Va Bapat
Department of Biotechnology
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Vishwas A. Bapat obtained his M. Sc. degree in Botany in 1969 from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur. After working in a college for one year, he joined Biology and Agriculture Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai as a scientist in 1971. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1981 from University of Mysore, Mysore in 1981 while working under the supervision of Dr. P.S. Rao at BARC, Mumbai. Dr Bapat worked with Dr. Schieder at Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany during 1980-81 to decipher the various parameters for standardization of plant protoplasts culture and regeneration. Simultaneously, he had worked with Dr. Wenzel of the same institute on anther culture of potato and other plants. Dr. Bapat retired from BARC in 2007 as Head, Plant Cell Culture Technology Section and joined Shivaji University, Kolhapur as CSIR, Emeritus Scientist.
Research Interest
Plant Biotechnology and Genetic engineering
