Dr. Mujeebur Rahman Khan
FELLOW, ELECTED 2012

Born in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, India on 1 January 1963. Educated at City High School, Aligarh, 1975-77; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1977-88; B.Sc. (Hons.) 1981; M.Sc. 1984; M. Phil. 1987; Ph.D. 1988; Post-Doctoral Research, Department of Nematology, North Carolina State University, USA (1988); Division of Plant Industry, California Department of Food and Agriculture, USA (1989); and Institute of Parasitology, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau, UK (1989).

Professor (2008 to date), Chairman (2006-07, 2017-19, 2022 to date), Department of Plant Protection, Dean (2019-21), Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, and ICAR Nodal Officer (2019-21), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Research Associate, MoEF & CSIR, Department of Botany, 1989-93; Lecturer, Department of Plant Protection, 1993-1995; Senior Lecturer, 1996-1999; and Associate Professor, 2000-08, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Awards/Honours: MAAS Young Scientist Best Paper Publication Award, 1995, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi; G.N. Goyle Memorial Award, 1997, International Society for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Award, 1998, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta; Best Poster Award 2003, National Conference on Pulses, Indian Society for Pulses Research and Development, IIPR, Kanpur; Outstanding Scientist Award in Biopesticides, 2008, Doctors Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha, Lucknow; Best Research Project Award, 2011, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; Prof. H.M. Shah Memorial Award-2015, Nematological Society of India, IARI, New Delhi; Outstanding Scientist Award (Nematology), 2015, Society for Plant Protection Sciences, ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi; B.B. Mundkur Award 2018, Indian Phytopathological Society, IARI, New Delhi; Outstanding Researcher Award 2019, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; MEZ president 2018-19, IPS, IARI, New Delhi; Dr. K.C. Mehta Memorial Award, 2021-2022, NAAS, New Delhi.

Research Areas: Plant Nematology, Plant Pathology, Environmental Botany

Address: Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P.; 9-B, Rifa Complex, Medical Road, Civil Lines, Aligarh 202002, U.P.; [Tel: Off. (0571) 2601524; Res. 7060648530; Cell: 9412527112, 7505786820; Email: mrkhan777in@yahoo.co.in; mrkhan.amu@gmail.com]

Dr. K.C. Mehta Memorial Award 2021-2022