National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Madhoolika Agrawal
FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in Azamgarh, U.P., India on 1 May 1958. Educated at Government Girls Inter College, Azamgarh 1962-74; D.A.V. Degree College, Azamgarh, 1974-76; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 1974-82; B.Sc. 1976; M.Sc. 1978; Ph.D 1982.

Professor, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, 1999 to date; Coordinator, Inter-Disciplinary School of Life Sciences, Institute of Science, BHU, 2018 to date.

Scientist B, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, 1983-84; Lecturer, 1984-90; Reader, Department of Botany, 1991-98, and Coordinator Environment Science Course, BHU 2005-08.

Awards/Honours: BHU Gold Medal, 1978; UNESCO/ROSTASCA Young Scientist Award, 1988; U.S. Fulbright Fellowship 1988; ISCA Professor Hira Lal Chakraborty Award, 1996; UGC Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award, 1999; NASI Dr. P Sheel (Young Women Scientist) Memorial Lecture Award, 2003; 10th R.C. Dalela Oration Award of AE, 2014; Professor Shri Ranjan Memorial Lecture Award of NASI, 2016.

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy, India; National Academy of Sciences, India; Botanical Society, India; Ecological Society, India.

Research Areas: Environmental Sciences, Air Pollution, Global Environmental Change

Address: Head, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; B-97, Brij Enclave Colony, Sunderpur, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9415628573; Fax: (0542) 2368174; Email: madhoo.agrawal@gmail.com]

Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2019