Professor Arvind Lal Bhatia - Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Arvind Lal Bhatia is a Humboldt Awardee, the recipient of a prestigious Honour of German Government. He has had throughout a Ist Class career as a student and has also been awarded Diploma in German language from Goethe Institute, Bonn, Germany in 1989. He has been a visitor of several national and International laboratories and has worked in Nuclear Research Centres, of Germany for about 2 years (March 1989-February 91) and Belgium (Sept, 92- August 93) for about one year, respectively.

He has been conferred with several fellowships, honours and awards, nationally and internationally. He has been internationally known for his work on tritium (pollutant, a radio active isotope of hydrogen released from natural and man made sources) and its impact assessment. Having several research papers and review articles to his credit on this research and being an authority on this subject, a CD Rom has also been released comprising his work too, from Belgium with renowned radioecologist, Prof. Rene Kirchmann.

He has an exposure of work in various laboratories on “Transplantation in Brain Regions” in Central Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam; 1983, as well as of training programmes like International Summer School on Radioecology organized by ECC, Belgium, 1990’ in International Workshop on Radiation Health Effects at Low Doses or Low Dose Rates, GSF Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Radiation Protection, Neuherberg, Germany, 16 – 18 February 2004. He has also been trained in neurobiology by International Brain Research Organization. He has been a member of various selection committees of different Universities and Banking Service Recruitment Board.

 

Present Position in the University of Rajasthan

• Professor and Head, Department of Zoology
• Coordinator, PG Studies in Microbiology
• Director, Institute of Informatics and Instrumentation
• Incharge, Radiation Biology Laboratory

Teaching Experience:
Total = 32 Years in University of Rajasthan, Jaipur302004, India

Contribution to the Society

Prof. Bhatia has been consistently espousing the cause of popularization of science among the masses. He is frequently invited for lectures in refresher, orientation courses and creating the scientific awareness amongst masses through media also by writing articles in Hindi and English. He has been dispensed with the duties of organizer/ Resource Person/ Chairpersons/ Convener in various Conferences/Summer Schools/Refresher Courses.

Scientific Positions held

1. Nominated Member, Biotech Advisory Board of Govt. Rajasthan
2. Coordinator, Jaipur Chapter of Eco-ethics International Union
3. Coordinator, Indian Branch of International Union Radioecologists
4. Editor-in-Chief, Asian Journal of Experimental Sciences
5. Co-editor, Indian Journal of Gerontology
6. Co-editor, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment
7. Executive Member, Association of Gerontology of India
8. Executive member, Indo-German Society, Jaipur

Administrative Positions Held in Past

Member, Selection Board, Banking Service Recruitment Board (BSRB), Rajasthan;
Elected Member of Executive Body, Rajasthan University Teacher's Association (RUTA); Member Proctorial Board; Students Advisor; Staff Advisor; Editor & Sub Editor of College Magazine; Scientific Coordinator-Science Education Centre; Member of several organizing committees and Advisory Boards of National and International Conferences; General Secretary of Non-Government Organization, VISTAAR (Voluntary Institute for Service, Training, Action and Research, Founder, Vigyan Prasar Manch of University of Rajasthan .

Scientific Achievements/Honours

1. Alexander von Humboldt Award, (Germany; 1989-91)
2. Young Scientist Award, Int. Cong. Radiat. Res. (Holland; 1983)
3. Senior Scientist Award, Int. Cong. Radiat. Res. (Australia; 2003)
4. 4th L.H. Gray Conference-Young Scientist Award, (Oxford, U.K.; 1988)
5. Deputation in Indo Belgian Exchange Programme by the Government of India

Research Supervision:

15 Students Awarded Ph.Ds amongst them 1 is Scientist in USA; 5 are postdoctoral fellows in India and 9 are Lecturers in Government College and Universities

Books Published

• Written 5 books on Biology in Hindi and English for secondary and higher secondary classes including 2 books as invited authors by the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan
• Authored 15 books in Hindi and English for undergraduate and postgraduate classes which also include 2 books awarded by Government of India.
• Authored several small books in Hindi and English for the literacy programme and adult education.

Awarded Books

• Authors Award by Hindi Granth Academy of Government of Rajasthan (2001)
• Authors Award by Rajbhasha Aayog, Government of India (2002) for 2 books of Rs 50,000/- and 15,000/- given away by Dy.Prime Minister Shri L.K. Adwani at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi on 14th Sepember, 2003.
• Authors Award by Central Library of University of Rajasthan (2002, 2003)

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