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ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

“NEW APPROACHES AND RECENT CHALLENGES IN BOTANY”

October 21—23, 2016

FINAL CIRCULAR

Organized by

UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BOTANYRanchi University

Ranchi - 834008Jharkhand (India)

THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY

Contact Person:Prof. Jyoti Kumar

Organizing Secretary University Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi- 834008

Mobile: +91 9431100060, +91 9430730756, +91 9934158035Email ID: [email protected].

XXXIXALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF

THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY&

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUMON

REGISTRATION FORM

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MODE OF PAYMENTS:All outstanding delegates should pay the Registration Fees by DD (Demand draft) in favour of, “ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF IBS 2016” The aforementioned DD should be payable at Ranchi. Members are required to submit the filled-in Registration Form alongwith a copy of the aforementioned DD by post to: PROF. JYOTI KUMAR, ORGANISING SECRETARY, 39th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY 2016, UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI - 834008. A scanned copy of the aforesaid Application Form & DD should be Emailed to: [email protected]

WOMAN BOTANIST AWARD: An award for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted for the best paper presented during the conference. A separate section will be organized for the contest. The women scientists may submit their papers in triplicate. This will be scrutinized by a committee and a maximum of 3 best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion.

PROF. SC DIXIT CASH PRIZE: of INR 1000.00 (for women candidates only) will be given for the best article published in the JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY (VOL. 94 (1-4) 2015).

All Association Expenses, including the Membership Dues (INR 300.00 for renewal of the Current Year Subscription & INR 350.00 for new entrants) and Life Membership Charges (INR 4050.00) may please be deposited through a bank draft drawn in favour of the Treasurer, Indian Botanical Society, Bareilly. The Application Form for membership is available on the website of IBS: www.indianbotsoc.org.

SCIENTIFIC SECTIONS1. Mycology, Microbiology, Plant Pathology including Seed Pathology.

2. Cryptogamic Botany (including Algal Biotechnology, Algal Cytology and Fossil Cryptogams).3. Seed Plants (including Fossils), Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, Embryology including study

of Seed and Fruit.4. Taxonomy of Seed Plants, Floristics including Biodiversity, Economic Botany, Ethnobotany

and Pharmacognosy.5. Cell and Molecular Biology, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding.6. Ecology, Phytogeography and Environmental Botany.7. Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology.8. Morphogenesis, Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology.9. Posters (All the sections).

10. Young Botanist Award/Woman Botanist Award*

DETAILS OF REGISTRATION

CATEGORY OF DELEGATES REGISTRATION FEES (WITH ACCOMODATION)

REGISTRATION FEES (WITHOUT ACCOMODATION)

IF PAID UPTO 15.09.2016

IF PAID AFTER 15.09.2016

1 Scientists / Academicians INR 3000.00 INR 4500.00 INR 2500.00 INR 3000.00

2 Accompanying Person* INR 2000.00 INR 3000.00 INR 2000.00 INR 3000.00

3 Delegates from Industry INR 5000.00 INR 5500.00 INR 4000.00 INR 4500.00

4 Students/Research Scholars INR 2000.00 INR 3500.00 INR 1500.00 INR 2500.00

(*Without Kit)

Students and Research Scholars must submit a Certificate of their status, attested by the Head of the Department / Principal of College. Research Associates and Post-doctoral Fellows will come under category — 1.

Registration Fees can be paid via Demand Draft drawn in the favour of “ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF IBS - 2016” payable at Ranchi.

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEProf. MS Swaminathan, ChennaiProf. SN Chaturvedi, AgraProf. HY Mohan Ram, New DelhiProf. AK Sharma, KolkataProf. C Manoharachary, HyderabadProf. AK Bhatnagar, DelhiProf. RC Mohanty, BhubaneshwarProf. PC Trivedi, JaipurProf. UC Lavania, LucknowProf. Arun K Pandey, DelhiProf. Seshu Lavania, LucknowProf. T Pullaiah, AnantpurProf. SM Reddy, WarrangalProf. Paramjeet Singh, KolkataProf. RR Rao, BengaluruProf. SR Yadav, KolhapurProf. SB Babbar, DelhiProf. Anupam Dikshit, AllahabadProf. SP Adhikari, BalasoreProf. TK Ghosh, RanchiProf. JVV Dogra, RanchiProf. BR Chaudhary, VaranasiProf. Sudhendu Mandal, ShantiniketanProf. SC Srivastava, LucknowProf. Arun Arya, Vadodara

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ADVISORY COMMITTEEProf. KK Nag, RanchiProf. AN Mishra,RanchiProf. NN Tripathi, GorakhpurProf. Kailash Agarwal, JaipurProf. RH Shete, MumbaiProf. RC Verma, UjjainProf. Akhilesh K Pandey, BhopalProf. NK Dubey, VaranasiProf. Jaganmohan Reddy, WarangalProf. MP Trivedi, PatnaProf. VN Pandey, GorakhpurProf. Rajesh Tandon, DelhiProf. KS Rajput, VadodaraProf. A Shukla, MizoramProf. AK Roy, BhagalpurProf. Nandjee Kumar, BodhGayaProf. C Prasad, HazaribagProf. AB Prasad, PatnaProf. AK Jain, GwaliorProf. SP Rath, BhubaneshwarProf. TN Lakhanpal, ShimlaProf. PB Nandkar, NagpurProf. Alka Chaturvedi, NagpurProf. KL Tiwari, RaipurProf. PP Baruah, GauhatiProf. G Subarangaih, VisakhapatnamProf. Ambarish Mukherjee, BurdwanDr. Swati Gupta Bhattacharya, KolkataDr. BB Chaugule, PuneProf. JIS Khattar, Patiala

NATIONAL EXECUTIVES (IBS)Prof. SM Reddy, President 2016Prof. AK Bhatnagar, President 2015Prof. Kailash Agarwal, Vice President, 2016Prof. VP Singh, Secretary Dr. Alok Srivastava, Treasurer Prof. Y Vimala, Chief Editor, JIBS

CHIEF PATRONProf. RK PandeyVice Chancellor, Ranchi University

PATRONProf. Anjani Kumar SrivastavaHead, University Department of Botany, & Dean, Faculty of Science, Ranchi University

ORGANISING SECRETARYProf. Jyoti Kumar, FBS, FPSIUniversity Department of Botany, Ranchi University

CO-ORGANISING SECRETARYProf. SK Sinha

TREASURERProf. AK Choudhary

JOINT TREASURER Prof. Kamini Kumar

JOINT ORGANISING SECRETARIESProf. PK PandeyProf. HP SharmaProf. Kunul KandirProf. Madhavi Srivastava

ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Dr. Radha Krishna JhaDr. CTN SinghDr. Anil KumarDr. Arun KumarDr. Malti KerkettaDr. Latika Saran Dr. Anita MehtaDr Ajay K SrivastavaDr. JP Singh

Dr. AS KhalkhoDr. Geetanjali SinghDr. Prasanjit MukherjeeDr. Sutanu Lal BondyaDr. Malay BhartiDr. Vishnu ShankarMr. Satyanarayan OraonDr. SK JhaDr. Amit Patnaik

STATE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Prof. MG TiwariProf. EN SiddiquiProf. Anwar MallickProf. Govind Pandey Dr. Madir KumarDr. Anirudha DayalDr. Jasbir Bagga

Dr. PK MishraDr. MR SinhaDr. Geeta MishraDr. Kiran ShuklaDr. AP AmbujDr. Rajendra PandeyDr. Subol Sahu

LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEProf. AA Khan (Former VC, RU)Prof. LN Bhagat (Former VC, RU)Prof. VP Sharan (Former Acting-VC, RU)Prof. M Raziuddin (Former Pro VC, RU)Mr. Subimal Mukhopadhyay (Financial Advisor, RU)Dr. SC Gupta (DSW, RU)Dr. Diwakar Minz (Proctor, RU)Prof. PK Singh (CCDC, RU)Prof. AK Chaudhary (Registrar, RU)Dr. Pritam Kumar(Dy. Registrar/Acting FO, RU)

EXPERT COMMITTEE Prof. Karma Oraon (Dean, Social Sciences & Education)Prof. SN Singh (Head, Physics)Prof. Anil Mahto (Head, Mathematics)Dr. PK Verma (Head, Geology)Dr. KC Mishra (Head, Zoology)Dr. Rajesh Upadhyay (Head, Chemistry)Prof. ON Srivastava (F.B.S.)Prof. UC Mehta (Principal, Ranchi College)Dr. SK Verma (Prof. IC, SSM College)Prof. Sanjoy Mishra (Director IQAC, RU)Prof. Mahendra Prasad Dr. Uday Kumar

* Please mention the section in which you wish to present your Papers. ** A certified copy of the high school certifi cate for the verifi cation of the age must be enclosed with the paper, while the original has to be produced at the time of paper presentation.

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Dear Fellow Botanists

You will be pleased to know that the 39th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY AND NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON “NEW APPROACHES AND RECENT CHALLENGES IN BOTANY” will be held in Ranchi under the Presidentship of PROF. S.M. REDDY, (WARANGAL) during October 21—23, 2016 at the University Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi, under the support and guidance of PROF. R.K. PANDEY, HON'BLE VICE CHANCELLOR, RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHI. It is a matter of great pleasure to invite all IBS members to participate in the Scientific Sessions, Symposium, Poster Presentations and other activities of the conference for a free exchange of views and scientific interaction.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUMThe study of Botany now incorporates several frontiers in basic as well as applied lines of research, specially linking many branches of Science to place the subject into the forefront. It attracts attention of everyone on earth and more so as its connectivity extends to the living of human race. At the same time it has forced us to meet number of challenges like in case of any other scientific study. The thought in botanical renovation not only impresses to accept the novelty in Botany, also to revisit its old but premier branches in appropriate order.

ABOUT RANCHIRanchi, the capital of Jharkhand (India), is situated at 23°22’N and 85°20’E, at an average elevation of 651 m. above the sea level. Owing to a combination of hilly topography and dense tropical forests, Ranchi experiences a relatively moderate climate vis-a-vis the other parts of Jharkhand. It was primarily for these climatic reasons, that Ranchi remains a much-preferred hill-station and was designated as ‘the summer-capital of Bihar (undivided)’. The weather of Ranchi at the time of conference is expected to be pleasant and salubrious.

The city is well-connected to all parts of India via Road, Rail and Air linkages. Among other highways, the NH 33, NH 23 and NH 75, pass through Ranchi and connect it with neighbouring states. The Ranchi (RNC) and Hatia (HTE) railway junctions within the town-area, connect with Chennai, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities. The Birsa Munda Airport links Ranchi with Patna, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

RANCHI UNIVERSITY, RANCHIThe Ranchi University was established on July 12, 1960. The geographical span of the University encompasses 5 districts of Jharkhand, namely — Ranchi, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega and Lohardaga. These districts are inhabited predominantly by the tribal populace and the University takes pride in having successfully lived up to their expectations & aspirations during the 56 years of its existence. The University is constituted of 23 Post-graduate departments, 15 Constituent Colleges, and 49 Affiliated Colleges. These constituents impart education in Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Commerce, Medicine, Psychiatry, Law, Engineering, Business Management and Education etc. Besides these institutions, the University also operates the UGC sponsored Human Resource Development Centre. The Central Library of the University is fully automated, has INFLIBNET facility with online access to more than 5000 e-journals. The venue of the conference, the Institute of Basic & Applied Science building, was inaugurated by Her Excellency, the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, on December 10, 2010. The said venue houses the 6 major University Departments of Science, including Botany, the subject of our conclave.

THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BOTANYThe University Department of Botany was founded in 1955. The Department operates from the Institute of Basic & Applied Sciences building, under the guidance of Prof. AK Srivastava, Head of the Department & Dean, Faculty of Science. The Department has five special papers viz. Algal Biotechnology (FOUNDER: LATE PROF. JP SINHA); Microbiology and Plant Pathology (FOUNDERS: LATE PROF. M PRASAD, LATE PROF. DS SHUKLA & PROF. DP GUPTA); Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (FOUNDER: PROF. SSN SINHA); Plant Physiology, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology (FOUNDER: PROF. KK NAG) and Plant Taxonomy, Ethnobotany & Medicinal Plants (FOUNDER: PROF. TK GHOSH).

Apart from the Regular Course Programs, the Department also imparts education to 3 self-financed Vocational Courses viz. M.Sc. Biotechnology; Post-Graduate Diploma in Plant Biotechnology and Post-Graduate Diploma in Medicinal Plants. This Department has also been assigned with several UGC Major and Minor Research Projects. The University Department of Botany has published a vast number of Research Papers in various refereed National and International Journals. Besides, approximately 250 students have been awarded with Ph.D. degrees in Botany by the Ranchi University. The Department also awards D.Sc. degrees.

THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETYThe Indian Botanical Society (IBS) came into existence, as a result of a resolution passed by the Botany Section of THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS, at its Nagpur session in January, 1920. Thereby, a committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of DR. WINFILD DUDGEON, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad. The other members of the Committee included DR. P BRUHL, the University College of Science, Calcutta; RAI BAHADUR K RANGACHARIAR, Agricultural College, Coimbatore; PROF. SIVRAM KASHYAP, Government College, Lahore; PROF. BIRBAL SAHNI, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and DR. W BURNS, College of Agriculture, Poona. The election process was concluded on December 6, 1920, and on that date, the IBS was declared as duly organized. The IBS endeavours at organising of seminars & conferences and publication of a research journal (THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN

BOTANICAL SOCIETY). Currently, the headquarter of the Society is based at Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The last conference of the society concluded successfully at the Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, between October 26 - 28, 2015.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMEThe three-day conference shall include — the Presidential Address, 5 Medal Award Lectures, 2 Special Invited Lectures, and several concurrent sessions for presentation of original Research Papers and Posters in different sections of Botany. Any member shall not be allowed to present more than 2 Papers for the conference. All the submitted Papers shall be subject to a scrutiny, and upon due recommendation, be eligible for publication in the Volume of Abstracts of the INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY. All Oral Presentation should be restricted to 6-8 minutes, to be followed by a discussion. Participants are requested to prepare their presentations on MS Power Point for LCD presentations. Participants shall be allotted an area of 2.6’ X 3.6’ at the venue for Poster Presentations.

Members intending to participate in the conference will be required to submit full-copy of their Manuscripts (alongwith a good copies of the illustrations) and a copy of the Abstracts (not exceeding 150 words) mentioning the Scientific Section* of the paper. The aforementioned submissions should be presented on good-quality A4-size paper, to be typed in MS Word, using ‘Times New Roman’ fonts, in a font-size of 12-points, and having a paragraph-spacing of 1.5. The last day for accepting these submissions is September 15, 2016.

A hard-copy of the aforementioned submissions, should be posted to: Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly — 243006 (Uttar Pradesh).

A soft-copy of the aforementioned Research Paper and Abstracts should be E-mailed to Prof. VP SINGH, Secretary, IBS, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly at: [email protected]. A copy of the aforesaid Email should also be sent to Prof. Jyoti Kumar, Organizing Secretary, University Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi — 834008 (Jharkhand), at: [email protected].

The papers received after September 15, 2016/ the Abstracts not accompanied by the Complete Papers/ the Papers submitted by non-members / the Papers submitted by those members who have not paid membership dues for 2016 shall not be entertained. All the co-authors of a given paper must compulsorily be members of the IBS.

As per the rules, the Indian Botanical Society takes pleasure in announcing the names of the botanists shortlisted for the Medal Awards (2016) and the Presidentship for 2017. The awardees are:

1. Prof. Birbal Sahani Medal: Prof. UC Lavania (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

2. Prof. P Maheshwari Medal: Prof. SK Chaturvedi (Nagaland)

3. Prof. V Puri Medal: Prof. GVS Murthy (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)

4. Prof. YS Murty Medal: Prof. GS Shekhawat (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)

5. Life Time Achievement Awards: Prof. C Manoharachari (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)

President (2017) Prof. AK Pandey (Delhi)

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, CASH PRIZES AND MEDALS In order to encourage young scientists below the age of 30 years** as on October 31, 2016, the Society awards 'Certificate of Merit' and medals instituted in honour of Senior Botanists (PROF. JAFAR NIZAM, PROF. YD TYAGI, PROF. LP MALL, PROF. OP MALL, PROF. CP MALIK, PROF. SN CHATURVEDI, PROF. YS MURTY AND PROF. HC ARYA) for the best paper presented (if recommended by experts) in each section. (The first and presenter author should not be above 30 years). At least three papers should be presented for the award of medal in each section. For the best poster presentation, PROF. KS BILGRAMI GOLD MEDAL (author below the age of 35 years) and PROF. SN DIXIT GOLD MEDAL will be awarded. No member shall be eligible to receive the certificate and/medal for a second time in the same section or in another section. The same applies to the awards of the Society. Date of birth of each author/co-author must be given below his/her name, failing which the paper will not be considered for prize contest (only the Supervisor may be the co-author in the paper).

YOUNG BOTANIST AWARD CONTEST A separate section will be held for young botanists, below the age of 35 years as on October 31, 2016**, for presenting their paper in the section of the Young Botanist Award. Life members can submit full papers in triplicate for this contest by August 31, 2016. These will be scrutinized by a committee and three best selected papers will be allowed for presentation. Each participant will be given 20 minutes for paper presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. The best presentation shall get Young Botanist Award 2016 (Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Merit Certificate and Dr. Bahadur Singh Gold Medal).

PROF. YS MURTY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDALA medal will be awarded to an outstanding plant Morphologist/Taxonomist up to the age of 50 years as on October 31, 2016 for his/her research contributions in any group of plant kingdom. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by the committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of receipt of application is August 31, 2016.

PROF. SVS CHAUHAN GOLD MEDAL A medal will be awarded to the youngest participant up to the age of 25 years as on October 31, 2016 who has presented his/her research paper in any group of plant kingdom. Life members can submit their paper (single authorship) for this contest by August 31, 2016.

MEDAL/AWARD FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTThere are two separate medal/award for this category below the age of 50 years as on October 31, 2016. An individual can receive only one award from either of the two in this category.

WOMAN SCIENTIST MEDAL: A medal for Women Scientist up to the age of 50 years is instituted by the Society to recognize women botanists. Nominations are invited along with detailed biodata, list of publications and reprints of 10 best papers published for evaluation by Committee constituted for the purpose. The last date of the receipt of the nominations is August 31, 2016.