Dr. R.P. Gupta

Dr. R.P. Gupta

Academics

Qualifications

• PHD Microbiology, Post Doctoral Fellow

Teaching Experience

• Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology, PAU Ludhiana (10years)
• Coordinator of Research, PAU Ludhiana (2years)
• Dean (Academics), BIS Group of Institutes, Gagra (7years)
• Countries Visited: USA, France, China, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Hongkong, Thailand, Luxemberg, England.

Administrative Experience at PAU, Ludhiana

National

• Member, Project Mgt. Committee of DBT Mission Mode Project on Biofertilizers (94-98).
• Chairman, NATP workshop held at GBPUAT, Pantnagar & BHU, Varanasi in 2001-02.
• Executive ember, Association of Microbiology of India (2002-04).
• Member Task-Force on Development of Biofertilizers, GOI, New Delhi(2001).
• Member, Quinquennial research Evaluation Committee of Indian Council of agricultural Research for All India Coordinated Research Projects on Mushroom (2005-06).

State

• Coordinator, Pb. Agro. Industrial Corp. for development of Biofertilizers in Punjab (1995-96)

University

• Convenor, Curriculum delivery, Practicals & Research of Post graduate students, PAU Ludhiana.
• Member, Academic Council, PAU, Ludhiana (1999)
• Coordinator for Enterance Test to MET Basic Sciences, COBS&H, PAU Ludhiana

College (College of Basic Sciences & Humanities)

• Member Board of studies (2002-06)
• Convenor, Student Advisory Group (2002-06)
• Chairman, Academic Affair Committee (2002-06)
• PG Dean’s nominee for COBS&H (2002-04)

Departments (Department of Microbiology)

• Head, Department of Microbiology (1995-99)
• Principle Investigator of Eight (8) Adhoc Research Projects
• Project Leader for three (3) State Govt. Projects
• Chairman Research & Administrative Committee (1990-92)
• In-charge, Departmental Stores from 1986-95.

Award/Distinctions

• Letter of appreciation-PDF work by Director, UST, Lille, France for scientific endeavour.
• Successful completion of the Research work of the PL 480 scheme by Director, USDA, USA.
• Letter of appreciation for work of the NAT project by the SAP of ICAR (2002).
• Elected Executive member of the entral Council of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)-2001-03 & 2002-04.
• Atwal Gold Medal award for best thesis (1994) to Ms Puneet Kaur Sohal (my student for Ph.D).
• Best Paper award for research paper presented in Symposia: HRD requirements of Biotech industry in agriculture sector, March 1999.
• Outstanding rating for BNF research work by my research group by the High Powered Committee (1989).
• Awarded prize for improving alcoholic fermentation at Jagatjit Industries Ltd. Hamira (1973).

Research Publications