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Prof.M.O.P.Iyengar
(1886-1963)
Prof.M.O.Parthasarathy
Iyengar was born on 15th December, 1886, in Madras (now
Chennai). He
graduated from the Presidency College, Madras in 1906 and took
his Master of Arts degree from the same institution in 1909. After
serving two years at the Madras Museum as Curator in Botany, he joined
the Madras Educational Service. In another ten years he
became Professor of Botany at the Presidency College. In 1929
he went to London to work with Professor F.E.Fritsch at Queen Mary
College, University of London, where he later took his doctorate.
On returning to India, he stayed a short while at the
Presidecny College and then (1933) joined the University of Madras as
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A presentation by Prof.V.Krishnamurthy |
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Prof.T.V.
Desikachary
(1919-2005)
Professor
Tamarapu Vedanta Desikachary
a legend in algal research was born in
Tirupati, on 18th September 1919. After educated at the Hindu High
School, Tirupati, he took his B.Sc. Botany in 1940 and joined
University Botany Laboratory under Prof. M.O.P.Iyengar. He worked on
the taxonomy of Blue green algae under Prof. M.O.P.Iyengar, obtaining
the M.Sc. Degdree in 1944. He
took his Ph.D. in 1951, also
based on researches on Morphology and Taxonomy of Blue green algae
under Prof. Iyengar's guidance. In between, he was
demonstrator, Andhra University, at Presidency
College, later Assistant Professor, Pachaiyappa's College, Madras in
1945-1947 and .... ...... more..... ..... ..........
'in memoriam' published in Phycologia, 2008, written by
Dr.A.K.S.K.Prasad click
here
Masters of 20th century Madras Science-An occasional article in a
series by Dr. A. Raman...click
here
Dr.N.Jeeji
Bai
and Dr.N. Anand talk about their teacher, mentor and guru
Prof.T.V.Desikachary... click here
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Prof. V.
Krishnamurthy
(1921- 9th
May, 2014)
Professor
Vasudeva Krishnamurthy was born on 14th August, 1921 at Valavanur,
Villupuram district. His ancestral home is located in
Pondicherry. Professor V.K. as affectionately called by his
students, took his B.A. Degree of Madras University with I classs and
ranked II in the University. He has graduated from St.
Joseph's college, Tiruchirapalli, 1940. He completed his
B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree, Madras with II Class in Botany and ranked I in
the Presidency. He has been awarded the Pulny Gold Medal by
the University of Madras. Graduated from Presidency College,
Chennai, 1942. M.A. Degree, Madras awarded by efflux of time,
University of Madras 1947. more... |
90th birthday celebration
click
here
Algae
and algal products-conference held at Sathyabama University from 22nd
September to 24th September 2011 click here
Prof. V.
Krishnamurthy's lecture in the workshop on
"Milestone of CSIR-CSMCRI
Journey from past to present" April 9, 2014
click here
Biodata
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Prof.M.S.Balakrishnan
(10th February 1917 - 20th June 1990)
Prof.
M.S.Balakrishnan, Professor and Head of the Department of Botany,
Poona
University(Retd. in 1978) is a dedicated Indian Phycologist.
Prof.
Balakrishnan was born on 10th February 1917 at Madras. His
parents
were both active in the struggle for national freedom.
His father gave up a good position in Government
service to
join the civil disobedience movement. His mother was a
austere person, a Gandhian and an eminent writer in Tamnil.
Professor Balakrishnan had his education in Madras and took
his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Botany from Pr esidency
College, Madras.
He later joined the University Botany Laboratory, Chepauk,
Madras to work for his M.Sc. degree under the guidance of the
late
Prof. M.O.P. Iyengar, Father of Indian Algology....more
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