CONTRIBUTION OF PANCHANAN MAHESHWARI.pptx

Panchanan Maheswari, FRS (9 November 1904 – 18 May 1966 in Jaipur Rajasthan) a prominent Indian botanist noted chiefly for his invention of the technique of test-tube fertilization of angiosperms. This invention has allowed the creation of new hybrid plants that could not previously be crossbred naturally.He also emphasised the need for initiation of work on artificial culture of immature embryos

1. CONTRIBUTION OF P. MAHESHWARI TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBRYOLOGY IN INDIA RASHMI M G P01AG23S028017 MAHARANI’S SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN MYSORE

2. INTRODUCTION Born - 9 November 1904 Place - city of Jaipur, India. Education - First destined for a medical career, he was sent to Allahabad where he joined the Ewing Christian College and came under the influence of an American missionary-teacher, Dr. Winfield Dundgeon. Unable to pursue his medical studies- it is said because of weak eyesight- he pursued his studies in science at the University of Allahabad, taking successively the degree of Bachelor of Science (1925), Master of science (1927), and Doctor and Science (1931). It was in this period, and under the general guidance of Dr. Dundgeon, who was an able microtechnician trained under Professor C J Chamberlain of Chicago, that Maheshwari laid the foundation of his own skill as a microtechnician which, together with his avid interest in plants, was to motivate his career and distinguish his future influence upon his students and colleagues and upon the subject of his choice.

3. INTRODUCTION Personal life - P. Maheshwari was married at the age of 13. Shanti, his wife, spoke no English and did not accompany him on his many subsequent travels, but nevertheless, despite the lack of formal scientific training, she acquired the skills of a microtechnician under her husband’s direction and greatly assisted him in some of his work by preparing sections and slides. Children- 6 , among them 3 sons and 3 daughters, three have entered the field of science and two have studied botany in USA. One of these, his son, Satish, has appointed Professor in the Department of Botany in the university of Delhi.

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10. CONCLUSION Panchanan Maheshwari was an eminent botanist, embryologist, professor, reader, author, and guide to many of his students and colleagues. His contribution to Embryology of Angiosperms is vast and has its own value which cannot be returned. His books, articles, journals are of huge value, standard reference to most of biologists even today.

11. REFERENCE https:// royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1967.0013 https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchanan_Maheshwari https://worldacademy.org/charter-members/# pmaheshvari The Embryology of Angiosperms, 6th Edition, By Bhojwani S.S/ Bhatnagar S.P. & Dantu P.K.