National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Zaki Anwar Siddiqui
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Town Samdhan, District Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India on 29September 1963. Educated at GDAI College, Gurahaiganj, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, 1973-78; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 1978-90; Pre-Uviversity 1979; B.Sc (Hons.) 1982; M.Sc. 1984; M. Phil. 1986; Ph.D. 1990.

Professor, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Research Associate (C.S.I.R.) 1992-1995;Lecturer (Assistant Professor) 1996-2009; Associate Professor 2009-2012; Professor 2012-to date, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.

Awards/Honours: Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan (01 October 2007 – 30 September 2008); delivered invited lectures on biocontrol of plant diseases at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou and Cotton Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Anqing, Anhui,China (19–30 October 2010); delivered a lead lecture at the 6th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress, Almora, Uttarakhand (14–16 November 2011); invited by Organising Committee of the 9th International and Ist Latin American PGPR Workshop (3–8 June, 2012), Medellín, Colombia, and delivered presentation in the Biocontrol session;invited speaker and delivered lectures on “sustainable crop production under biotic and abiotic stress” at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (23–27 January 2018); Member, Board of Studies, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (2022-2024); Member, Board of Studies, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (2024-2026).

Fellow: Indian Botanical Society, Indian Phytopathological Society.

Research Areas: Biocontrol of plant diseases, Interactions of plant pathogens, Use of nano particles for plant disease management

Address: Professor, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P.; 4/42 D-13, Millat Enclave, Near Pan Wali Kothi, Opposite Ohad Residency, Dodhpur, Aligarh 202001, U.P.; [Tel: Off. (0571) 2700920 Ext.3304; Cell: 9412597189, 8077069504; Email: zaki_63@yahoo.co.in]