Macrodeteriogens of Wood at Visakhapatnam Harbour East Coast of India

Prof. S.K. Patil was born on 22nd April at Dharwad, a city known for education in Karnataka. He did his B.Sc. (Agric.) from College of Agriculture, Dharwad in 1977 and M.Sc. (Agric.) in Soil Science in 1979 from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Later in 1980, he joined World Bank aided National Agricultural Research Project as Research Assistant at Agriculture Research Station, Bijapur. In 1983, he was selected as Assistant Professor of Soil Science. He visited to United States of America in 1987 to pursue his Ph.D. in Wood Science and Technology at the University of California, Berkelay in the prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship. Then, he did his doctoral research at Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan (Himachal Pradesh) and got his Ph.D. in Forest Products and Utilization during 1992. In the same year, he was elevated to the cadre of Associate Professor. Then in 1999, he was selected as Professor of Forest Utilization at College of Forestry, Sirsi (Karnataka). Since 2001, he has been serving as the Director of Instruction (For) and constantly striving to raise the infrastructural facilities and academic standards of Sirsi campus. Dr. Academic Council, Research Council, Extension Council of UAS, Dharwad and Research Advisory Council of Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore, etc. Dr.Patil has been instrumental in organizing several national level; seminars such as “ Production and Utilization of Bamboo and Ratan”, “Production, Processing and Marketing of Vanilla”, “Cultivation and Marketing of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India”, etc. in collaboration with other organizations at Sirsi. Several M.Sc. and Ph.D. student have completed their Post-Graduate degree under his guidance. He has published many research papers and popular articles for the Benefit of Farmers. He is currently pursuing the research area on “cultivation, processing and marketing of medicinal and aromatic plants”, He has handled research projects funded by State and Central Government. Dr. Patil has been recognized as a subject matter expert by UPSC and ASRB, New Delhi and State Agricultural Universdities