Karnataka Science & Technology Academy Fellowship for city Professor
Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Okay.N. Amruthesh, Professor & Chairman, Division of Research in Botany, College of Mysore, has been conferred with the celebrated Karnataka Science & Expertise Academy (KSTA) Fellowship for the yr 2022 for his vital contributions within the subject of Agricultural Sciences.
He has extensively labored on plant-microbe interplay together with eco-friendly appro-aches of host plant administration towards biotic and abiotic stresses. He has reported two new parasitic angiosperms and 12 new phytopathogens to science together with a brand new pathotype of downy mildew pathogen on pearl millet hybrid MLBH104, which has saved many poor farmers from extreme financial loss.
Dr. Amruthesh is the Programme Co-ordinator for the State Authorities Funded Programme of Institution of Centre of Modern Research in Engineering and Training (CISEE) on the thrust space ‘Natural Drug Expertise’ on the Division. He has guided 14 Ph.D students for his or her doctoral diploma and three Put up-Doctoral diploma. He’s the Principal Investigator for the analysis tasks funded by DST, UGC, DBT, UGC- MHRD- IOE Venture. and Authorities of Karnataka, Division of Forest on PBR.
A recipient of a number of awards/ distinctions, he’s additionally serving moreover in varied capacities on the College of Mysore as IQAC Coordinator, Co-ordinator- CSIR/ UGC NET Coaching Centre & E-Attestation Officer.
