Antony Davis Trupadur

Background

Trupadur Antony Davis was born on February 9, 1923 in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.

Education

Trupadur Antony Davis graduated Madras University in 1944 as Bachelor of Medicine, had taken Post-Graduate Agricultural Course in Coimatore (1947) and New Delhi (1957).

Career

Trupadur Antony Davis had done research in Sugarcane, Coconut, etc. He was professor of Crop Science, Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta. Published about 30 articles and research papers.

Achievements

• Trupadur Antony Davis awarded cash prize by the Inventions Promotion Board, Government of India for the invention of agricultural instruments.

Membership

• Indian Botanical Society , India

• International Society of Plant Morphologist

• American Society of Plant Physiology

• Royal Horticultural Society

• Ecological Society of America