Background
Jain, Sudhanshu Kumar was born on June 30, 1926 in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India. Son of Prakash Chandra and Shri Devi (Gupta) Jain.
Jain, Sudhanshu Kumar was born on June 30, 1926 in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India. Son of Prakash Chandra and Shri Devi (Gupta) Jain.
Bachelor of Science, University Allahabad (India), 1943. Master of Science, University Allahabad (India), 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Poona (India), 1965.
Assistant professor, Meerut (India) U., 1947-1949;
senior scientific assistant, Council Science and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1951-1956;
botanist, Botan. Survey India, Calcutta, 1956-1971;
deputy, joint director, Botan. Survey India, Calcutta, 1971-1978;
director, Botan.
Survey India, Calcutta, 1978-1984;
emeritus scientist department science technical, environmental forests, Council Science and Industrial Research, Lucknow, India, 1984-1994;
director, Institute Ethnobiology, Lucknow, India, since 1995. Consultant Uttar Pradesh (India) Department Environment, Lucknow, 1986, Council of Science and Industrial Research/Department Science and Technology, Lucknow, since 1986. Principal investigator United Nations Development Program, Lucknow, 1994-1995, Council Science and Industrial Research/Wenner-Gran Foundation, United States of America, 1996-1998.
President Kaul Science Foundation, 1992-1996. Fellow Society Ethnobotanist (honorary. President 1980-1988, 91-95), Indian Association Study Traditional Asian Medicine (Harshberger medal 1992), Indian Botan.
Society (Maheshwari medal 1982, president 1987), National Academy of Sciences (Gold medal 1960, president biology 1987), Indian National Science Academy (Bachelor of Science Saxena medal 1996), Society for Economic Botany (Distinguished Economic Botanist 1999), Association Plant Taxon (president 1998-2001, 04—, Santapau medal 2001).
Married Satya Kumari Mittal, May 5, 1948. Children: Sunil, Arun, Yogesh.