The book Drumstick Moringa Oleifera Lamk covers the valuable information on various aspects of a nutritionally laced and medicinally rich but underutilized plant Moringa. While compiling this book, recent information has been given towards its immense applications in human nutrition, medicinal applications and industrial uses which beckon the attentions of researchers to bring this crop in main stream. Information regarding its rich diversity describing native regions of the plant vis-a-vis distribution in Africa and other parts of the world given in the book will be of immense use to breeders whop are engaged in its genetic improvement. This piece of the literature seems to be the first in world deals systematic details of the genus Moringa and its several wild species. In recent past, as the plant has emerged as one of the most nutritionally and medicinally rich crop in the plant kingdom, its nutritional and chemical compositions have also been described in the book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A K Pandey
Dr. Ashok kumar Pandey (b. 19400, Basically a keen student of literature having a brilliant academic career with first class first position both at B.A. , Hons, & M.A. levels and securing gold medals, is in I.A.S. officer of 1965 batch. Dr. Pandey was sponsored during his tenure with the Ministry of Defence for a post graduate course to the University of Manchester . U.K. where hhe completed his course with distinetin and was awarded Post Graduate degree in Development Administration (1975). The administrative skill and prudence of Dr. Pandey are reflected also in the fact thathe served with different central Minister, Viz. inister of Energy, Minister of tourism, Civil Avistion & Labour, Minister of Tourism , civil Aviation & Labour, Minister of State for Defence and Minister for commerce as Special assistant very successfully and competently. Dr. Pandey is presently heading the personnel, industrial relations & training divisions in the Food corporation of India, New Delhi. A widely travelled person, Dr. Pandey has visited U.S.A., U.K. F.R.O., Fioland. Neitherlands, switizerland, Austria, Helgium, Iran, Ethiopia , etc. In various capacities and mainly as a member of several detergations while working in the Ministry of commerce. A member of different academic organizations, Dr Pandey is a very keen student of development administration and has contributed to the area of knowledge by wy of imparting training and writing scholarly papers.
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