YEAR BOOK 2018 The National Academy of Sciences, India (The Oldest Science Academy of India) POSTAL ADDRESS The National Academy of Sciences, India 5, Lajpatrai Road, Allahabad - 211 002, India PHONE +91-532-2640224 FAX +91-532-2641183 E-MAIL 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 1 2 Year Book 2018 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 The Academy 3 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. 4 Year Book 2018 (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