Panchanan Maheshwari

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Panchanan Maheshwari
Born(1904-11-09)9 November 1904
Jaipur, British Raj
Died18 May 1966(1966-05-18) (aged 61)
Alma materEwing Christian College
AwardsFRS (1965)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Panchanan Maheswari, FRS (9 November 1904 – 18 May 1966

angiosperms. This invention has allowed the creation of new hybrid plants that could not previously be crossbred naturally.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
He also emphasised the need for initiation of work on artificial culture of immature embryos,

He encouraged general education and made a significant contribution to school education by his leadership in bringing out the very first textbooks of Biology for Higher Secondary Schools published by NCERT in 1964.

He is also known as father of Indian plant embryology also wrote a book- an introduction to embryology of Angiosperms

Education

Maheshwari was born at

Allahabad, intending to pursue a career in medicine.[1] At Ewing, Maheshwari came under the mentorship of Winfield Dudgeon, and changed his studies from medicine to science.[1] He received is Bachelor of Science (1925), Master of Science (1931), and Doctor of Science (1931) degrees, all under Dudgeon's influence. Maheshwari was an atheist.[7]

Career

In addition to his research achievements, Maheshwari was an educator and publisher. He taught Botany at the

University of Delhi, establishing that department as a globally important center of research in embryology and tissue culture
.

Maheshwari founded the scientific journal

Botanica
. He also published texts to improve the standard of teaching life sciences in the schools.

In 1951, he founded the International Society of Plant Morphologists.[8]

He was a founding charter member of the World Academy of Art and Science, an international non-governmental organization founded in 1960 to address the major concerns of humanity.[9]

Awards and honours

Panchanan Maheshwari was a scientific citizen of the world and many academies felt honoured to make him a Foundation Fellow. In 1934 he became a fellow of the

in 1965
, he was second Indian Botanist to receive this accolade.

References

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  2. ^ Maheshwari, Nirmala (25 December 2004). "Remembering Panchanan Maheshwari, an eminent botanist of the twentieth century" (PDF). Current Science. 87 (12).
  3. ^ Gupta, Arvind. "Panchanan Maheshwari (1904 - 1966)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ^ Maheshwari, Panchanan at The Free Dictionary
  5. ^ "Charter Members | World Academy of Art & Science". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. ^ "LifeScience". Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Remembering my guru P. Maheshwari." N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2017. <http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/dec252004/1760.pdf>. "Maheshwari was an atheist."
  8. ^ ":: ISPM ::". www.ispm.co.in. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  9. ^ "SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF WAAS CHARTER MEMBERS". World Academy of Art and Science.
  10. ^ "BIRBAL SAHNI MEDAL". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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