Jitendra P. Khurana
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Awards & Distinctions
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Interim), University of Delhi (2016-2019);
- Director, University of Delhi South Campus (2016-2019);
- Dean of Colleges (Interim), University of Delhi (2018-2019);
- Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi;
- Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore;
- Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India;
- Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India;
- Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy;
- Fellow in Residence at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA (1985-1986);
- Visiting Research Associate at the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA (1986-1988);
- Awarded FERRO Fellowship for short-term visits to USDA, Beltsville, USA (in 1996,1998);
- Visiting Professor at the Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA (June-August, 2001).
- President of the Indian Photobiology Society (2003-2005);
- Professor Shri Ranjan Memorial Award (2006) by the National Academy of Sciences, India;
- Professor Panchanan Maheshwari Memorial Lecture Award, by the Indian National Science Academy (2008);
- Awarded ‘Tata Innovation Fellowship’ by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (2010-2013);
- Awarded Prof. Birbal Sahni Medal by the Indian Botanical Society (2011);
- Prof. S.S. Katiyar Endowment lecture Award by the Indian Science Congress Association, in January 2013;
- Awarded Sir J.C. Bose National Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India (2013-2018);
- Professor Jatis Chandra Sengupta Endowment Lecture Award by the West Bengal Academy of Sciences & Technology (WAST), in October 2014;
- Awarded Prof. H.C. Arya Memorial Gold Medal by the Plant Tissue Culture Association of India, in January 2015;
- Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Lecture Award by the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), in July 2015;
- Lifetime Achievement Award (2015) by SciGenom Research Foundation, during the NGBT conference held in October 2015 at Hyderabad;
- Prof. S.K. Sinha Memorial Lecture Award by the Indian Society of Plant Physiologists, in December 2016;
- Goyal Prize (in Life Sciences) by the Goyal Foundation, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, in April 2017;
- Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award (in Biotechnology) by the Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation, New Delhi, in April 2017;
- Head of the Department (1995-1998; 2001-2004; 2014-2016);
- Dean, Faculty of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi -110021 (2014-2015).
- Chairman of the Board of Research Studies, FIAS (2003-2006; 2014-2015);
- Coordinator, UGC-SAP (2002-2007; 2007-2012; 2013-2018);
- Served on several project advisory committees of DST, DBT, ICAR and CSIR;
- Member of the Editorial Board of ‘Journal of Bioscience’, Indian Journal of Microbiology’, Journal of Plant Biology’, and Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology’.
