Fungi in Biotechnology

Dr. Anil Prakash was born in 1958. He obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc and Ph.D. from Barkatullah University, Bhopal in 1985, he joined Barkatullah University as Lecturer and was elevated to the position of Reader in 1993. He is currently Head, Department of Biotechnology in the University. Dr. Prakash has several outstanding contributions to his credit, which include research paper and articles on Thermophilic Fungi, Microsomes and Mycorrhiza in national and international journals. During 17 years of research career, he has guided 7 M.Sc. students and 10 Ph.D. students. He has completed 4 research projects sponsored by ICAR, DST and UGC. Dr. Prakash is member of several scientific bodies including Indian Science Congress Association, Association of Microbiologists of India, Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry. He has participated in several conferences/workshops/seminars held in India and abroad including Japan, Canada and USA. He visited Japan and Hungary under Indo-foreign cultural Exchange Programme. Dr. Prakash also coordinator of Bioinformatics Centre of Barkatullah University, Bhopal (M.P.).