Anupam Varma

Biography

Anupam Varma obtained MSc (Botany) (1961) from Allahabad University and later worked there on post-harvest diseases of fruits and vegetables under the guidance of Profossor RN Tandon. In 1964, he went to Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK, and obtained his PhD (1967) from London University while working under the supervision of Sir Frederick Bawden and Dr Adrian Gibbs. In 1967 itself, he joined Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi and worked there as Senior Virologist, Principal Virologist, Professor of Virology, Professor of Plant Pathology, Head, Division of Plant Pathology, Dean, Post Graduate School, ICAR National Professor, INSA Senior Scientist and currently INSA Honorary Scientist and IARI Adjunct Professor. He was with the FAO of the United Nations (1979-81) for developing a National Horticultural Research Institute at Ibadan in Nigeria. He has been Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK, and INRA, France.

Research Interest

Plant Virology, Plant Pathology, Biotechnology Education