Academy of Sciences, India (initially called “The
Academy of Sciences of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh”) was
founded in the year 1930, with the objectives to provide a national
forum for the publication of research work carried out by Indian
scientists and to provide opportunities for exchange of views among
them. The Memorandum of Association was signed by seven
distinguished and patriotic scientists namely Prof. Meghnad Saha,
Prof. K.N. Bahl, Prof. D.R. Bhattacharya, Prof. P.C. MacMohan, Prof.
A.C. Banerji, Prof. Ch. Wali Mohammad and Prof. N.R. Dhar. Of
these, the Academy had the good fortune of having the continued
association of Prof. N.R. Dhar until very lately when he expired on
December 5, 1986 at the age of 96 years. Apart from being one of the
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founders of the Academy and taking continued interest in its welfare,
Prof. Dhar also donated the piece of land on which the Academy
building stands today.

The Rules and Regulations of the Academy were based on those of
the Royal Society of England and the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
These have since been revised and updated to meet the emerging
challenges. Prof. Meghnad Saha was elected its first President. In
the Inaugural address, Prof. Saha Said : “…..But the main function of
the Academy should be towards cultural improvement by contribution
to human knowledge”. Since then, the Academy has crossed many
milestones, successfully serving the “Science & Society”. In its Silver
Jubilee Session in 1955, Prof. Saha, further emphasized the role of
the Academies in developing human scientific resources. Similarly,
during the Golden Jubilee Session of the Academy in 1980, Shrimati
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minster of India stressed that the need of hour
was to ensure that science does not remain confined to laboratories.
The address delivered by His Excellency Sri Venkataraman,
President of India, during the Diamond Jubilee Session (1990-91)
was a timely reminder of the vision of late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to
integrate science with the lives of the people; and the Academy left
no stone unturned in pursuing its aim and objectives, which was
appreciated by His Excellency Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of
India, in his address during the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the
Academy in 2005. Dr. Kalam praised the role of the Academy in
boosting the zeal of the budding scientists, who could do better in
future with such support and endeavour.

The Academy undertakes several “science-society” programs under
the guidance of its Presidents and Fellows. As its Past Presidents,
very distinguished scientists like Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, Prof. Manju
Sharma, Prof. P.N. Tandon, Prof. S.K. Joshi, Prof. Jai Pal Mittal, Prof.
V.P. Kamboj, Prof. Ashok Misra, Prof. A.K. Sharma, Prof. Asis Datta
and Dr. K. Kasturirangan are keenly associated with the Academy
and enormously contributing to its development. It is worth
mentioning that a few other Past Presidents (unfortunately who are
not with us), as Prof. M.G.K. Menon, Dr. V.P. Sharma, Dr. T.N.
Khoshoo, Prof. U.S. Srivastava, Dr. A.P. Mitra and Dr. S.Z. Qasim
also contributed a lot to the development of science in general and
the Academy in particular, in the recent past.

The Academy while starting with 57 ordinary Members and 19
Fellows, has now 1755 Members and 1777 Fellows from all parts of
the country; including 16 Honorary Fellows and 97 Foreign Fellows
from various disciplines of Science and Technology. The Academy is
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financially supported by the Department of Science & Technology,
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; and it is also
recognized as the Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation by
the DSIR, Govt. of India.

NASI - envisions the cultivation and promotion of Science &
Technology in all its branches through –
(a) promoting scientific and technological research related to
the problems of societal welfare;
(b) publication of proceedings, journals, memoirs,
transactions and other works as may be considered
desirable;
(c) organising meetings and hold discussions on scientific
and technological problems;
(d) undertaking, through properly constituted committees and
bodies, the scientific work(s) of technological or public
importance.
(e) co-operating with other organizations in India and abroad,
having similar objects, and to appoint representatives of
the Academy to act on national and international bodies;
(f) securing and managing funds and endowments for the
promotion of science and technology;
(g) organising a Science Library;
(h) performing all other acts, matters and things that may
assist in, conduce to, or be necessary for the fulfillment of
the above mentioned aims and objects of the Academy;
(i) creating an adequate impact of the Academy all over the
country, by opening Chapters of the Academy in other
cities in the country, where reasonable number of Fellows
and Members are available.
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(II) Council 2018
President
1. Prof. Anil Kakodkar, DSc(hc), FNASc, FASc, FNAE, FIE,
Formerly Chairman, AEC & Secretary, DAE, GOI; DAE Homi
Bhabha Chair Professor & Member AEC, BARC, Trombay,
Mumbai – 400085
Past Presidents
2. Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, PhD, FNASc, FASc, FNA, FNAAS,
FTWAS, Formerly Director, NIPGR; Department of Plant
Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
- 110021
3. Prof. Asis Datta, PhD, DSc, FNASc, FASc, FNA, FTWAS,
Formerly Vice-Chancellor, JNU & Founder Director, National
Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New
Delhi – 110067.
Vice-Presidents
4. Prof. Rohini Madhusudan Godbole, PhD(SUNY), DLitt,
FNASc, FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor, Centre for High Energy
Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012
5. Prof. Pramod Tandon, PhD, FNASc, FBS, Formerly Vice-
Chancellor, NEHU, Shillong; Chief Executive Officer, Biotech
Park, Sector G, Kursi Road, Jankipuram, Lucknow – 226021
Treasurer
6. Prof. Balakrishnan Ramakrishnan, PhD, FNASc, Professor-H,
Harish Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi,
Allahabad – 211019
Foreign Secretary
7. Prof. Pramod Kumar Garg, MBBS, MD, DM, FNASc, FAMS,
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110029
General Secretaries
8. Prof. Paramjit Khurana, PhD, FNASc, FASc, FNA, FNAAS,
FTWAS, JC Bose National Fellow, Professor, Department of
Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus,
Benito Juarez Road, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi - 110021
9. Prof. Satya Deo, PhD (Arkansas, USA), FNASc, Formerly Vice
Chancellor, APS University, Rewa, MP; Hony. Scientist, Harish-
Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad -
211019
Members
10. Prof. Madhoolika Agrawal, PhD, FNASc, FNAAS, Professor,
Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi –
221005
11. Prof. Jayesh Ramesh Bellare, PhD, FNASc, FNAE, Institute
Chair Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai- 400076