Organizing Committee

Details of International/ National Advisory Committee for the event

IPC18th International organizing Committee:

  1. Barbara Zeeb, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada
  2. Liz Rylott, Biological Sciences, University of York, United Kingdom
  3. Jason White, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, USA
  4. Lee Newman, SUNY Environment Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA
  5. Elena Maestri, University of Parma, Italy
  6. Marta Marmiroli, University of Parma, Italy
  7. Nelson Marmiroli, Professor Emeritus, University of Parma, Italy
  8. Noori Azam, Merrimack College (North Andover, MA), USA
  9. David Tsao, Remediation Technology Manager, British Petroleum (BP), Naperville, IL, USA
  10. Joel Burken, Missouri University of Science and Technology, MO, USA
  11. Yongming Luo, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
  12. Marta Pogrzeba, Institute for Ecology, Poland
  13. Jorge Gardea-Torresday, University of Texas at El-Paso, TX, USA
  14. Barry Harding, AECOM Remediation West; Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  15. Harrison Atagana, University of South Africa; Pretoria, South Africa
  16. Tomas Vanek, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR; Prague, Czech Republic
  17. Chen Tu, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing, China
  18. Kareem Mosa, Biological Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE
  19. Michel Labrecque, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Montréal, Canada
  20. John Quinn, Argonne National Lab; Chicago, Illinois, USA
  21. Michel Mench, University of Bordeaux, France
  22. Kate Kennen, Offshoots, Inc., Boston, MA USA
  23. Neil Bruce, University of York, United Kingdom
  24. Nabeel Niazi, Southern Cross University, Australia
  25. Renee Stoops, Municipal Liaison and Conservation Specialist, Rhode Island, USA
  26. Douglas M. Burge, Ramboll, St Louis, Missouri, USA
  27. Karah Conklin, Integral Consulting; Denver, Colorado, USA
  28. Angelia Seyferth, University of Delaware, USA
  29. Baoshan Xing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA USA
  30. Ganga Hettiarachchi, Kansas State University
  31. Renuka Sankaran, Lehman College, New York, USA
  32. Ravi Naidu, University of Newcastle, Australia

IPC 18th National Organizing Committee

  1. Dr. RD Tripathi, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, U.P.
  2. Dr. Suphiya Khan, Deputy Director, Sriram Institute of Industrial Research, Gurgaon, Haryana
  3. Dr. Rana Pratap Singh, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, U.P.
  4. Dr. Prabodh Trivedi, Director CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, India, U.P.
  5. Dr. Debasis Chakraborty, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, U.P.
  6. Dr. Sudhakar Srivastava, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P.
  7. Dr. Kundan Kumar, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Goa Campus, Goa
  8. Dr. Upendra Kumar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, U.P.
  9. Dr. Nita Lakra, Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, Haryana
  10. Durgesh Tripathi, Amity University, Noida, U.P.
  11. Dr. Rupesh Deshmukh, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana
  12. Dr. Ashwani Pareek, Executive Director, National Agrifood Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab
  13. Dr. Nandita Singh, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, U.P.
  14. Dr. Sarvjeet Gill, Maharishi Dayanand University Rohtak, Haryana
  15. Dr. MNV Prasad, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana
  16. Dr. Harsh Nayyar, Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh
  17. Dr. Rashneh N. Pardiwala, Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE), Mumbai (Please contact her to get her permission)
  18. Ms. Janjri Jasani, Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE), Mumbai (Please contact her to get her permission)
  19. Dr. Jyoti Mathur, Banasthali Vidyapith Jaipur Rajasthan
  20. Dr. Rajagopal Subramanyam, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana
  21. Dr. Asit Kumar Mandal, ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal
  22. Dr. Renu Bhardwaj, Guru Nanak University, Punjab
  23. Dr. Kishore Sridharan, University of Calicut, Kerala

Organising Committee for the Event


Patron: Vice chancellor, University of Calicut

Co-Patron: Pro-Vice chancellor, University of Calicut

General Convenor: Dr. C. C. Harilal, Head, Department of Botany, University of Calicut

Co-Convenors:

  1. Dr. Jos T Puthur: Department of Botany, University of Calicut
  2. Dr. Om Parkash Dhankher: University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA

Individual Committee Convenors:

  1. Dr. John E Thoppil
  2. Dr. Santhosh Nampy
  3. Dr. A. Yusuf
  4. Dr. P. Sunojkumar
  5. Dr. Manju C. Nair
  6. Dr. M. Shamina
  7. Dr. K.P. Deepna Latha
  8. Dr. Reshmi L.
  9. Dr. C. Pramod