Director: Dr. Leo D'Souza
Date of Birth:  1.3.1932
Place of Birth: Mangalore
 
Education
  • Early studies in St Aloysius College.
  • B.Sc from Madras University ( St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli) I Class, I Rank
  • M.Sc from Madras University.(St Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli} I Class, I Rank
  • L.Th. Hochschule St Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany       
  • Ph.D from Max Planck Institute fur Zuchtungsforschung, Cologne, Germany.
  • Post Doc studies in Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne and  Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany.
 
Administrative Experience
  • Principal and Professor St Aloysius College, Mangalore. 1980- 1990
  • Member of Board of studies, Board of Examiners  Mangalore University,
  • Academic Council, Senate and Syndicate, Mangalore University.
  • Director of Laboratory of Applied Biology, 1975 till date
  • Rector, St Aloysius College, Institutions, 1992- 1998
  • Recipient  of “ Eminent Educator Award” from AIACHE, New Delhi.
 
Research Experience
  • Research in Biotechnology of coconut, cashew, important forest trees and ornamental  
  • trees of the DK district.
  • Environment: Effects of deforestation in DK district. Study and conservation of flora of  DK district.     
  • Research guide of Mangalore University .Has guided   9 Ph.Ds
  • Ph.D. Examiner Mangalore University, University of Calicut, University of Trivandrum, Pune University, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
Papers published in Journals  74
 
Grants for projects received from: UGC, ICAR, DST, DBT
 
Awards
  • Eminent educationist award from AIACHE New Delhi
  • Sandesha award for contribution to agriculture science
  • Vanashree award
  • Palni Andi Gold medal
 
Several papers published in international journals
  • Member of several national and international scientific bodies.
  • International Association of Plant Tissue Culture
  • Plant Tissue Culture Association of India
  • International Society of Plant Morphologists
  • Indian Society of Plantation Crops
  • Fellow Academy of Environmental Biology
  • Society of In Vitro Biology
  • Fellow of International Society for Tropical Crop Research and Development.
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Attended national symposia ( CPCRI Kasaragod, CFTRI Mysore, TERI Delhi, CIMAP Lucknow, BARC Bombay) and
  • International seminars at Munich, Cambridge, Amsterdam, Florence, Tokyo and Bangkok.