Prof. Padmanabh Dwivedi Conferred the M S Swaminathan Memorial Award 2025

Prof. Padmanabh Dwivedi, Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, has been conferred the prestigious Prof. M S Swaminathan Memorial award 2025 by the Society for Plant Research for his outstanding contribution. This recognition is a testament to Prof. Dwivedi’s outstanding contributions and unwavering commitment to advancing the field of agriculture.

A doctorate from University of Cambridge (U.K.), Prof. Dwivedi specializes in stress physiology, plant tissue culture and physiology of plant-microbe interaction. Prof. Dwivedi has made significant contribution in the field of in vitro propagation of medicinal plants enhancing production of bioactive compounds through use of elicitors and signaling agents, specially under abiotic stress conditions, leading to effective conservation strategies of the germplasm, maintaining bioactive compounds and genetic fidelity of the regenerants, conferring tolerance to stress conditions.

Besides, his work on elicitation through use of polyamines, SA, BST, SNP, chitosan and PGPR as well as Trichoderma mitigating abiotic and biotic stress related responses in plants, established through studies at physiological, biochemical and molecular level, with enhanced NUE, is of paramount importance in the agriculture sector in the era of global climate change.

Prof. Dwivedi is a recipient of several national and international level awards and fellowships for his research work in the field of plant physiology, to mention a few, Prof. Hira lal Chakravarty award of Indian Science Congress Association, R D Asana Medal of Indian Society for Plant Physiology, Prof. Y S Murty Medal of Indian Botanical Society, ISCA Platinum Jubilee lecture award, Young Scientist award of CST, Govt. of U.P., INSA-DFG Fellowship, Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship (UK), ORS award of U.K., Cambridge Nehru Scholarship award, Downing-Müller Cambridge Scholarship (U.K) and UNESCO-Czech Academy of Sciences Scholarship award among others.

He is a Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society (U.K.), Cambridge Philosophical Society (U.K.), Indian Botanical Society, Indian Society for Plant Physiology, and was elected as a Graduate member of Institute of Biology, London. He served as Sectional member of Plant Science section (ISCA), and Vice President, Indian Society for Plant Physiology. Prof. Dwivedi has been contributing to various capacities in academics and administration, and committed to excellence, both at the Institute and University level.

Prof. Padmanabh Dwivedi Conferred the M S Swaminathan Memorial Award 2025

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