Faculty of Agriculture

 
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHALOGY
 
Head of the Department Dr. Rajendra Prashad
 
Academic activities
The department has enjoyed a unique distinction of starting the postgraduate teaching in plant pathology for the first time in the country in 1945. On an average every year M.Sc. (Ag) degree in Plant Pathology is awarded to ten to eleven students and Ph.D. degree to two students. Uptil now, M.Sc. (Ag) in Plant Pathology has been awarded to 360 students and Ph.D. degree in Plant Pathology to 125 students. We have adopted the recommendations of III Dean Committee in toto since August 2003 for M.Sc. and since August 2004 for Ph.D. So for as courses and curriculum and evaluation systems are concerned. Modern teaching methods with the use of transparencies, slides, C.D., OHP/LCD/projector etc. are also utilized in imparting teaching, Time-table, lecture synopsis, practical manuals of the courses at UG level were given to the student at the time of registration. Quiz, mid term, final examinations were performed as per the calendar given by the Dean and evaluated externally (70%) and internally (30%).
 
Current student strength at M.Sc (Ag) level: 24
 
Current strength of Ph.D students: 5

Table 2: Degree wise students output since 2000

Degree 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005
M.Sc (Ag) 10 5 9 11 10 11 11
Ph.D. 2 3 7 4 4 3 8
 
Courses offered by the department
 
Table 3: B.Sc (Ag) courses (semester wise break up)
         
Course code
Name
Credit hour
Instructors Semester
PPA 101 Introductory Plant 2+1 Drs Udit Narain, Jitendra Singh, II
 
  Pathology   Mukesh Srivastava, S.K.Biswas, Anis Khan and Mahant Singh  
PPA 201 Crop Diseases and their management 2+1 Drs S.B.singh, D.P.Tripathi, M. Rai, Ved Ratan, Ramesh Singh. III
PPA 202 Mushroom Cultivation 0+1 Drs P.N.Singh, Ved Ratan, Mandvi Singh and Shiv Ram IV
  Three courses 7    
 
Table 4: M.Sc (Ag) courses programme semester wise break up
       
Name Credit hour Instructors Semester
A. Major Courses
PPA 501 Introductory Mycology 2+1 Drs Kumud Kumar, Udit Narain, Jitendra Singh, S.K.Biswas, I
PPA 502 Introductory Bacteriology 2+1 Drs S. S. L. Srivastava, S.K.Biswas I
PPA 503 Introductory Virology 2+1 Drs D .P. Tripathi, Mohd Akram, M. D. Yadav I
PPA 504 Principal of Plant Pathology 3+0 Dr. Mukesh Srivastava and S.K.Biswas II
PPA 599 Seminar 0+1 To be announced every (One Associate Proffessor) III
 
B. Optional courses
         
PPA 505 Plant Disease Management 2+1 Drs. Mukesh Srivastava and S. K. Biswas III
PPA 506 Fungal Diseases of Field Crops 2+1 Drs. Muneshwar Rai, Ved Ratan and P.N.Singh II
PPA 507 Fungal Diseases of Fruits and Ornamental crops 2+1 Drs. S.B.singh and Mandvi Singh II
PPA 508 Seed Pathology 2+1 Drs Kumud Kumar, Jitendra Singh and Mohd. Akram III
PPA 509 Fungal Diseases Vegetable Crops 1+1 Drs S. B. Singh, Mandvi Singh and M.R.Dabas II
PPA 510 Plant Pathological Techniques 0+2 Drs. Kumud Kumar, Mohd. Akram, Mandvi Singh, Jitendra Singh and Udit Narain I
C. Supporting courses
AES 513 Basic Statistics, Experimental Design 2+1 Economics Department I
PPA 512 Economic Nematodology 2+2 Drs R.S. Kamalwanshi, Anis and A. S.Srivastava IV
  IPM 2+1 Entomology Department Open
    40    

 

PPA 600 Thesis 15   I -IV
       

Table 5: Ph.D courses programme semester wise break up
       
Course code Name Credit hour Instructors
 
A. Major Courses
         
PPA 601 Advanced Virology 2+1 Drs D .P. Tripathi, Mohd Akram II
PPA 602 Advanced Mycology 2+1 Drs Udit Narain, P.N.Singh, Mandvi Singh and S. K. Biswas, I
PPA 603 Advanced Bacteriology 2+1 Drs S. S. L. Srivastava, S. K. Biswas and M.Rai II
PPA 604 Molecular and Biotechnological Plant Pathology 3+0 Drs Mohd Akram and S.K.Biswas II
PPA 605 Epiphytology, Forecasting and Assessment of losses 2+1 Dr. Mukesh Srivastava and Kumud Kumar I
PPA 699 Seminar 0+1 Advisory Committee and Major Advisor II
Total        
 
B. Supporting courses (other two departments) 9    
AES Advances in Statistics
2+1 Economics department  
Total 25    
Thesis 45   I-VI
Total 70    
 
Symposium /conferences attended by the students: The department encourages the participation and presentation of research work of the PG students in the symposium / conference / seminar. During last five years the PG students in various conferences presented more than 20 papers. One of the students Mr. Rakesh Kumar Gangwar was awarded Travel Sponsorship by IPS, New Delhi in 2004. Mr. Griesh Chand was awarded Best poster award in Zonal chapter meeting and National seminar organized by ISMPP, Udaipur held at Lucknow in 2003. Several students have attended seminars/symposia organized by local college and university and presented their paper under the direction of Dr. Mohd Akram, Assistant Professor of the department during 2005 and 2006
 
Alumni of the Department become stalwarts nationally and internationally

The department has proud of having produced many brilliant students who had/have been heading top institutions / departments/ universities of the country and serving the science of plant pathology. To name a few are Drs Y.L. Nene, R. S. Singh, Kishan Singh, Akhtar Hussain, K. D. Parahia, B.B. Nagiach, Amerika Singh, D.V. Singh, Sita Ram Misra, R.P.Singh and Ram Nath. Dr. Ram Nath became the Vice Chancellor of the University and Dr. R. P. Singh is serving as Virologist in Research Station, Frediction, Canada.
Student placement: During last seven years, 23 students were awarded Ph.D. degree and all of them got employments. Dr. A. K. Sinha became ARS.

 
Table 7: List of students got placement during last seven years 

S. No. Name of the student Placement
1. Dr, Prashant Misra S. B.Patel Agriculture University, Modipuram, Merrut
2. Ram Khelawan Maurya Administrative Officer, Govt. Hospital, Sitapur
3. Ramesh Singh Lecturer, T. D.College Jaunpur
4. Dr. R. K. Dey Sr. Scientist, Jute Research Institute, Barrakpur
5. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Cane Development Inspector, U.P.Govt.
6. Dr. Anil Kumar Singh SMS, KKV, Jabalpur
7. Dr. Narendra Singh Asstt. Prof., Oilseeds Section, CSAUA&T, Kanpur
8. Dr. Rakesh Kumar Prajapati R.A., IIPR, Kalyanpur, Kanpur
9. Dr. Dr. Ram Palat SMS, Plant Protection, KVK, Fatehpur
10. Dr. Kuwar Singh Lecturer, Merrut
11. Dr. Ajit Singh Asstt. Prof., Indira Gandhi Agric. Univ., Raipur, M.P.
12. Dr. Bhupendra Singh SMS, KVK, Kannauj
13. Dr. Chet Ram Prajapati Sugarcane Development Officer
14 Dr.Gireesh Chand SMS, KVK,Ballia NDUA&T, Faizabad
15. Dr. Chandra Mohan Sharma Development Officer, Dena Bank
16 Dr. Pinky Rani Development Officer, SBI
17. Dr. Bipin Kumar Dhanuka
18. Dr.Rakesh Kumar Gangwar Dhanuka
19 Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh Dhanuka
20 Dr.Ashok Kumar Singh Dhanuka
21 Dr. Upesh Kumar SMS, KVK, Gwalior

Fellowships/ awards achieved by the PG students

  • Two to three students used to get ICAR Junior Fellowship every year.
  • Award: Chancellor silver medal was awarded to Dr. Kumud Kumar for being the best postgraduate student among all the faculties of the Kanpur University in 1968; Chancellor Bronze Medal to Dr. Mukesh Srivastava in 1988; College Golden Jubilee Gold Medal to Dr. Dharam Raj Singh, Amerika Singh, Dr. Kumud Kumar in 1963, 1964 and 1968, respectively; Sri Sita Ram Jaipuria Gold Medal to Kumud Kumar in 1968; Gold Medal to Yogendra Singh in 1991, Sanjay Pawar in 2002, Pinky Rani in 2002; Vinay Verma Memeorial Medal to the topper of the Plant Pathology every year since its establishment.
 
  • Games: Twenty students including Mukesh Srivastava, Anil Kumar Singh, Bhupendra Singh, Santosh Bali Pandey, Pawan Kumar and Gajendra Pratap Singh were the members of University team in various games. Anil Kumar Singh was the University Champion during 1997.
 
  • NET/ARS/(NET-ICAR):Ten students have qualified the NET (UGC/ARS(NET-ICAR).
 
Extra-curricular activity: To promote the interaction between students and teachers a society was formed in 2004 in the department with an objective to have a better understanding between the postgraduate students and professors in a cordial environment. Under this forum two bulletins namely Chane Ke Rog aur unke upchar and Mushroom Utpadan were published during 2005 and are being sold in order to recover the expenses incurred in it. In the authors were students and staff members.
 
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