Prof. Anupam Varma - Amity

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INSA Senior Scientist, Advanced Center for Plant Virology, IARI 2005 – till date;. Applied Plant Virologist FAO Nigeria 1979-81; Professor of Virology, 1984-86,.
Prof. Anupam Varma INSA Senior Scientist Advanced Centre for Plant Virology Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi 110012 Born in Delhi, India on 23rd July 1940. Educated at Agarwal Intermediate College, Allahabad 1953-57; Allahabad University, Allahabad 1957-61; Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK. 1964-67; B.Sc. 1959; M.Sc. 1961; Ph.D. 1967 INSA Senior Scientist, Advanced Center for Plant Virology, IARI 2005 – till date; Applied Plant Virologist FAO Nigeria 1979-81; Professor of Virology, 1984-86, Professor of Plant Pathology, 1986-88, Head, Division of Plant Pathology, 1988-95, Dean, 1995-2000 and ICAR National Professor, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, 2000-2005 Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Awards/Honours: FAO/IAAS World Food Day Award, 1985; VASVIK Award, 1989; O.P. Bhasin Award, 1992; James Wallace Award, Int. Org. Citrus Virol., 1999; NASI R.N. Tandon Award 2000; INSA T.S. Sadasivan Award, 2002; ISCA Millennium Plaque of Honour Award 2006; IVS K.S. Bhargava Award 2007; PNASF Gold Medal Award, 2009; Chair, International Council of for Science Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific, 2006-08. Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Phytopath. Soc.; Indian Virol. Soc. Research Areas: Plant virology, plant pathology, plant biotechnology, crop protection