Dalip Kumar Upreti Explained

Dalip Kumar Upreti
Birth Date:1958 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Pithoragarh, Uttar Pradesh State, (now in Uttarakhand State, India)
Residence:Shalimar Heights, Jopling Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Dalip Kumar Upreti (born 26 January 1958) is an Indian lichenologist.[1] [2] He served as Director and Chief Scientist at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow during 1988 to 2017. Also he served as Head of Lichenology and herbarium division. Presently he is serving as CSIR-Emeritus Scientist in the same division.[3]

Research

He started his career in 1978 at Lucknow University supervised by Dharani Dhar Awasthi, Father of Indian Lichenology. After earning his PhD, he worked as a Research Associate and in 1988, he joined CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute as Scientist-B and lead the Lichen Lab. He has superannuated from his service in January 2017. During this tenure, he published more than 60 research articles (including book chapters). He revised the lichen family Cladoniaceae during his doctoral degree. He has described 98 novel species. He has produced more than 35 PhD students, his students have worked in all the aspects of lichens with 400 research articles. He has revised the lichen families such as Pyrenulaceae, Graphidaceae, Teloschistaceae, Lecanoraceae, Parmeliaceae, Usneaceae, etc. Recently, Dr. Upreti received FNASc during the year 2013 for his notable service in the field of Lichenology.[4] Pradeep Kumar Divakar is his first PhD student, who is one of the world's renowned Lichenologists. Dr.Upreti is serving as president of Indian Lichenological Society.[5]

The Janaki Ammal National Award in Plant Taxonomy for the year 2015 was given to Dr. Dalip Kumar Upreti for his work over the last three decades, leading to the establishment of more than 100 new species of lichen to the world and more than 200 species as new records to the lichen flora of India.[6] He has also received Prof. Bashir Ahmad Razi Medal -2006) of Association for Plant Taxonomy (APT).[7]

Eponymy

Several lichen species have been named after Upreti in recognition of his contributions in the field of lichen taxonomy.

Books coauthored/edited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dalip K. UPRETI. 2021-03-29. scholar.google.co.in.
  2. http://bsienvis.nic.in/writereaddata/s105.pdf ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity: Dr. D.K. Upreti
  3. Web site: INSA :: Fellow Detail. 2021-03-29. insajournal.in.
  4. Web site: The National Academy of Sciences, India - Fellows . 10 June 2015 . 17 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150717004148/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=U . dead .
  5. Web site: Welcome to Indian Lichenological Society . 12 June 2015 . 14 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150614144545/http://indianlichenology.com/OfficeBearers.aspx . dead .
  6. Web site: Prime Minister Plants 'Kadamb' Sapling on World Environment Day; Javadekar, Virat Kohli Plant Saplings to Mark the Occasion.
  7. Web site: AWARDS AND HONOURS – 2005-06 . 10 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610130729/http://www.csir.res.in/WebPages/Achievements/awards111214/awards_0506.pdf . 10 June 2015 . dead .
  8. 10.1006/lich.2002.0426. New species and new records of Parmotrema (Parmeliaceae) from India. The Lichenologist. 35. 21–26. 2003. Divakar. P. K.. Upreti. D. K.. 86245024.
  9. [:sv:Myelochroa upretii]
  10. Khwanruan . Papong . Sanjeeva . Nayaka . H. Thorsten . Lumbsch . Two new species and a new record of Lecanora sensu stricto (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) from India . Phytotaxa . 68 . 24–28 . October 2012 . 1179-3163.
  11. 4004942 . 24808729 . 10.5941/MYCO.2014.42.1.17 . 42 . 1 . A New Species of Graphis and New Lichen Records from Vietnam, Including a Second Worldwide Report of Sarcographina cyclospora . 2014 . Mycobiology . 17–21 . Joshi . S . Jayalal . U . Oh . SO . Nguyen . TT . Dzung . NA . Hur . JS.
  12. 10.11646/phytotaxa.175.2.7. Heterodermia upretii, a new species from India (Physciaceae, Ascomycota). Phytotaxa. 175. 2. 117. 2014. Joshi. Yogesh. Upadhyay. Shashi. Chandra. Krishna.
  13. Aptroot. André. Cáceres. Marcela Eugenia da Silva. 2018-01-25. Coenogonium upretianum (Ascomycota: Coenogoniaceae), a new corticolous lichen species from Brazil. Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. en. 1. 10.21756/cab.esp3. 2456-0251. free.
  14. Joshi . Santosh . Upreti . Dalip K. . Divakar . Pradeep K. . Lumbsch . H. Thorsten . Lücking . Robert . A re-evaluation of thelotremoid Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) in India . The Lichenologist . 50 . 6 . 2018 . 10.1017/s0024282918000439 . 627–678 . 92498019.
  15. Book: Biology of lichens . 1999 . Aravali Books International . K.G. Mukerji . B.P. Chamola . D.K. Upreti . Rajeev K. Upadhyay . 81-86880-33-X . 1st . New Delhi . 43992767.
  16. Book: Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment. 9788132215028. Springer. 2014.
  17. Book: Terricolous Lichens in India: Volume 1: Diversity Patterns and Distribution Ecology. 9781461487357. Springer. 2014. 10.1007/978-1-4614-8736-4. 29033720. Rai. Himanshu. Dalip K. Upreti.
  18. Book: Recent Advances in Lichenology: Modern Methods and Approaches in Biomonitoring and Bioprospection, Volume 1. 9788132221807. Springer. 2015. 10.1007/978-81-322-2181-4. 27002149. Upreti. Dalip Kumar. Pradeep K. Divakar. Vertika. Shukla. Rajesh. Bajpai.
  19. Web site: Lichens Flora of Kumaun Himalaya / 978-3-659-37886-7 / 9783659378867 / 3659378860.

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