Phycologists are those who study about algae....and in my presentation i have mentioned about some great phycologists of india.

1. - Keshav Narayan Pai

2. Work Of Indian Phycologists.
 Indian Researchers started their work on Algae from 1919
onwards.
 Ghosh( 1919- 32) carried on observations on blue- green algae of
Burma and Punjab.
 Later M.O.P Iyengar and his students Balakrishnan, Desikachary,
Ramanathan and Subramaniam published a number of papers on
algae of South India.

3. Contributions of Dr.M.O.P.
Iyengar
 Mandayam Osuri Parthasarathy (M.O.P)
Iyengar(1886-1963) was born in Madras.
 He started his Research in Phycology especially
about volvocales.
 The great algologist Fritch was the guide of
M.O.P. Iyengar for algal studies at london.

4.  He worked on lifehistory of Cylindrocapsa geminella,
Microdictyon tenius.
 He discovered new species like Fritschiella,
Gilbertsmithia, Ecballocystopsis and Characiosiphon.
 For his contribution in the field of phycology he is called as
“Father of Modern Phycology of India”.

5. FRITSCHIELLA

7. Contributions of M.O.P.Iyengar
 Iyengar was the
president of
Phycological society of
india.
 His huge collections of
specimens and
herberium sheets were
handovered to Dept of
Botany, University of
Madras.

8.  Thamarapu VedantaDesikachary
wasborninTirupati.
 Hewasthestudentof
M.O.P.Iyengar.
 Hegaverebirthtotheunpublished
papers of M.O.P.Iyengaras
“ContributiontoourKnowledgeof
SouthIndianAlgae”

9.  He published large number of Research Papers
namely “ Monograph on Cyanophyta”,
“Taxonomy and Biology of Blue green algae”,
“Marine plants and Volvocales”
 He published “ Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta”,
“Monumental atlas of Indian Diatoms” in 5
Volumes.
 He made critical studies on Life History of Red
Algae.

10.  He discovered new generas like Iyengariella, Iyengariomonas,
Schilleriomonas, Mantoniella and Rossiella.
 He was the Chief Editor of Phykos.
 Phycological Society of America honoured him for his life time
contribution in Phycology.
 His massive algal collections are even today present in University of
Madras.

12. Y.BHARDWAJA
 Yajnavalkya Bhardwaja completed
PhD from University of London
and was H.O.D of botany in BHU.
 He opened a school of Algal
studies at BHU and it is famous
world over for its contributions.

13. Contributions of Y. Bhardwaja
 He discovered
Draparnaldiopsis indica
, two species of
Scytonemataceae,
Spelaeopogon
kashyapi and
Scytonema
malaviyaensis.

14. M.S.Randhawa(1932-59)
• Mohinder Singh Randhawa
was born in Punjab.
• He got selected in
ICS(Indian civil service).
• He was one of the chief
editors of Phykos.

15. CONTRIBUTIONS OF M.S. RANDHAWA
 He published series of papers on Zygnemaceae,
Oedogoniales and Vaucheriaceae.
 He recorded 70 species of Zygnemaceae.(A.V.S.S.
Sambamurthy 2005)
 He discovered new species such as
Zygogonium kumaoense, Oedocladium himalayense,
Zygnema terrestre.
 He recorded a new type of akinite formation in Vaucheria.

16. R.N.SINGH
 Rama Nagina Singh was the student of
Y.Bhardwaja and studied in BHU.
 He was credited for his work on
cyanobacteria and it uses in agricultural
fields.
 He discovered Aulosira fertilissima.

17. Contributions of R.N.Singh
 He described life history of
Fritschiella tuberosa and
Draparnaldiopsis indica.
 He is also known for his work on
reclamation of usar lands in india.

18.  The discoveries of new generas created a scope for
research in phycology in india and more species
were discovered in later years.
 The achievements of these phycologists made
many more researchers to enter in the field of
phycology.

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