Brief CV

Dr. Kamalesh Singh Mahar, Ph.D. (Biotech), FSAB, FIAT, FAPT, FBS

Dr. Kamalesh Singh Mahar born on 12th January 1984, has good academic record with B.Sc. (Bio) from Lucknow University, UP, India in 2003 and M.Sc. (Biotech) from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India in 2006 and thereafter a Ph.D. (Biotech) from Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India in 2012. He is a Fellow of Society for Applied Biotechnology (FSAB), Fellow of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (FIAT), Fellow of Association for Plant Taxonomy (FAPT) and Fellow of The Indian Botanical Society (FBS). Dr. Mahar has published several research papers in peer reviewed National and International journals. He has participated in several seminars / conferences / workshops and exchanged his scientific accomplishments. He is a life member of various renowned scientific and professional societies viz. Indian Science Congress Association, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, Prof. H. S. Srivastava Foundation for Science & Society, The Indian Botanical Society, Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Association for Plant Taxonomy, Society for Applied Biotechnology. His areas of interest are Plant phylogeny and evolutionary biology, Genetic diversity, systematics and population genetic studies, DNA fingerprinting using molecular markers of plants, Plant molecular breeding and micro-propagation of medicinal and economic important plants. Dr. Mahar is currently working on Molecular systematics of plants and is well versed with the PCR based technologies being employed in molecular systematic studies.