Welcome to Indian Mycological Society

History

We present below an outline of the major milestones and events that have played an important role in shaping the history of the Indian Mycological Society.

The society, at the time of inception on 21st August 1954, was named Mycological Society, and was subsequently renamed as Indian Mycological Society in the year 1990.

Several eminent scientists were responsible for founding the society, such as the Late Dr. S.R. Bose who was the founding President of the society, Prof. S.N. Banerjee who served as the first Editor-In-Chief for the society's Publication, Prof. S.N. Bhaduri who served as the Society's first Secretary, Prof. P.N. Nandi and others.

At the time of the first Executive Council Meeting, held on 2nd April, 1955, there were altogether forty ordinary members and eight associate members enrolled in the society.

Name of the Office Bearers & Members of the First Executive Council :

President :	Dr. S.R. Bose, Calcutta
Vice - President :	Dr. S.N. Dasgupta, Lucknow, Dr. S.N. Banerjee, Calcutta
Secretary :	Dr. S.N. Bhaduri, Calcutta
Joint. Secretary :	Dr. S.B. Chattopadhyay, Calcutta
Treasurer :	Sri. A.K. Ganguly, Calcutta
Foray Secretary :	Smt. Hasi Basu, Calcutta
Editing Publication :	Dr. S.N. Banerjee, Calcutta

Members

Dr. P.N. Nandi, Bose Institute
Sri S.Y. Padmanabhan, Cuttack
Dr. T.C. Roy, Govt. of India
Smt. Anjali Sarkar, Calcutta
Sri. T.C. Ghosh, Barrackpore
Sri M. Chakraborti, Calcutta
Dr. S.R. Sengupta, Kanpur
Dr. B.N. Bakshi, Dehradun

The first Annual General Meeting of the society was held on 10th October 1969, with Professor S.N. Banerjee as the head of the proceedings.

Silver Jubilee Celebration

The Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Society was observed by holding a National Symposium on "Recent Advances in Mycology and Plant Pathology" on September 22-23,1979. This symposium was presided over by the Honourable Governor of West Bengal Shri Tribhuban Narayan Singh.

Golden Jubilee Celebration

Inauguration of the auspicious occasion of the Golden Jubilee Year was started on 17th September 2004 by some invited lectures. The programme was presided over by an eminent scientist Late Prof. A.K.Sarbhoy. Next a National Symposium was held in collaboration with Q.U.A.T. Bhubaneswar on 30th October,2004 at Bhubaneswar. In continuation of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations, the Indian Mycological Society and the Department of Botany, University of Calcutta,Kolkata,India jointly organized a three days International Symposium on "Agriculturally Important Microorganisms:Conservation,Utilization, Bioremediation and Ecological Significance”. This symposium provided an ideal platform for deliberations and discussions by leading national and international mycologists, microbiologists, plant pathologists, biotechnologists, molecular biologists and government officials for long term successful agriculture in India and other countries. This symposium was presided over by Prof.Asis Kumar Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.