Global and General Environment

Har Darshan Kumar (Ph.D. London, 1963) has taught, lectured, and conducted research in phycology, freshwater biology and environmental biotechnology at several universities in India, Canad, Japan, Germany and other countries. A fellow of the three premier science academics of India and a member of several professional societies, he has since 1989 been a member of the panel on environmental effects of ozone depletion of the UN Environment Programme. He has published over 150 research and review papers in internationally reputed journals, besides 20 books on diverse areas of modern biology. He has also served as coordinator of the multificulty biotechnology programme in Banaras Hindu University.