Pk Gupta

Biography

Pushpendra Kumar Gupta earned his BSc (1956) and MSc (1958) degrees from Agra University. He worked at Meerut College, Meerut and DAV College Muzaffarnagar for a brief period and then joined Gorakhpur University (GPU) (1960), where he taught and conducted research in cytogenetics. He joined University of Manitoba, Canada for his PhD degree (1967) on a Commonwealth Scholarship. After his return from Canada, he served GPU for two years and then joined Meerut University, Meerut (1969). He worked as Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Botany and Dean, Faculty of Agriculture at Meerut University. He continued there in active service till his retirement (1996) and later as an Emeritus Professor. He was INSA Senior Scientist during 2003-06. He visited UK (1974-75), Germany (1991) and Canada (every summer during 1984-88) for higher studies and collaborative research in the field of plant cytogenetics, molecular biology and biotechnology.

Research Interest

Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology