Ns Rangaswamy
Botany
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Nanjangud Sreekantaiah Rangaswamy received BSc (Hons) (1954) and MSc (1955) degrees in Botany from the erstwhile University of Mysore. After a brief stint as a High School Teacher in Karnataka, he joined the University of Delhi and obtained PhD (1960) under the joint supervision of Professors P Maheshwari and S Narayanaswami. He joined the teaching Faculty (1959) and continued to work at Delhi University from where he retired as Professor (1997). He was Fulbright-Hay's Fellow at Yale University (1964-65); Visiting Scientist, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Charles University (1969-70); Visiting Professor and UNESCO Fellow, Harvard University and University of Hawaii (1971-72); and Ford Foundation Exchange Fellow, Nagoya University, Japan (1976-77).
Research Interest
Experimental Embryology & Tissue Culture
