Biography:
Prof Dharani Dhar Patra, did PhD from IARI, New Delhi, India, Post-Doctoral research at Rothamsted Experimental, UK and started his career as an Assistant Professor at RAU, India. He shifted to CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, India as a Professor and worked there on Soil Biology and Microbiology of polluted soils. Prof Patra is an accomplished Natural Resource Management Researcher and his researches include recycling of distilled aromatic plants as source of nutrients and biofuel. Prof Patra has published more than 200 research papers. He is a recipient of nearly 20 awards and honour. He has been the Vice Chancellor, BCKV, India.
Title : Medicinal plants: Source of phytobiotic compounds as therapeutic agents for human diseases