By TCN News,
Aligarh: Prof. Akhtar Haseeb, Chairman, Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been conferred with the “Late Sh. P. P. Singhal Memorial Award-2009-10” for his outstanding contribution to research, teaching and extension in plant protection by P. I. Industries, Udaipur through the Society of Plant Protection Sciences, Division of Nematology, IARI, New Delhi.
The award was given to Prof. Haseeb at the 8th National Symposium on “Problems and Prospective in Eco-friendly Innovative to Plant Protection” held at C.S.A. University of Agricultural & Technology, Kanpur. Besides cash price of Rs. 10,000, the award carried certificate and memento.
Prof Haseeb Akhtar receiving the PP Singhal Memorial Award
It was not the first time for Prof. Haseeb when he received any award but he has already received many awards including the prestigious, “Vigyan Gaurav Samman” of Uttar Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh, “Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Award-2008” of AZRA, “Life Time Achievement Award-2009” conferred by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology, Jhansi, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur and Scientific & Applied Research Centre, Meerut; “Outstanding Scientist Award” of Society of Plant Protection Sciences, 1999.
He was also nominated as Chairman, Regional Advisory Committee, Regional Directorate, Central Board for Workers Education (Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India) for the second term, Scientific Advisor of the Bioengineering and Biological Sciences, Member, Board of Management, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Member, Advisory Committee for publication of Hindi Magazines of ICAR, New Delhi, Member, Vigyan Jagat, All India Radio.
He has the distinction of being Expert/examiner of more than 30 (Agricultural, Central and State) Universities for evaluation and viva-voce examination of Ph. D. thesis. He has been the Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator of several research projects/centers funded by ICAR, DBT, UPCAR, UPCST and AICRP-Nematodes etc. He also has the Voluntary centers of All India Coordinated Research Project-Nematodes-ICAR-Ministry of Agriculture, for chick pea, pigeon pea and MULLaRP. He has patented“high menthol yielding hybrid clone of Mentha arvensis cv. Himalaya in United States Department of Commerce, Washington.
He has more than 150 publications to his credit including book chapters and research papers published in reputed national and international journals published from USA, UK, France, Italy, China, India etc.