Amritsar, April 27 : Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar conducted the annual Professor I.S. Grover Memorial Quiz Competition for all students of the department to commemorate his contributions to the field of plant sciences. Total 90 students appeared in the exam and the winners shall be awarded with mementos and cash prizes at the soon to be held annual function. The exam was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Avinash Nagpal, Dr. Adarsh Pal Vig, Head and Dr. Harpreet Walia, faculty advisor. The department started this quiz competition in the memory of Prof. I.S. Grover after his untimely death on 22 Nov 1999. Recently recognizing his contributions, Late Prof. Grover as honoured with the prestigious Professor Pran Nath Mehra Memorial Senior Scientist Award for his outstanding research contributions of National and International merit in the field of Plant breeding, tissue culture, genotoxic potential and mutagenicity.
Prof. Grover is credited with the establishment of Biology Department at the campus. This coveted honour is conferred upon senior researchers and eminent scholars of excellent scientific acumen to commemorate the memory of late Prof. Pran Nath Mehra under the establishment of the Prof. Pran Nath Mehra Memorial Trust. This award was constituted by his academic admirers for honouring outstanding scientists in the field of Plant & Environmental Sciences.
The citation as read by Prof. Avinash Nagpal. Prof. S.S. Bir from Punjabi University, Patiala, Executive Trustee and Life Fellow, of the Trust announced the prize for late Prof. Grover. Dr. Adarsh Pal Vig, Head, Dr. Saroj Arora, Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Dr. A.S. Soodan, Dr. Satwinderjit Kaur, Er. M.S. Bhatti, Mrs. Rajinder Kaur, Dr. Rajinder Kaur, Dr. Jatinder Kaur, Er. Bhupinder Pal Singh, Dr. Harpreet Walia, Dr. Rajvir Kaur, all research fellows, students and non teaching were present on the occasion.