Dharani Dar Patra
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India
Biography
Assistant Professor (Soils), Rajasthan Agril. University, Bikaner, 1982-87; Commonwealth Fellow (Rothamsted, UK) 1983-84; Scientist-C, 1987-92, Scientist EI, 1992-97, Scientist E II, 1997-2002, and Scientist F 2002-07, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow; STA-JISTEC Fellow (Visiting Scientist), HNAES, Japan, 1999; Chief Scientist (Head, Agrotechnology), CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 2007-16.
Awards/Honours: FAI Silver Jubilee Award, 1980; FAI Gold Medal, 1983; Mint Technology Award, 1999; PPIC-FAI Gold Medal, 2000; 12th International Congress Commemoration Award, 2005; UPCAR Eminent Scientist Award (NRM), 2006; Golden Peacock Eco-innovation Award, 2008; ISCA Platinum Jubilee Award, 2008; CSIR S&T Innovation Award for Rural Development, 2008; VASVIK Award, 2010.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Society of Soil Science), New Delhi.
Research Areas: Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Isotope technique, Agrotechnology of medicinal and aromatic plants, waste land utilization.
Abstract
Abstract : Nutraceuticals from Medicinal Herbs