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1. Name                                  : Karumanchi Sambasiva Rao

 

2. Designation                        : Professor

 

3. Date of Birth & age           : 26-5-1951, 52 years

 

4. Qualifications                     : M. Sc., Ph.D.

 

5. Date of Appointment         : 29th September 1998 (as a Professor)

 

6. Courses taught                   : Botany and Biotechnology

 

7. Course papers taught       :  i)  Plant Growth and Reproduction

                                                   ii) Plant Biochemistry

                                                   iii) Plant Biotechnology

                                                   iv) Phyto Resource Utilization and Conservation

 

    8.Number of Ph. D.  Awarded: 05

 

9. Number of Ph.D. students registered, currently:  Full time: 01

                                                                                       Part time: Nil

                                                                                       With fellowship: 01

 

10. Details of research projects completed so far with out lay:

 

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No.     Title of the project                           Funding Agency     Scheduled date    Total cost

                                                                                                    of  completion        (Rs) 

 1. Cambium in the leaves of tropical          UGC (Minor)           1990-1991        10,000

        evergreen and deciduous trees.                                          

 2.  Ultrastructural cytology and                   UGC (Minor).          1991-1992        10,000

        cytochemistry of  cambial cells.                                                        

 3.  Satellite remote sensing in the mapping Gujarat Forest          1991-1993        3.0 lakhs

       of social forestry in Kheda District          Department

 4.  Cambial activity and wood production   UGC                        1992-1996        3.0 lakhs

        in  timber trees growing in different

        forests of Gujarat state.

5.  Histochemical, histological and              I.C.A.R                    1994-1997        5.0 lakhs  

        pathological studies on Mango malformation     

 6.  Structural and developmental studies      CSIR                       1998-2001        8.0 lakhs

 on  Cambial variant

 

 

11. Details of ongoing research projects:  Cambial morphogenesis during Xylem Cell

       Differentiation. UGC Rs. 3.75 lakhs,

        2001- 2004

 

12. Details of National/international recognition for teaching, research and

       consultancy:  NIL

 

13. Details of National symposia/ workshops/ conferences/ training programs

      attended so far:

 

1.      Workshop on “Electron microscopy” and “Light, Optics Photography and Photomicroscopy” in 1977, conducted by Prof. M.V. Parthasarathy, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

2        All India symposium on “Electron Microscopy”, 20-22nd December 1980, Sardar Patel University

3        All India symposium on “Normal and pathological development and structure of economic plants”. November 1981, Sardar Patel University

4        National symposium on “Current trends in biological research”. 1-3rd December 1989, Sardar Patel University

5        79th session of India Science Congress, 3-8th January 1992, M.S. University of Baroda

6        UGC Mid-term monitoring workshop on “Bioscience” 28-30th July 1993, University of Madras.

7        All India symposium on “Contemporary studies on Plant structure and Morphogenesis”. October 1995, Sardar Patel University

8        All India symposium on “Contemporary studies on Plant structure and Morphogenesis: in vivo and in vitro morphogenesis, 11-12th October 1996, Sardar Patel University.

9        12th Gujarat Science Congress, 15-16th February 1997, Sardar Patel University

10    All India symposium cum workshop on “Plant Morphogenesis”. 29-30th December 1997, Sardar Patel University

11    UGC-SAP National symposium on “Plant Morphogenesis: Biochemical and Molecular approach”. 21-22nd December 1998, Sardar Patel University

12    One-day seminar on “Gujarat and its Environment and challenges”. 19th October 1999, NVP Science college and SICART, Vallabh Vidyanagar

13    One-day seminar on “Science and Technology in the next Millennium”. 5th December 1999, Sardar Patel University.

14     National symposium on “Mycology at 2000 and beyond”. 21-23rd December

             1999, Sardar Patel University.

15    15th Gujarat Science Congress. 12-13th February 2000, M. S. University of Baroda

16    Project monitoring workshop of “Plant science Research Committee”. 17th October 2000, CSIR complex, New Delhi

17    One-day seminar on “Bio-resource wealth of Gujarat – its conservation and sustainable utilization”. 19th November 2000, NVP college and SICART, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

18    One-day symposium on “Recent Advances in Biochemistry”. 22nd January 2000, Society of Biological chemists, Vallabh Vidynagar.

19    UGC-DSA National symposium on “sustainable environment: achievements and future prospects”. 4-6th January 2001, Sardar Patel University.

20    National symposium on “Environmental Biotechnology and Biodiversity Conservation”. 31st January-1st February 2003, Sardar Patel University.

21    One-day seminar on “Emerging environmental impacts of Narmada Water in Gujarat”. 2nd February 2003, NVP college of Pure and Applied science, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

22    Patent Awareness workshop for Academia and Industries. 9th April 2003, Sardar Patel University

 

            14. Details of International symposia/ workshops/conferences/training programmes

          attended:

       

 

 

15. Details of participation as resource person at national/international seminars,

       Workshops:

 

 

 

16. Details of participation as resource person in academic staff colleges for orientation and refresher courses so far:  NIL

 

17. List of guest lecturers delivered in other institutions so far:

 

 

Delivered a lecturer on ‘Secondary Growth pattern in Plants’, at N.V. Patel College of pure and applied Science, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

18. List of awards, fellowships and recognition for research work carried:

 

 

 

 

19. Visits abroad for research work:

 

 

20 Details of books published so far:  NIL

 

21. Research Papers published so far:  National-24

      International-51

 

 

1.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1979: Developmental and anatomical studies in the pericarp of Capsicum. Flora 168: 263-275.

 

2.Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1979: Anatomical studies in the tendrils of Passiflora. Flora 168: 396-404.

 

3.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1979: Ontogeny, structure and necrosis of trichomes on the epidermis of slipper spurge (Pedilanthus tithymaloides). Canadian Journal of Botany 57: 1220-1222.  

 

4.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1979: The study of origin of pericarp layers in Solanum melongena. Phyton 19: 233-241.

 

5.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1980: Origin, development and structure of spiny projections on the pericarp of Datura innoxia Mill. Feddes Repertorium 91: 89-93.

 

6.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1980: Morpho-histogenesis in the fruit sculpture of Datura innoxia. Phyton 20: 227-234.

 

7.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1980: Structural design of the fruit of Solanum tuberosum L. Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (Plant Sciences) 89: 369-374.

 

8.Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1980: Structural design of the developing fruit wall of Brassica juncea (L) Czern. and Raphanus sativus L. Flora 170: 180-187.

 

9.Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1980: Development of pericarp, septa and zone of dehiscence in the fruit of Cassia tora L. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 49: 409-414.

 

10.           Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1981: Structural design of developing fruit of Nicotiana tobaccum L. Phyton 21: 63-71.

 

11.           Dave Y. S. and K. S. Rao 1981: Seasonal nuclear behaviour in fusiform cambial initials of Tectona grandis L.f. Flora 171: 299-305.

 

12.           Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1981: Seasonal changes in the cambial anatomy of Tectona grandis (Verbenaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 1: 535-542.

 

13.           Dave Y. S. and K. S. Rao 1981: Plastid ultrastructure in the cambium of teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) Annals of Botany 49: 425-427.

 

14.           Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1982: Developmental and structural studies in the fruit of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. (Var. Bonny Best). Ceylon Journal of Sciences (Biological Sciences) 15: 20-25.

 

15.           Dave Y. S., N. D. Patel and K. S. Rao 1982: Anatomical studies in the developing fruit of Solanum indicum L. Ceylon Journal of Sciences (Biological Sciences) 15: 60-70.

 

16.           Dave Y. S. and K. S. Rao 1982: Seasonal activity of vascular cambium in Gmelina arborea Roxb. International Association of wood Anatomist Bulletin n.s. 3: 59-65.

 

17.           Dave Y. S. and K. S. Rao 1982: Cambial activity of Mangifera indica. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientarum  Hungaricae 28: 73-79.

 

18.           Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1983: Ultrastructure of active and dormant cambial cells in Holoptelia integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch. Flora 174: 165-172.

 

19.           Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1983: Ultrastructure of active and dormant cambial cells in teak (Tectona grandis L.f.).  New Phytologist 93: 447-456.

 

20.           Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1983: Seasonal histochemical changes in the vascular cambium of Tectona grandis L.f. and Gmelina arborea Roxb.  Biologia Plantarum 25: 241-245.

 

21.           Patel J. D., K. V. Bhat, K. S. Rao and G. S. Devi 1984: Dimensional analysis of wood elements in sapwood and heartwood of six angiosperm trees. Indian Journal of Forestry 7: 196-201.

 

22.           Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1984: Occurrence of crystals in vascular cambium. Protoplasma 119: 219-221.

 

23.           Rao K. S. and Y. S. Dave 1984: Seasonal variation in the vascular cambium of Holoptelea integrifolia. Beitrage zur Biologie der Pflanzen 59: 321-331. 

 

24.           Rao K. S., Y. Raghu Ram and J. D. Patel 1985: Morphactin induced ultrastructural changes in the chloroplast of leaves of Capsicum annum L. Indian Botanical Contactor 2: 28-34.

 

25.           Rao K. S. and J. D. Patel 1985: Morphactin induced ultrastructural changes in chloroplast of cotyledonary leaves of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Phytomorphology 35: 265-271. 

 

26.           Rao K. S.  and Y. S. Dave 1985: Developmental changes in the fusiform cambial cells of some tropical trees. Flora 177: 187-194. 

 

27.           Rao K. S. 1985: Membrane flow in Aesculus cambial cells. Proceedings of Royal Microscopical Society 20/4:8

 

28.           Rao K. S. 1985: Seasonal ultrastructural changes in the cambium of Aesculus hippocastanum L. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique, Paris 7: 213-228.

 

29.           Rao K. S. and A. M. Catesson 1987: Changes in membrane components of non-dividing cambial cells. Canadian Journal of Botany 62: 246-254.

 

30.           Rao K. S. 1988: Fine structural details of tannin accumulation in non-dividing cambial cells. Annals of Botany 62: 575-581.

 

31.           Rao K. S. 1988:  Cambial activity and developmental changes in the ray in9tials of some tropical trees. Flora 181: 425-434.

 

32.           Rao K. S., A. R. S. Menon and Y. S. Dave 1989: Developmental and dimensional changes in the fusiform initials of Holoptelea integrifolia. Biologia Plantarum 31: 126-132.

 

33.           Rao K. S. and A. R. S. Menon 1989: Histochemistry of cambium in Holoptelea integrifolia and Mangifera indica: its seasonal changes. Pakistan Journal of Botany 21: 81-87.

 

34.           Rao K. S. and U. Kristen 1990: The influence of detergent Triton X 100 on the growth and ultrastructure of tobacco pollen tubes. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1131-1138.

 

35.           Rao K. S. and A. R. S. Menon 1991: Seasonal behaviour of nucleus in the fusiform Cambial cells of Gmelina arborea. Journal of Tree Science 10: 97-98.

 

36.           Kelavkar U., K. S. Rao and H. S. Chatpar 1993: Sodium chloride stress induced morphological and ultrastructural changes in Aspergillus repens. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 31: 511- 515.

 

37.           Sugumaran R., G. Sandhya, K. S. Rao, R. N. Jadhav and M. M. Kimothi 1994: Potential of satellite data in delineation of wasteland and correlation with ground information. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 22: 113-118.

 

38.           Sugumaran R., G. Sandhya, K. S. Rao, R. N. Jadhav and M. M. Kimothi 1994: Delineation of social forestry plantations under various afforestation programmes using satellite digital data. The Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing 22: 245-249.  

 

39.           Sugumaran R., G. Sandhya and K. S. Rao 1994: Significance of minor forests produce (MFP) in social forestry delineated using satellite data in Matar Taluka, Gujarat State, India. Journal of Non-timber forest products 1: 226-233. 

 

40.           Kamath S. J., K. S. Rao and G. Pratapsenan 1995: Histochemical studies on effect of Gibberllic acid during germination of rice (Oryza sativa L. var. GR 11) under NaCl stress. Indian Botanical Contactor 12: 77-84.

 

41.           Rao K. S., K. S. Rajput and T. Srinivas 1996: Comparative structure of vascular cambium and its derivatives in Sterculia.  International Association of Wood Anatomist Journal 17: 311-318.

 

42.           Rao K. S., T. Srinivas and K. S. Rajput 1996: Seasonal anatomy of vascular cambium in young branches of Bombax ceiba Burm. Acta Botanica Indica 24: 17-20.

 

43.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1996: Structure of storied cambium in some tropical trees. Journal of Indian Botanical Society 75: 303-304.

 

44.           Rao K. S., T. Srinivas and K. S. Rajput 1996: Seasonal cambial anatomy of young branches of Cannon ball tree (Couroupita guianensis Aubl.) Journal of Tree Science 15: 70-75.

 

45.           Rao K. S., T. Srinivas and K. S. Rajput 1996: Seasonal accumulation of starch in Holoptelea integrifolia and Dalbergia sissoo as affected by air pollutants. Journal of Tree Science 15:1-9.

 

46.           Tara Menon, K. K. Rao and K. S. Rao 1996: Nodule initiation in legumes in the absence of Rhizobia. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 34: 334-336.

 

47.           Rao K. S., A. C. M. Koti Babu and Rekha Chauhan 1996: Morphological and phytochemical studies associated with floral malformation in mango. Indian Journal of Horticulture 53: 245-250. 

 

48.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1997: Occurrence of sieve elements in phloem rays. International Association of Wood Anatomist Journal 18: 197-201.

 

49.           Rao K. S. and K. S. Rajput 1997: Periodicity of wood formation in some tropical trees growing in different forests of Gujarat State. In:Plant Structure and Morphogenesis, Prof. Y. S. Dave commemorial Volume, 61-67 pp.

 

50.           Rao K. S. and K. S. Rajput 1998: Rayless secondary xylem of Trianthema monogyna  (Aizoaceae) Phyton 37: 161-166.

 

51.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1998: Seasonal development of secondary phloem in Tectona grandis L.f. growing in moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests of Gujarat State. Phyton (Austria) 38: 251-258.

 

52.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1998: Cambial anatomy and absence of rays in the stem of Boerhaavia species (Nyctaginaceae). Annals Botanici Fennici (Finland) 35: 131-135.

 

53.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1998: Occurrence of intercellular spaces in cambial rays. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 46: 299- 302.

 

54.           Koti Babu A. C. M. and K. S. Rao 1998: Mango malformation: Histopathological and histochemical studies on shoot and floral apices. Indian Phytopathology 51: 349-352.

 

55.           Srinivas T., K. S. Rao and K. S. Rajput. 2000. Seasonal cambial anatomy of Syzygium cumini (L) Skeels. Growing under the influence of air pollution. Journal of Tree Science 17: 13-18.

 

 

56.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1999: Nucleated xylem fibres in some members of combretaceae. International Association Wood Anatomist Journal 20: 79-83.

 

57.           Rao K. S.  and K. S. Rajput 1999: Seasonal behaviour of vascular cambium in Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) growing in moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests of Gujarat State. International Association of wood Anatomist Journal 20: 85-93.

 

58.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1999: Structural and developmental studies on cambial variant in Pupalia lappacea (L) Juss (Amaranthaceae). Annals Botanici Fennici 36: 137-141.

 

59.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1999: Seasonal histochemical changes in the cambium of Tectona grandis L. f. and Acacia nilotica (L) Del. growing in different forests of Gujarat State. Phytomorhology 49: 209-214.

 

60.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 1999: Living wood fibers in some Indian shrubs. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 47: 265-268.

 

61.           Kamath S. J., K. S. Rao and G. Prathapasenan. 1999. Ultrastructural changes in Rice (Oryza sativa) aleurone cells under NaCl stress. Indian Journal Experimental Biology 37: 713-717.

 

62.           Koti Babu A. C. M. and K. S. Rao 1999: Histopathology of floral organs of Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) as affected by Fusarium moniliformae. Phyton 39: 239-249.

 

63.           Rao, K. S. and K. S. Rajput 1999: Structure of vascular cambium and its derivatives in Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.), Bombacaceae. Journal of Tree Science 18: 8-15.

 

64.           Kamath S. J., K. S. Rao and G. Prathapasenan. 2000: Localisation of succinate and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases in the aleurone cells of Oryza sativa L. during post-germinative growth in response to NaCl and putrescine. Oryza 37:304-306.

 

65.           Rao K. S. and K. S. Rajput. 2000. Cambial variant in the stem of Antigonon leptopus H. & A. (Polygonaceae). Phyton (Austria) 40: 201-208.

 

66.           Chauhan, R. and K. S. Rao 2000: Estimation of mangiferin in different growth stages of healthy and malformed inflorescence of Mangifera indica L. Var Rajapuri. J. Tree Sci.  19: 54-57.

 

67.           K. S. Rajput and K. S. Rao. 2000. Cambial activity and development of wood in Acacia nilotica (L) Del. growing in different forests of Gujarat State. Flora (Germany) 195: 165-171.

 

68.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao. 2000. Secondary growth in the stem of some species of Alternanthera and Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae). IAWA Journal. 21: 417-424.

 

69.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 2000: Nucleated xylem fibres in some Indian herbaceous species. Phyton (Austria) 40: 209-222.

 

70.           Karumanchi S. Rao and Kishore S. Rajput 2001: Relationship between seasonal cambial    activity, development of xylem and phenology in Azadirachta indica growing in different forests of Gujarat State. Annals of Forest science 58: 691-698.

 

71.           K. S. Rao and K.S. Rajput 2001: seasonal accumulation of starch in Tamarindus indica L. and Azadirachta indica A. Juss. Plants in forests of Gujarat State. Phytomorphology 51: 51-56.     

 

72.           K. S. Rao and K. S. Rajput 2001: Xylem structure and annual rhythm of development in the twigs of Acacia nilotica (L) Del. growing in different forests of Gujarat State. Phyton (Austria) 41: 1-12.

 

73.           Rajput, K. S., and K. S. Rao 2001: Cambial activity and development of xylem in Tamarindus indica L. growing in different forests of Gujarat State. Acta Botanica Hungarica 43: 379-390.

 

74.           Rajput K. S. and K. S. Rao 2002: Cambial anatomy and annual rhythm of secondary xylem development in the twigs of Azadirechta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae) growing in different forests of Gujarat State. Journal of Sustainable Forestry (USA) 14: 115-127.

 

75.     K. S. Rao and K. S. Rajput 2003: Cambial variants in the roots of Glinus lotoides L. and G. oppositifolius (L.) A. DC (Molluginaceae) Acta Botanica Hungarica 45: 181-190.

 

 

 

22. Details of membership of academic bodies:

 

                       

·     Life member, International society of Tree scientists

·     Member, International Association of wood Anatomist

·     Life member, Indian Botanical Contactor