Hy Mohan Ram
Botany
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Mohan Ram obtained his BSc degree from St. Philomena’s College, Mysore and MSc (1953) in Botany from BR College, Agra. He was appointed as a Lecturer in Botany at the University of Delhi and obtained his PhD degree (1959) working on seed development in Acanthaceae, under the supervision of P Maheshwari. As a Fulbright and Smith-Mundt Fellow, he worked at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, with FC Steward, (1958-60) and received advanced training in plant physiology, morphogenesis and tissue culture. He collaborated with Dr JP Nitsch in Laboratoire de Physiologie Pluricellulaire, CNRS, at Gif-sur-Yvette, France, as a UNESCO-UNDP Senior Fellow (1970-71), and studied the developmental biology and flowering in Utricularia. He held the positions of a Reader (1961-68) and Professor (1968-95) of Botany at the University of Delhi. He was INSA Senior Scientist (1996-2001) and is presently Honorary Scientist (2006-) of INSA.
Research Interest
Plant Growth & Development, Economic Botany
