THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY NEW APPROACHES AND RECENT CHALLENGES IN BOTANY

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1 PROF. SC DIXIT CASH PRIZE: of INR (for women candidates only) will be given for the best article published in the JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY (VOL. 94 (1-4) 2015). REGISTRATI FORM Name:... Male IBS Membership No.:... Life Female Annual Designation:... Mailing Address:......Pin Code:... Mobile No. :... Tel. No. (With STD Code): Title of Paper:... Presentation Mode: Oral Accomodation required: Yes An award for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted for the best paper presented during the conference. A separate section will be organized for the contest. The women scientists may submit their papers in triplicate. This will be scrutinized by a committee and a maximum of 3 best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. WOMAN BOTANIST AWARD: Poster All Association Expenses, including the Membership Dues (INR for renewal of the Current Year Subscription INR for new entrants) and Life Membership Charges (INR ) may please be deposited through a bank draft drawn in favour of the Treasurer, Indian Botanical Society, Bareilly. The Application Form for membership is available on the website of IBS: SCIENTIFIC SECTIS Mycology, Microbiology, Plant Pathology including Seed Pathology. Cryptogamic Botany (including Algal Biotechnology, Algal Cytology and Fossil Cryptogams). Seed Plants (including Fossils), Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, Embryology including study of Seed and Fruit. Taxonomy of Seed Plants, Floristics including Biodiversity, Economic Botany, Ethnobotany and Pharmacognosy. Cell and Molecular Biology, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding. Ecology, Phytogeography and Environmental Botany. Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Morphogenesis, Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. Posters (All the sections). Young Botanist Award/Woman Botanist Award* DETAILS OF REGISTRATI CATEGORY OF DELEGATES No Arrival Date:... Time:... 1 REGISTRATI FEES (WITHOUT ACCOMODATI) Scientists / Academicians Departure Date:... Time:... REGISTRATI FEES (WITH ACCOMODATI) 2 Accompanying Person* Accompanying Persons: 3 Delegates from Industry INR INR INR Students/Research Scholars INR INR Name 1:... Name 2:... I am enclosing herewith Rs.... to cover the Registration Fee by Demand Draft No. :... drawn on... Bank Dated... Date:... Signature:... MODE OF PAYMENTS: All outstanding delegates should pay the Registration Fees by DD (Demand draft) in favour of, IBS 2016 The aforementioned DD should be payable at Ranchi. Members are required to submit the filled-in Registration Form alongwith a copy of the aforementioned DD by post to: PROF. JYOTI KUMAR,, 39th INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY 2016,, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI A scanned copy of the aforesaid Application Form DD should be ed to: ibsconf.ranchi2016@ gmail.com (*Without Kit) Students and Research Scholars must submit a Certificate of their status, attested by the Head of the Department / Principal of College. Research Associates and Post-doctoral Fellows will come under category Registration Fees can be paid via Demand Draft drawn in the favour of ALL INDIA CFERENCE OF IBS payable at Ranchi. Contact Person: Prof. Jyoti Kumar Organizing Secretary University Department of Botany,, Ranchi Mobile: , , ID: ibsconf.ranchi2016@gmail.com. NATIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. MS Swaminathan, Chennai Prof. SN Chaturvedi, Agra Prof. HY Mohan Ram, New Delhi Prof. AK Sharma, Kolkata Prof. C Manoharachary, Hyderabad Prof. AK Bhatnagar, Delhi Prof. RC Mohanty, Bhubaneshwar Prof. PC Trivedi, Jaipur Prof. UC Lavania, Lucknow Prof. Arun K Pandey, Delhi Prof. Seshu Lavania, Lucknow Prof. T Pullaiah, Anantpur Prof. SM Reddy, Warrangal Prof. Paramjeet Singh, Kolkata Prof. RR Rao, Bengaluru Prof. SR Yadav, Kolhapur Prof. SB Babbar, Delhi Prof. Anupam Dikshit, Allahabad Prof. SP Adhikari, Balasore Prof. TK Ghosh, Ranchi Prof. JVV Dogra, Ranchi Prof. BR Chaudhary, Varanasi Prof. Sudhendu Mandal, Shantiniketan Prof. SC Srivastava, Lucknow Prof. Arun Arya, Vadodara ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. KK Nag, Ranchi Prof. AN Mishra,Ranchi Prof. NN Tripathi, Gorakhpur Prof. Kailash Agarwal, Jaipur Prof. RH Shete, Mumbai Prof. RC Verma, Ujjain Prof. Akhilesh K Pandey, Bhopal Prof. NK Dubey, Varanasi Prof. Jaganmohan Reddy, Warangal Prof. MP Trivedi, Patna Prof. VN Pandey, Gorakhpur Prof. Rajesh Tandon, Delhi Prof. KS Rajput, Vadodara Prof. A Shukla, Mizoram Prof. AK Roy, Bhagalpur Prof. Nandjee Kumar, BodhGaya Prof. C Prasad, Hazaribag Prof. AB Prasad, Patna Prof. AK Jain, Gwalior Prof. SP Rath, Bhubaneshwar Prof. TN Lakhanpal, Shimla Prof. PB Nandkar, Nagpur Prof. Alka Chaturvedi, Nagpur Prof. KL Tiwari, Raipur Prof. PP Baruah, Gauhati Prof. G Subarangaih, Visakhapatnam Prof. Ambarish Mukherjee, Burdwan Dr. Swati Gupta Bhattacharya, Kolkata Dr. BB Chaugule, Pune Prof. JIS Khattar, Patiala NATIAL EXECUTIVES (IBS) Prof. SM Reddy, President 2016 Prof. AK Bhatnagar, President 2015 Prof. Kailash Agarwal, Vice President, 2016 Prof. VP Singh, Secretary Dr. Alok Srivastava, Treasurer Prof. Y Vimala, Chief Editor, JIBS CHIEF PATR Prof. RK Pandey Vice Chancellor, PATR Prof. Anjani Kumar Srivastava Head, University Department of Botany, Dean, Faculty of Science, Prof. Jyoti Kumar, FBS, FPSI University Department of Botany, CO- Prof. SK Sinha TREASURER Prof. AK Choudhary JOINT ORGANISING SECRETARIES Prof. PK Pandey Prof. HP Sharma Prof. Kunul Kandir Prof. Madhavi Srivastava ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dr. AS Khalkho Dr. Geetanjali Singh Dr. Prasanjit Mukherjee Dr. Sutanu Lal Bondya Dr. Malay Bharti Dr. Vishnu Shankar Mr. Satyanarayan Oraon Dr. SK Jha Dr. Amit Patnaik STATE ORGANISING COMMITTEE Prof. MG Tiwari Prof. EN Siddiqui Prof. Anwar Mallick Prof. Govind Pandey Dr. Madir Kumar Dr. Anirudha Dayal Dr. Jasbir Bagga JOINT TREASURER Prof. Kamini Kumar Dr. Radha Krishna Jha Dr. CTN Singh Dr. Anil Kumar Dr. Arun Kumar Dr. Malti Kerketta Dr. Latika Saran Dr. Anita Mehta Dr Ajay K Srivastava Dr. JP Singh Dr. PK Mishra Dr. MR Sinha Dr. Geeta Mishra Dr. Kiran Shukla Dr. AP Ambuj Dr. Rajendra Pandey Dr. Subol Sahu LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. AA Khan (Former VC, RU) Prof. LN Bhagat (Former VC, RU) Prof. VP Sharan (Former Acting-VC, RU) Prof. M Raziuddin (Former Pro VC, RU) Mr. Subimal Mukhopadhyay (Financial Advisor, RU) Dr. SC Gupta (DSW, RU) Dr. Diwakar Minz (Proctor, RU) Prof. PK Singh (CCDC, RU) Prof. AK Chaudhary (Registrar, RU) Dr. Pritam Kumar(Dy. Registrar/Acting FO, RU) EXPERT COMMITTEE Prof. Karma Oraon (Dean, Social Sciences Education) Prof. SN Singh (Head, Physics) Prof. Anil Mahto (Head, Mathematics) Dr. PK Verma (Head, Geology) Dr. KC Mishra (Head, Zoology) Dr. Rajesh Upadhyay (Head, Chemistry) Prof. Srivastava (F.B.S.) Prof. UC Mehta (Principal, Ranchi College) Dr. SK Verma (Prof. IC, SSM College) Prof. Sanjoy Mishra (Director IQAC, RU) Prof. Mahendra Prasad Dr. Uday Kumar NEW APPROACHES AND RECENT CHALLENGES IN BOTANY October 21 23, 2016 Organized by Ranchi Jharkhand (India)

2 The University Department of Botany was founded in 195 The Department operates from the Institute of Basic Applied Sciences building, under the guidance of Prof. AK Srivastava, Head of the Department Dean, Faculty of Science. The Department has five special papers viz. Algal Biotechnology (FOUNDER: LATE PROF. JP SINHA); Microbiology and Plant Pathology (FOUNDERS: LATE PROF. M PRASAD, LATE PROF. DS SHUKLA PROF. DP GUPTA); Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding, Molecular Biology Biotechnology (FOUNDER: PROF. SSN SINHA); Plant Physiology, Biotechnology Molecular Biology (FOUNDER: PROF. KK NAG) and Plant Taxonomy, Ethnobotany Medicinal Plants (FOUNDER: PROF. TK GHOSH). Prof. GVS Murthy (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Prof. YS Murty Medal: Prof. GS Shekhawat (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) Life Time Achievement Awards: Prof. C Manoharachari (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) President (2017) Prof. AK Pandey (Delhi) CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, CASH PRIZES AND MEDALS In order to encourage young scientists below the age of 30 years** as on October 31, 2016, the Society awards 'Certificate of Merit' and medals instituted in honour of Senior Botanists (PROF. JAFAR NIZAM, PROF. YD TYAGI, PROF. LP MALL, PROF. OP MALL, PROF. CP MALIK, PROF. SN CHATURVEDI, PROF. YS MURTY AND PROF. HC ARYA) for the best paper presented (if recommended by experts) in each section. (The first and presenter author should not be above 30 years). At least three papers should be presented for the award of medal in each section. For the best poster presentation, PROF. KS BILGRAMI GOLD MEDAL (author below the age of 35 years) and PROF. SN DIXIT GOLD MEDAL will be awarded. No member shall be eligible to receive the certificate and/medal for a second time in the same section or in another section. The same applies to the awards of the Society. Date of birth of each author/co-author must be given below his/her name, failing which the paper will not be considered for prize contest (only the Supervisor may be the co-author in the paper). YOUNG BOTANIST AWARD CTEST The three-day conference shall include the Presidential Address, 5 Medal Award Lectures, 2 Special Invited Lectures, and several concurrent sessions for presentation of original Research Papers and Posters in different sections of Botany. Any member shall not be allowed to present more than 2 Papers for the conference. All the submitted Papers shall be subject to a scrutiny, and upon due recommendation, be eligible for publication in the Volume of Abstracts of the INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY. All Oral Presentation should be restricted to 6-8 minutes, to be followed by a discussion. Participants are requested to prepare their presentations on MS Power Point for LCD presentations. Participants shall be allotted an area of 6 X 6 at the venue for Poster Presentations. A separate section will be held for young botanists, below the age of 35 years as on October 31, 2016**, for presenting their paper in the section of the Young Botanist Award. Life members can submit full papers in triplicate for this contest by August 31, These will be scrutinized by a committee and three best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for paper presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. The best presentation shall get Young Botanist Award 2016 (Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate and Dr. Bahadur Singh Gold Medal). Members intending to participate in the conference will be required to submit full-copy of their Manuscripts (alongwith a good copies of the illustrations) and a copy of the Abstracts (not exceeding 150 words) mentioning the Scientific Section* of the paper. The aforementioned submissions should be presented on good-quality A4-size paper, to be typed in MS Word, using Times New Roman fonts, in a font-size of 12-points, and having a paragraph-spacing of The last day for accepting these submissions is September 15, A hard-copy of the aforementioned submissions, should be posted to: Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh). A soft-copy of the aforementioned Research Paper and Abstracts should be ed to Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly at: singhvp03@yahoo.com. A copy of the aforesaid should also be sent to Prof. Jyoti Kumar, Organizing Secretary, University Department of Botany,, Ranchi (Jharkhand), at: ibsconf.ranchi2016@gmail.com. The papers received after September 15, 2016/ the Abstracts not accompanied by the Complete Papers/ the Papers submitted by non-members / the Papers submitted by those members who have not paid membership dues for 2016 shall not be entertained. All the co-authors of a given paper must compulsorily be members of the IBS. A medal will be awarded to an outstanding plant Morphologist/Taxonomist up to the age of 50 years as on October 31, 2016 for his/her research contributions in any group of plant kingdom. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by the committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of receipt of application is August 31, * Please mention the section in which you wish to present your Papers. PROF. YS MURTY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL PROF. SVS CHAUHAN GOLD MEDAL A medal will be awarded to the youngest participant up to the age of 25 years as on October 31, 2016 who has presented his/her research paper in any group of plant kingdom. Life members can submit their paper (single authorship) for this contest by August 31, MEDAL/AWARD FOR WOMEN SCIENTIST There are two separate medal/award for this category below the age of 50 years as on October 31, An individual can receive only one award from either of the two in this category. WOMAN SCIENTIST MEDAL: A medal for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted by the Society to recognize women botanists. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by Committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of the receipt of the nominations is August 31, ** A certified copy of the high school certifi cate for the verifi cation of the age must be enclosed with the paper, while the original has to be produced at the time of paper presentation. THE Prof. V Puri Medal: RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI The was established on July 12, The geographical span of the University encompasses 5 districts of Jharkhand, namely Ranchi, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega and Lohardaga. These districts are inhabited predominantly by the tribal populace and the University takes pride in having successfully lived up to their expectations aspirations during the 56 years of its existence. The University is constituted of 23 Post-graduate departments, 15 Constituent Colleges, and 49 Affiliated Colleges. These constituents impart education in Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Commerce, Medicine, Psychiatry, Law, Engineering, Business Management and Education etc. Besides these institutions, the University also operates the UGC sponsored Human Resource Development Centre. The Central Library of the University is fully automated, has INFLIBNET facility with online access to more than 5000 e-journals. The venue of the conference, the Institute of Basic Applied Science building, was inaugurated by Her Excellency, the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, on December 10, The said venue houses the 6 major University Departments of Science, including Botany, the subject of our conclave. The city is well-connected to all parts of India via Road, Rail and Air linkages. Among other highways, the NH 33, NH 23 and NH 75, pass through Ranchi and connect it with neighbouring states. The Ranchi (RNC) and Hatia (HTE) railway junctions within the town-area, connect with Chennai, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities. The Birsa Munda Airport links Ranchi with Patna, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Prof. SK Chaturvedi (Nagaland) TO PROF. JYOTI KUMAR 39TH IBS RANCHI UNIVERSITY RANCHI JHARKHAND Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand (India), is situated at N and E, at an average elevation of 651 m. above the sea level. Owing to a combination of hilly topography and dense tropical forests, Ranchi experiences a relatively moderate climate vis-a-vis the other parts of Jharkhand. It was primarily for these climatic reasons, that Ranchi remains a much-preferred hill-station and was designated as the summer-capital of Bihar (undivided). The weather of Ranchi at the time of conference is expected to be pleasant and salubrious. Prof. UC Lavania (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Prof. P Maheshwari Medal: ABOUT RANCHI The Indian Botanical Society (IBS) came into existence, as a result of a resolution passed by the Botany Section of THE INDIAN SCIENCE CGRESS, at its Nagpur session in January, Thereby, a committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of DR. WINFILD DUDGE, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad. The other members of the Committee included DR. P BRUHL, the University College of Science, Calcutta; RAI BAHADUR K RANGACHARIAR, Agricultural College, Coimbatore; PROF. SIVRAM KASHYAP, Government College, Lahore; PROF. BIRBAL SAHNI, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and DR. W BURNS, College of Agriculture, Poona. The election process was concluded on December 6, 1920, and on that date, the IBS was declared as duly organized. The IBS endeavours at organising of seminars conferences and publication of a research journal (THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY). Currently, the headquarter of the Society is based at Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The last conference of the society concluded successfully at the Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, between October 26-28, 201 Prof. Birbal Sahani Medal: ABOUT THE The study of Botany now incorporates several frontiers in basic as well as applied lines of research, specially linking many branches of Science to place the subject into the forefront. It attracts attention of everyone on earth and more so as its connectivity extends to the living of human race. At the same time it has forced us to meet number of challenges like in case of any other scientific study. The thought in botanical renovation not only impresses to accept the novelty in Botany, also to revisit its old but premier branches in appropriate order. From October 21 23, 2016 at the University Department of Botany,, Ranchi, under the support and guidance of PROF. R.K. PANDEY, H'BLE VICE CHANCELLOR, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI. It is a matter of great pleasure to invite all IBS members to participate in the Scientific Sessions, Symposium, Poster Presentations and other activities of the conference for a free exchange of views and scientific interaction. As per the rules, the Indian Botanical Society takes pleasure in announcing the names of the botanists shortlisted for the Medal Awards (2016) and the Presidentship for The awardees are: SOCIETY AND will be held in Ranchi under the Presidentship of PROF. S.M. REDDY, (WARANGAL) during Apart from the Regular Course Programs, the Department also imparts education to 3 self-financed Vocational Courses viz. M.Sc. Biotechnology; Post-Graduate Diploma in Plant Biotechnology and Post-Graduate Diploma in Medicinal Plants. This Department has also been assigned with several UGC Major and Minor Research Projects. The University Department of Botany has published a vast number of Research Papers in various refereed National and International Journals. Besides, approximately 250 students have been awarded with Ph.D. degrees in Botany by the. The Department also awards D.Sc. degrees. Dear Fellow Botanists You will be pleased to know that the 39th THE INDIAN BOTANICAL

3 The University Department of Botany was founded in 195 The Department operates from the Institute of Basic Applied Sciences building, under the guidance of Prof. AK Srivastava, Head of the Department Dean, Faculty of Science. The Department has five special papers viz. Algal Biotechnology (FOUNDER: LATE PROF. JP SINHA); Microbiology and Plant Pathology (FOUNDERS: LATE PROF. M PRASAD, LATE PROF. DS SHUKLA PROF. DP GUPTA); Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding, Molecular Biology Biotechnology (FOUNDER: PROF. SSN SINHA); Plant Physiology, Biotechnology Molecular Biology (FOUNDER: PROF. KK NAG) and Plant Taxonomy, Ethnobotany Medicinal Plants (FOUNDER: PROF. TK GHOSH). Prof. GVS Murthy (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Prof. YS Murty Medal: Prof. GS Shekhawat (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) Life Time Achievement Awards: Prof. C Manoharachari (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) President (2017) Prof. AK Pandey (Delhi) CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, CASH PRIZES AND MEDALS In order to encourage young scientists below the age of 30 years** as on October 31, 2016, the Society awards 'Certificate of Merit' and medals instituted in honour of Senior Botanists (PROF. JAFAR NIZAM, PROF. YD TYAGI, PROF. LP MALL, PROF. OP MALL, PROF. CP MALIK, PROF. SN CHATURVEDI, PROF. YS MURTY AND PROF. HC ARYA) for the best paper presented (if recommended by experts) in each section. (The first and presenter author should not be above 30 years). At least three papers should be presented for the award of medal in each section. For the best poster presentation, PROF. KS BILGRAMI GOLD MEDAL (author below the age of 35 years) and PROF. SN DIXIT GOLD MEDAL will be awarded. No member shall be eligible to receive the certificate and/medal for a second time in the same section or in another section. The same applies to the awards of the Society. Date of birth of each author/co-author must be given below his/her name, failing which the paper will not be considered for prize contest (only the Supervisor may be the co-author in the paper). YOUNG BOTANIST AWARD CTEST The three-day conference shall include the Presidential Address, 5 Medal Award Lectures, 2 Special Invited Lectures, and several concurrent sessions for presentation of original Research Papers and Posters in different sections of Botany. Any member shall not be allowed to present more than 2 Papers for the conference. All the submitted Papers shall be subject to a scrutiny, and upon due recommendation, be eligible for publication in the Volume of Abstracts of the INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY. All Oral Presentation should be restricted to 6-8 minutes, to be followed by a discussion. Participants are requested to prepare their presentations on MS Power Point for LCD presentations. Participants shall be allotted an area of 6 X 6 at the venue for Poster Presentations. A separate section will be held for young botanists, below the age of 35 years as on October 31, 2016**, for presenting their paper in the section of the Young Botanist Award. Life members can submit full papers in triplicate for this contest by August 31, These will be scrutinized by a committee and three best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for paper presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. The best presentation shall get Young Botanist Award 2016 (Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate and Dr. Bahadur Singh Gold Medal). Members intending to participate in the conference will be required to submit full-copy of their Manuscripts (alongwith a good copies of the illustrations) and a copy of the Abstracts (not exceeding 150 words) mentioning the Scientific Section* of the paper. The aforementioned submissions should be presented on good-quality A4-size paper, to be typed in MS Word, using Times New Roman fonts, in a font-size of 12-points, and having a paragraph-spacing of The last day for accepting these submissions is September 15, A hard-copy of the aforementioned submissions, should be posted to: Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh). A soft-copy of the aforementioned Research Paper and Abstracts should be ed to Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly at: singhvp03@yahoo.com. A copy of the aforesaid should also be sent to Prof. Jyoti Kumar, Organizing Secretary, University Department of Botany,, Ranchi (Jharkhand), at: ibsconf.ranchi2016@gmail.com. The papers received after September 15, 2016/ the Abstracts not accompanied by the Complete Papers/ the Papers submitted by non-members / the Papers submitted by those members who have not paid membership dues for 2016 shall not be entertained. All the co-authors of a given paper must compulsorily be members of the IBS. A medal will be awarded to an outstanding plant Morphologist/Taxonomist up to the age of 50 years as on October 31, 2016 for his/her research contributions in any group of plant kingdom. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by the committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of receipt of application is August 31, * Please mention the section in which you wish to present your Papers. PROF. YS MURTY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL PROF. SVS CHAUHAN GOLD MEDAL A medal will be awarded to the youngest participant up to the age of 25 years as on October 31, 2016 who has presented his/her research paper in any group of plant kingdom. Life members can submit their paper (single authorship) for this contest by August 31, MEDAL/AWARD FOR WOMEN SCIENTIST There are two separate medal/award for this category below the age of 50 years as on October 31, An individual can receive only one award from either of the two in this category. WOMAN SCIENTIST MEDAL: A medal for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted by the Society to recognize women botanists. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by Committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of the receipt of the nominations is August 31, ** A certified copy of the high school certifi cate for the verifi cation of the age must be enclosed with the paper, while the original has to be produced at the time of paper presentation. THE Prof. V Puri Medal: RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI The was established on July 12, The geographical span of the University encompasses 5 districts of Jharkhand, namely Ranchi, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega and Lohardaga. These districts are inhabited predominantly by the tribal populace and the University takes pride in having successfully lived up to their expectations aspirations during the 56 years of its existence. The University is constituted of 23 Post-graduate departments, 15 Constituent Colleges, and 49 Affiliated Colleges. These constituents impart education in Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Commerce, Medicine, Psychiatry, Law, Engineering, Business Management and Education etc. Besides these institutions, the University also operates the UGC sponsored Human Resource Development Centre. The Central Library of the University is fully automated, has INFLIBNET facility with online access to more than 5000 e-journals. The venue of the conference, the Institute of Basic Applied Science building, was inaugurated by Her Excellency, the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, on December 10, The said venue houses the 6 major University Departments of Science, including Botany, the subject of our conclave. The city is well-connected to all parts of India via Road, Rail and Air linkages. Among other highways, the NH 33, NH 23 and NH 75, pass through Ranchi and connect it with neighbouring states. The Ranchi (RNC) and Hatia (HTE) railway junctions within the town-area, connect with Chennai, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities. The Birsa Munda Airport links Ranchi with Patna, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Prof. SK Chaturvedi (Nagaland) TO PROF. JYOTI KUMAR 39TH IBS RANCHI UNIVERSITY RANCHI JHARKHAND Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand (India), is situated at N and E, at an average elevation of 651 m. above the sea level. Owing to a combination of hilly topography and dense tropical forests, Ranchi experiences a relatively moderate climate vis-a-vis the other parts of Jharkhand. It was primarily for these climatic reasons, that Ranchi remains a much-preferred hill-station and was designated as the summer-capital of Bihar (undivided). The weather of Ranchi at the time of conference is expected to be pleasant and salubrious. Prof. UC Lavania (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Prof. P Maheshwari Medal: ABOUT RANCHI The Indian Botanical Society (IBS) came into existence, as a result of a resolution passed by the Botany Section of THE INDIAN SCIENCE CGRESS, at its Nagpur session in January, Thereby, a committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of DR. WINFILD DUDGE, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad. The other members of the Committee included DR. P BRUHL, the University College of Science, Calcutta; RAI BAHADUR K RANGACHARIAR, Agricultural College, Coimbatore; PROF. SIVRAM KASHYAP, Government College, Lahore; PROF. BIRBAL SAHNI, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and DR. W BURNS, College of Agriculture, Poona. The election process was concluded on December 6, 1920, and on that date, the IBS was declared as duly organized. The IBS endeavours at organising of seminars conferences and publication of a research journal (THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY). Currently, the headquarter of the Society is based at Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The last conference of the society concluded successfully at the Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, between October 26-28, 201 Prof. Birbal Sahani Medal: ABOUT THE The study of Botany now incorporates several frontiers in basic as well as applied lines of research, specially linking many branches of Science to place the subject into the forefront. It attracts attention of everyone on earth and more so as its connectivity extends to the living of human race. At the same time it has forced us to meet number of challenges like in case of any other scientific study. The thought in botanical renovation not only impresses to accept the novelty in Botany, also to revisit its old but premier branches in appropriate order. From October 21 23, 2016 at the University Department of Botany,, Ranchi, under the support and guidance of PROF. R.K. PANDEY, H'BLE VICE CHANCELLOR, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI. It is a matter of great pleasure to invite all IBS members to participate in the Scientific Sessions, Symposium, Poster Presentations and other activities of the conference for a free exchange of views and scientific interaction. As per the rules, the Indian Botanical Society takes pleasure in announcing the names of the botanists shortlisted for the Medal Awards (2016) and the Presidentship for The awardees are: SOCIETY AND will be held in Ranchi under the Presidentship of PROF. S.M. REDDY, (WARANGAL) during Apart from the Regular Course Programs, the Department also imparts education to 3 self-financed Vocational Courses viz. M.Sc. Biotechnology; Post-Graduate Diploma in Plant Biotechnology and Post-Graduate Diploma in Medicinal Plants. This Department has also been assigned with several UGC Major and Minor Research Projects. The University Department of Botany has published a vast number of Research Papers in various refereed National and International Journals. Besides, approximately 250 students have been awarded with Ph.D. degrees in Botany by the. The Department also awards D.Sc. degrees. Dear Fellow Botanists You will be pleased to know that the 39th THE INDIAN BOTANICAL

4 The University Department of Botany was founded in 195 The Department operates from the Institute of Basic Applied Sciences building, under the guidance of Prof. AK Srivastava, Head of the Department Dean, Faculty of Science. The Department has five special papers viz. Algal Biotechnology (FOUNDER: LATE PROF. JP SINHA); Microbiology and Plant Pathology (FOUNDERS: LATE PROF. M PRASAD, LATE PROF. DS SHUKLA PROF. DP GUPTA); Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding, Molecular Biology Biotechnology (FOUNDER: PROF. SSN SINHA); Plant Physiology, Biotechnology Molecular Biology (FOUNDER: PROF. KK NAG) and Plant Taxonomy, Ethnobotany Medicinal Plants (FOUNDER: PROF. TK GHOSH). Prof. GVS Murthy (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Prof. YS Murty Medal: Prof. GS Shekhawat (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) Life Time Achievement Awards: Prof. C Manoharachari (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) President (2017) Prof. AK Pandey (Delhi) CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, CASH PRIZES AND MEDALS In order to encourage young scientists below the age of 30 years** as on October 31, 2016, the Society awards 'Certificate of Merit' and medals instituted in honour of Senior Botanists (PROF. JAFAR NIZAM, PROF. YD TYAGI, PROF. LP MALL, PROF. OP MALL, PROF. CP MALIK, PROF. SN CHATURVEDI, PROF. YS MURTY AND PROF. HC ARYA) for the best paper presented (if recommended by experts) in each section. (The first and presenter author should not be above 30 years). At least three papers should be presented for the award of medal in each section. For the best poster presentation, PROF. KS BILGRAMI GOLD MEDAL (author below the age of 35 years) and PROF. SN DIXIT GOLD MEDAL will be awarded. No member shall be eligible to receive the certificate and/medal for a second time in the same section or in another section. The same applies to the awards of the Society. Date of birth of each author/co-author must be given below his/her name, failing which the paper will not be considered for prize contest (only the Supervisor may be the co-author in the paper). YOUNG BOTANIST AWARD CTEST The three-day conference shall include the Presidential Address, 5 Medal Award Lectures, 2 Special Invited Lectures, and several concurrent sessions for presentation of original Research Papers and Posters in different sections of Botany. Any member shall not be allowed to present more than 2 Papers for the conference. All the submitted Papers shall be subject to a scrutiny, and upon due recommendation, be eligible for publication in the Volume of Abstracts of the INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY. All Oral Presentation should be restricted to 6-8 minutes, to be followed by a discussion. Participants are requested to prepare their presentations on MS Power Point for LCD presentations. Participants shall be allotted an area of 6 X 6 at the venue for Poster Presentations. A separate section will be held for young botanists, below the age of 35 years as on October 31, 2016**, for presenting their paper in the section of the Young Botanist Award. Life members can submit full papers in triplicate for this contest by August 31, These will be scrutinized by a committee and three best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for paper presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. The best presentation shall get Young Botanist Award 2016 (Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate and Dr. Bahadur Singh Gold Medal). Members intending to participate in the conference will be required to submit full-copy of their Manuscripts (alongwith a good copies of the illustrations) and a copy of the Abstracts (not exceeding 150 words) mentioning the Scientific Section* of the paper. The aforementioned submissions should be presented on good-quality A4-size paper, to be typed in MS Word, using Times New Roman fonts, in a font-size of 12-points, and having a paragraph-spacing of The last day for accepting these submissions is September 15, A hard-copy of the aforementioned submissions, should be posted to: Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh). A soft-copy of the aforementioned Research Paper and Abstracts should be ed to Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly at: singhvp03@yahoo.com. A copy of the aforesaid should also be sent to Prof. Jyoti Kumar, Organizing Secretary, University Department of Botany,, Ranchi (Jharkhand), at: ibsconf.ranchi2016@gmail.com. The papers received after September 15, 2016/ the Abstracts not accompanied by the Complete Papers/ the Papers submitted by non-members / the Papers submitted by those members who have not paid membership dues for 2016 shall not be entertained. All the co-authors of a given paper must compulsorily be members of the IBS. A medal will be awarded to an outstanding plant Morphologist/Taxonomist up to the age of 50 years as on October 31, 2016 for his/her research contributions in any group of plant kingdom. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by the committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of receipt of application is August 31, * Please mention the section in which you wish to present your Papers. PROF. YS MURTY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL PROF. SVS CHAUHAN GOLD MEDAL A medal will be awarded to the youngest participant up to the age of 25 years as on October 31, 2016 who has presented his/her research paper in any group of plant kingdom. Life members can submit their paper (single authorship) for this contest by August 31, MEDAL/AWARD FOR WOMEN SCIENTIST There are two separate medal/award for this category below the age of 50 years as on October 31, An individual can receive only one award from either of the two in this category. WOMAN SCIENTIST MEDAL: A medal for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted by the Society to recognize women botanists. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by Committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of the receipt of the nominations is August 31, ** A certified copy of the high school certifi cate for the verifi cation of the age must be enclosed with the paper, while the original has to be produced at the time of paper presentation. THE Prof. V Puri Medal: RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI The was established on July 12, The geographical span of the University encompasses 5 districts of Jharkhand, namely Ranchi, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega and Lohardaga. These districts are inhabited predominantly by the tribal populace and the University takes pride in having successfully lived up to their expectations aspirations during the 56 years of its existence. The University is constituted of 23 Post-graduate departments, 15 Constituent Colleges, and 49 Affiliated Colleges. These constituents impart education in Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Commerce, Medicine, Psychiatry, Law, Engineering, Business Management and Education etc. Besides these institutions, the University also operates the UGC sponsored Human Resource Development Centre. The Central Library of the University is fully automated, has INFLIBNET facility with online access to more than 5000 e-journals. The venue of the conference, the Institute of Basic Applied Science building, was inaugurated by Her Excellency, the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, on December 10, The said venue houses the 6 major University Departments of Science, including Botany, the subject of our conclave. The city is well-connected to all parts of India via Road, Rail and Air linkages. Among other highways, the NH 33, NH 23 and NH 75, pass through Ranchi and connect it with neighbouring states. The Ranchi (RNC) and Hatia (HTE) railway junctions within the town-area, connect with Chennai, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities. The Birsa Munda Airport links Ranchi with Patna, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Prof. SK Chaturvedi (Nagaland) TO PROF. JYOTI KUMAR 39TH IBS RANCHI UNIVERSITY RANCHI JHARKHAND Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand (India), is situated at N and E, at an average elevation of 651 m. above the sea level. Owing to a combination of hilly topography and dense tropical forests, Ranchi experiences a relatively moderate climate vis-a-vis the other parts of Jharkhand. It was primarily for these climatic reasons, that Ranchi remains a much-preferred hill-station and was designated as the summer-capital of Bihar (undivided). The weather of Ranchi at the time of conference is expected to be pleasant and salubrious. Prof. UC Lavania (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Prof. P Maheshwari Medal: ABOUT RANCHI The Indian Botanical Society (IBS) came into existence, as a result of a resolution passed by the Botany Section of THE INDIAN SCIENCE CGRESS, at its Nagpur session in January, Thereby, a committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of DR. WINFILD DUDGE, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad. The other members of the Committee included DR. P BRUHL, the University College of Science, Calcutta; RAI BAHADUR K RANGACHARIAR, Agricultural College, Coimbatore; PROF. SIVRAM KASHYAP, Government College, Lahore; PROF. BIRBAL SAHNI, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and DR. W BURNS, College of Agriculture, Poona. The election process was concluded on December 6, 1920, and on that date, the IBS was declared as duly organized. The IBS endeavours at organising of seminars conferences and publication of a research journal (THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY). Currently, the headquarter of the Society is based at Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The last conference of the society concluded successfully at the Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, between October 26-28, 201 Prof. Birbal Sahani Medal: ABOUT THE The study of Botany now incorporates several frontiers in basic as well as applied lines of research, specially linking many branches of Science to place the subject into the forefront. It attracts attention of everyone on earth and more so as its connectivity extends to the living of human race. At the same time it has forced us to meet number of challenges like in case of any other scientific study. The thought in botanical renovation not only impresses to accept the novelty in Botany, also to revisit its old but premier branches in appropriate order. From October 21 23, 2016 at the University Department of Botany,, Ranchi, under the support and guidance of PROF. R.K. PANDEY, H'BLE VICE CHANCELLOR, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI. It is a matter of great pleasure to invite all IBS members to participate in the Scientific Sessions, Symposium, Poster Presentations and other activities of the conference for a free exchange of views and scientific interaction. As per the rules, the Indian Botanical Society takes pleasure in announcing the names of the botanists shortlisted for the Medal Awards (2016) and the Presidentship for The awardees are: SOCIETY AND will be held in Ranchi under the Presidentship of PROF. S.M. REDDY, (WARANGAL) during Apart from the Regular Course Programs, the Department also imparts education to 3 self-financed Vocational Courses viz. M.Sc. Biotechnology; Post-Graduate Diploma in Plant Biotechnology and Post-Graduate Diploma in Medicinal Plants. This Department has also been assigned with several UGC Major and Minor Research Projects. The University Department of Botany has published a vast number of Research Papers in various refereed National and International Journals. Besides, approximately 250 students have been awarded with Ph.D. degrees in Botany by the. The Department also awards D.Sc. degrees. Dear Fellow Botanists You will be pleased to know that the 39th THE INDIAN BOTANICAL

5 PROF. SC DIXIT CASH PRIZE: of INR (for women candidates only) will be given for the best article published in the JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY (VOL. 94 (1-4) 2015). REGISTRATI FORM Name:... Male IBS Membership No.:... Life Female Annual Designation:... Mailing Address:......Pin Code:... Mobile No. :... Tel. No. (With STD Code): Title of Paper:... Presentation Mode: Oral Accomodation required: Yes An award for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted for the best paper presented during the conference. A separate section will be organized for the contest. The women scientists may submit their papers in triplicate. This will be scrutinized by a committee and a maximum of 3 best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. WOMAN BOTANIST AWARD: Poster All Association Expenses, including the Membership Dues (INR for renewal of the Current Year Subscription INR for new entrants) and Life Membership Charges (INR ) may please be deposited through a bank draft drawn in favour of the Treasurer, Indian Botanical Society, Bareilly. The Application Form for membership is available on the website of IBS: SCIENTIFIC SECTIS Mycology, Microbiology, Plant Pathology including Seed Pathology. Cryptogamic Botany (including Algal Biotechnology, Algal Cytology and Fossil Cryptogams). Seed Plants (including Fossils), Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, Embryology including study of Seed and Fruit. Taxonomy of Seed Plants, Floristics including Biodiversity, Economic Botany, Ethnobotany and Pharmacognosy. Cell and Molecular Biology, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding. Ecology, Phytogeography and Environmental Botany. Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Morphogenesis, Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. Posters (All the sections). Young Botanist Award/Woman Botanist Award* DETAILS OF REGISTRATI CATEGORY OF DELEGATES No Arrival Date:... Time:... 1 REGISTRATI FEES (WITHOUT ACCOMODATI) Scientists / Academicians Departure Date:... Time:... REGISTRATI FEES (WITH ACCOMODATI) 2 Accompanying Person* Accompanying Persons: 3 Delegates from Industry INR INR INR Students/Research Scholars INR INR Name 1:... Name 2:... I am enclosing herewith Rs.... to cover the Registration Fee by Demand Draft No. :... drawn on... Bank Dated... Date:... Signature:... MODE OF PAYMENTS: All outstanding delegates should pay the Registration Fees by DD (Demand draft) in favour of, IBS 2016 The aforementioned DD should be payable at Ranchi. Members are required to submit the filled-in Registration Form alongwith a copy of the aforementioned DD by post to: PROF. JYOTI KUMAR,, 39th INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY 2016,, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI A scanned copy of the aforesaid Application Form DD should be ed to: ibsconf.ranchi2016@ gmail.com (*Without Kit) Students and Research Scholars must submit a Certificate of their status, attested by the Head of the Department / Principal of College. Research Associates and Post-doctoral Fellows will come under category Registration Fees can be paid via Demand Draft drawn in the favour of ALL INDIA CFERENCE OF IBS payable at Ranchi. Contact Person: Prof. Jyoti Kumar Organizing Secretary University Department of Botany,, Ranchi Mobile: , , ID: ibsconf.ranchi2016@gmail.com. NATIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. MS Swaminathan, Chennai Prof. SN Chaturvedi, Agra Prof. HY Mohan Ram, New Delhi Prof. AK Sharma, Kolkata Prof. C Manoharachary, Hyderabad Prof. AK Bhatnagar, Delhi Prof. RC Mohanty, Bhubaneshwar Prof. PC Trivedi, Jaipur Prof. UC Lavania, Lucknow Prof. Arun K Pandey, Delhi Prof. Seshu Lavania, Lucknow Prof. T Pullaiah, Anantpur Prof. SM Reddy, Warrangal Prof. Paramjeet Singh, Kolkata Prof. RR Rao, Bengaluru Prof. SR Yadav, Kolhapur Prof. SB Babbar, Delhi Prof. Anupam Dikshit, Allahabad Prof. SP Adhikari, Balasore Prof. TK Ghosh, Ranchi Prof. JVV Dogra, Ranchi Prof. BR Chaudhary, Varanasi Prof. Sudhendu Mandal, Shantiniketan Prof. SC Srivastava, Lucknow Prof. Arun Arya, Vadodara ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. KK Nag, Ranchi Prof. AN Mishra,Ranchi Prof. NN Tripathi, Gorakhpur Prof. Kailash Agarwal, Jaipur Prof. RH Shete, Mumbai Prof. RC Verma, Ujjain Prof. Akhilesh K Pandey, Bhopal Prof. NK Dubey, Varanasi Prof. Jaganmohan Reddy, Warangal Prof. MP Trivedi, Patna Prof. VN Pandey, Gorakhpur Prof. Rajesh Tandon, Delhi Prof. KS Rajput, Vadodara Prof. A Shukla, Mizoram Prof. AK Roy, Bhagalpur Prof. Nandjee Kumar, BodhGaya Prof. C Prasad, Hazaribag Prof. AB Prasad, Patna Prof. AK Jain, Gwalior Prof. SP Rath, Bhubaneshwar Prof. TN Lakhanpal, Shimla Prof. PB Nandkar, Nagpur Prof. Alka Chaturvedi, Nagpur Prof. KL Tiwari, Raipur Prof. PP Baruah, Gauhati Prof. G Subarangaih, Visakhapatnam Prof. Ambarish Mukherjee, Burdwan Dr. Swati Gupta Bhattacharya, Kolkata Dr. BB Chaugule, Pune Prof. JIS Khattar, Patiala NATIAL EXECUTIVES (IBS) Prof. SM Reddy, President 2016 Prof. AK Bhatnagar, President 2015 Prof. Kailash Agarwal, Vice President, 2016 Prof. VP Singh, Secretary Dr. Alok Srivastava, Treasurer Prof. Y Vimala, Chief Editor, JIBS CHIEF PATR Prof. RK Pandey Vice Chancellor, PATR Prof. Anjani Kumar Srivastava Head, University Department of Botany, Dean, Faculty of Science, Prof. Jyoti Kumar, FBS, FPSI University Department of Botany, CO- Prof. SK Sinha TREASURER Prof. AK Choudhary JOINT ORGANISING SECRETARIES Prof. PK Pandey Prof. HP Sharma Prof. Kunul Kandir Prof. Madhavi Srivastava ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dr. AS Khalkho Dr. Geetanjali Singh Dr. Prasanjit Mukherjee Dr. Sutanu Lal Bondya Dr. Malay Bharti Dr. Vishnu Shankar Mr. Satyanarayan Oraon Dr. SK Jha Dr. Amit Patnaik STATE ORGANISING COMMITTEE Prof. MG Tiwari Prof. EN Siddiqui Prof. Anwar Mallick Prof. Govind Pandey Dr. Madir Kumar Dr. Anirudha Dayal Dr. Jasbir Bagga JOINT TREASURER Prof. Kamini Kumar Dr. Radha Krishna Jha Dr. CTN Singh Dr. Anil Kumar Dr. Arun Kumar Dr. Malti Kerketta Dr. Latika Saran Dr. Anita Mehta Dr Ajay K Srivastava Dr. JP Singh Dr. PK Mishra Dr. MR Sinha Dr. Geeta Mishra Dr. Kiran Shukla Dr. AP Ambuj Dr. Rajendra Pandey Dr. Subol Sahu LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. AA Khan (Former VC, RU) Prof. LN Bhagat (Former VC, RU) Prof. VP Sharan (Former Acting-VC, RU) Prof. M Raziuddin (Former Pro VC, RU) Mr. Subimal Mukhopadhyay (Financial Advisor, RU) Dr. SC Gupta (DSW, RU) Dr. Diwakar Minz (Proctor, RU) Prof. PK Singh (CCDC, RU) Prof. AK Chaudhary (Registrar, RU) Dr. Pritam Kumar(Dy. Registrar/Acting FO, RU) EXPERT COMMITTEE Prof. Karma Oraon (Dean, Social Sciences Education) Prof. SN Singh (Head, Physics) Prof. Anil Mahto (Head, Mathematics) Dr. PK Verma (Head, Geology) Dr. KC Mishra (Head, Zoology) Dr. Rajesh Upadhyay (Head, Chemistry) Prof. Srivastava (F.B.S.) Prof. UC Mehta (Principal, Ranchi College) Dr. SK Verma (Prof. IC, SSM College) Prof. Sanjoy Mishra (Director IQAC, RU) Prof. Mahendra Prasad Dr. Uday Kumar NEW APPROACHES AND RECENT CHALLENGES IN BOTANY October 21 23, 2016 Organized by Ranchi Jharkhand (India)