Biology - Famous Indian Biologists (AIPMT/NEET/NTSE) (#ntse)(#neet)

Famous Indian Biologists

① Father Of India Bryology (Bryphytes) : Shiv Ram Kashyap

② Discovered recurrent annual wheat rust on Indian Plants : K C Mehta

③ Father of Indian Palynology : P K Nair

④ Father of Indian Ecology : Ram Deo Mishra

⑤ Father of Indian Plant Embryology : Panchanan Maheshwari

⑥ Father of Indian Paleobotany : Birbal Sahani

⑦ Father of Indian Plant genetics : B P Pal



⑧ Pivotal study of Blue Green Algae and Nitrogen Fixation : R N Singh

⑨ Birdman of India (Ornithologist) : Salim Ali

⑩ Father of Green revolution in India : M S Swaminathan

⑪ A famous Pteridologist : P N Mehra

⑫ Cytogeneticst (for Chomosomal Studies) : A K Sharma

⑬ Worked on Nitrogen Fixation by Blue Green Algae on Rice : P K De

⑭ Father of Indian Mycology and Pathology : Butler

⑮ Famous plant morphologist : V Puri

⑯ Started DNA Fingerprinting in India : V K Kashyap and Lalji Singh

⑰ Father of Indian Botany : William Roxburgh