The Indian Mycological Society in collaboration with the Department opf Botany, University of Calcutta, request the pleasure of your company at the Eleventh S. N. Banerjee Memorial Lecture to be held on Tuesday, the 12th of January, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in the Lecture Room II, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019.

Dr. Milan Bhattacharjee, Former Visiting Fellow, Department of Botany, Australian National University, Australia, has kindly agreed to deliver the Lecture on Managing Research Projects in Changing Environment: Challenges and Opportunities.

Your presence is earnestly requested.

The President and the Executive Council request the pleasure of your company at the National Symposium on Microorganisms and their role in Plant and Human Affairs to be held between December 03 - 05, 2009 in the Lecture Room, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata. Information about the event, including registration details and topic coverage has been provided here.

Please note that some dates have been changed. Refer to this section for more details. Those of you who want to submit abstracts may kindly refer to the manuscript submission guidelines followed by the Society.

The President and the Executive Council request the pleasure of your company at the Tenth S. N. Banerjee memorial Lecture and Medal Award Ceremony to be held on Wednesday the 14th of January, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. in the Lecture Room, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata.

Dr. Roma Chakraverty, Retired Scientist, Bose Institute, Kolkata, has kindly agreed to deliver a Lecture on Fungi in Agricultural Environment.

Your presence is earnestly requested.

The President and the Executive Council request the pleasure of your company at the First Dr. T. S. Sadasivan Memorial Lecture to be held on Tuesday the 6th of January, 2009 at 2:30 P.M. in the Lecture Room, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata.

Dr. Partha Banerjee, Empire State College, New York, U.S.A., has kindly agreed to deliver a Lecture on Scope on Biology Research in 21st Century.

Your presence is earnestly requested.

The President and the Executive Council are pleased to confer the Honorary Fellowship of the Indian Mycological Society (FIMS) to Professor Arun K. Chatterjee, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA, for his outstanding contributions in the field of Microbiology.

The ceremony will be held on Friday, 19th December, 2008 at 2:30 P.M. in the Lecture Room, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta. Your presence is earnestly requested.

The President and the Executive Council of the Indian Mycological Society request the pleasure of your company at the Eighth E.J. Butler Memorial Lecture to be held on Friday, 19th December, 2008 at 3:00 P.M. in the Lecture Room, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019.

Professor Arun K Chaterjee, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Misouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA has kindly agreed to deliver the lecture on Manipulation of the quorum sensing signaling system in the management of the soft-rotting disease.

Your presence is earnestly requested.