Indra Kumar Vasil

Background

Vasil, Indra Kumar was born on August 31, 1932 in Basti, India. Son of Lal Chand and Pushpa Lata (Abrol) Vasil. arrived in the United States, 1962.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Banaras Hindu U., 1952; Master of Science in Botany, U. Delhi, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Botany, U. Delhi, 1958.

Career

Lecturer in botany, U. Delhi, 1959-1963; postdoctoral research associate, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1962-1963; postdoctoral research associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1965; scientist, Council Science and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1966; scientist, Department Science and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1974; associate professor to professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1967-1979; graduate research professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1979. Visiting scientific expert Catholic U., Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1970. Visiting professor U. Hohenheim/Giessen, West Germany, 1975, 76.

Chairman BiotechnologyAction Council United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, since 1990. Service many international committees. Director numerous international training courses and workshops.

Achievements

• Indra Kumar Vasil has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Society Plant Morphologists (president since 1995), International CellRsch. Organisation (convenor of panel on plant cell biology and biotechnology).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, stamps, gardening.

Connections

Married, 1959; children: Kavita, Charu.

Father:

Lal Chand Vasil

Mother:

Pushpa Lata (Abrol) Vasil

child:

Kavita Vasil

child:

Charu Vasil