Lectures & Seminars

Memorial Lectures are held to remember and pay regards to different eminent Mycologists and Plant Pathologists. These lectures are delivered by eminent scientists of the respective field.

I.M.S. conducts the following Memorial Lectures:

  • Sir E.J.Butler Memorial Lecture
  • Prof. S.R.Bose Memorial Lecture
  • Dr.S.N.Banerjee Memorial Lecture
  • Prof S.K.Baruah Memorial Lecture
  • Prof. T.S.Sadasivan Memorial Lecture
  • Prof. S.B.Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture

All Memorial Lectures held on 06.02.2020

Professor S.R.Bose Memorial Lecture:
Botanicals in management of fungal and mycotoxin contamination of food commodities:
retrospects and prospects
Prof. N.K.Dubey, CAS in Botany, BHU
Professor S.N.Banerjee Memorial Lecture:
Harnessing fungal biocontrol agents for the management of plant diseases
Prof. N. Mathivanan
Director and Head Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras
Professor E.J.ButlerMemorial Lecture:
Phosphate (P) deficiency induced biofilm formation on insoluble P granules play a positive role in Burkholderiaspecies for maximum release of soluble P
Prof. Narayan Chandra Mandal
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
Professor S.B.Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture:
Yellow Mosaic of Major Pulses – Present Scenario and Way Forward
Prof. Ranjan Nath
Department of Plant Pathology, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva- Bharati, Sriniketan