BIO-DATA

BIO-DATA

Dr. Munruchi Kaur

1.	Name	: Dr. MUNRUCHI KAUR
2.	Designation	: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
3.	Department	: BOTANY
4.	Date of Birth	: 27^th June, 1968
5.	Address for Correspondence	: Dr. Muruchi Kaur Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002
	Phones	0175-3046265 (O)
	Mobile	09988195434
	Fax	0175-304-6265
	E-mail	munruchi@gmail.com, munruchi@pbi.ac.in
6	Areas of Specialisation	: Mycology & Plant Pathology, Mushroom Systematic and Culturing

7. Academic Qualifications: M.Sc. (Gold Medal), M.Phil., Ph.D

Sr. No.	Degree Held	Year	Board/Univ./ Inst.	% of marks	Div./Rank	Subjects Taken
1	B.Sc.	1988	Pbi. Univ. Patiala	82.22	Ist (2^nd inUniv. Merit)	Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Sanskrit.
2	M.Sc.	1990	Pbi. Univ. Patiala	75.33	Ist (Gold Medalist)	Botany (Spl. Mycology & Plant Pathology)
3	M.Phil.	1991	Pbi. Univ. Patiala	O-Grade		Mycology
4	Ph.D.	1996	Pbi. Univ. Patiala			Mushroom-Russula Systematics.

8. Membership of Professional Bodies/Organisations

Life Member Indian Botanical Society, Meerut.

Life Member Mushroom Society of India, NRCM, Chambaghat, Solan

Life Member Punjab Acadmy of Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala.

Life Member, Mycological Society of India, Chennai.

Life Member Mushroom Growers Association of India, UHF, Nauni, Solan.

Member Indian Science Congress

9. Medals/Awards/Honours/Received

i) College Roll of Honour

ii) Gold Medal in M.Sc. (Botany)

10. Scholarships:

i) University Merit Scholarship – 1988-1990

ii) JRF – 1992 – 1994

iii) SRF – 1994 - 1996

11. Details of Experience:

S. No.	Name of the Inst./Employer	Position Held	Duration	Major Job Responsibilities and Nature of Experience
1.	Punjab Govt. (Through PPSC) College Cader	Lecturer- Lecturer (Selection Grade)	Dec.,96 – Jan.,2006	Teaching
2.	Pbi. Univ. Patiala.	Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)	Jan.,2006 onwards	Teaching and Research
3.	Pbi. Univ. Patiala.	Associate Professor	Jan., 2008 onwards	Teaching and Research

12. Published Work (Please specify numbers only):

a. Research Papers = 25

b. Conference/Seminar Presentation

i) National = 17

ii) International = 04

c. Books

i) Original : 01

ii) Edited : Nil

(Please attach the list)

13. R & D Projects Nil

14. Invited Talks/Articles Nil

15. Ph.D. Students guided/under guidance (Details):

Sr. No.	Name of the Student	Title of Thesis	Year of Registration
1.	Yadwinder Singh	Mycofloristic study on Amanitoid and Pluteoid Mushroom of North - western India.	2007
2.	Amandeep Kaur (Co-Guide)	Mycofloristic Explorations on the coprophilous mushroom from Punjab.	2007
3.	Harvinder Kaur	Punjab Mushrooms-A Investigation Study on Some Dark Spored agarics.	2009
4.	Samidha Sharma (Co-Guide)	Exploration of Russulaceous Mushrooms from North-West Himalayas.	2009

16. M.Phil./M.Tech Students guided:

Sr. No.

Name of the Student

Thesis title

Year of registration

Janki Priya

Taxonomy of Genus Russula Pers. from Himachal Pradesh

2008-09

Baljeet Kaur

Mushoom flora from Ludhiana

2009-2010

17. List of Papers/Courses taught at P.G. and U.G. Level

S. No.	Paper	Class
1.	Angiosperm Taxonomy	Graduate
2.	Plant Physiology	Graduate
3.	Plant Embryology	Graduate
4.	Plant Anatomy	Graduate
5.	Plant Ecology	Graduate
6.	Biology and Diversity of Gymnosperms	Post-Graduate
7.	Biology and Diversity of Pteridophytes	Post-Graduate
8.	Biology and Diversity of Fungi, Bacteria and Viruses	Post-Graduate
9.	Plant Utilization	Post-Graduate
10.	Applied Ecology	Post-Graduate
11.	Plant Tissue Culture	Post-Graduate
12.	Plant Pathology	Post-Graduate

18. Technical Proficiency

· Proficiency in collecting and identifying various wild, gilled mushrooms upto species level; worked extensively on the systematics of family Russulaceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, and other light and dark spored genera.

· Worked on post harvest fungal diseases of fruits and vegetables and fungal diseases of ornamental and avenue plants.

19. List of Papers Published

Book

1. Munruchi Kaur, “Fuldar Velan” (In Punjabi), Department of Languages, Patiala (1998).

Papers Published

1. Saini, S.S., Atri, N.S. and Saini, M.K. (1989). North Indian Agaricles VI, J Indian Bot Soc, 68, 205-208.

2. Atri N.S., Saini S.S., Saini M. K. & Gupta A. K. 1992 Two new records of the genus Russula from India. Geobios new Reports 11: 101-103.

3. Atri N.S. , Saini S.S. & Saini M.K. 1993. Some Russulaceous fungi from Dalhousie (H P) – The genus Russula Pers Geobios new Reports 12: 137-140.

4. Saini, S.S., Atri, N.S., Anjula, Saini, M.K., (1993) Studies on the Russulaceous fungi from Narkanda J Indian Bot Soc. 72: 28-36.

5. Atri, N.S., Saini, S.S., Saini, M.K. and Gupta, A.K., (1993), Systematic studies on Russulaceous fungi – The genus Lactarius Pers., J. Indian Bot. Soc., 72: 155-158.

6. Atri N.S., Saini M. K. & Saini S. S. 1994. Indian Russulaceae Roze – A check list In (T.A. Sarma, S.S. Saini, M. L. Trivedi & M. Sharma, Eds) Current Researches in Plant Sciences Vol 1 Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Dehra Dun Pp 81-93.

7. Atri, N.S., Saini, S.S., and Saini, M.K. (1997) Studies on genus Russula Pers. from North Western Himalayas Mushroom Research, 6 (1) 1-6.

8. Kaur, Munruchi, N.S. Atri and S.S. Saini, (2002), Genetic Diversity, Association, Culinary Potential, and Conservation of Members of Section Rigidae Fr. Of Genus Russula Pers. in the forests of Himachal Pradesh In “The Fungi: Diversity and Conservation in India” (Eds. J. S. Dargan, N. S. Atri & Gurpaul Singh). Bishan Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Cannaughat Place Dehra Dun pp. 32-34.

9. N.S. Atri, M.K. Saini and Damanjeet Kaur. 2007. Three New Leaf Spot Diseases Caused by Pseudocercospora Speg. From India. Journal, Punjab Academy of Sciences 4 (1&2) 66-68.

10. N.S. Atri, R.C.Upadhayay, Rajinder Singh and M.K. Saini 2007. Effect of Culture Media and Physical Factors on Vegetative Growth of Lentinus squarrosulus (Mont.) Singer. Journal, Punjab Academy of Sciences 4 (1&2) 91-94.

11. Munruchi Kaur 2007. Russula himalayensis – A New Species from Himachal Pradesh. Journal, Punjab Academy of Sciences 4 (1&2) 103-105.

12. Munruchi Kaur, Havinder Kour and N.S. Atri. 2008. Study of Punjab Mushrooms: Three New Records of Family Tricholomataceae from India. Indian Journal of Mushrooms. Vol. 26 (1&2) 14-17.

13. A.K. Gupta, N.S. Atri, Munruchi Kaur and S.S. Saini. 2008. Studies on the genus Agaricus L.: Fr– IV. The sub genus Agaricus section Arvenses Konr. et Maubl. from North West India. Indian Journal of Mushrooms. Vol. 26 (1&2) 22-30.

14. A.K. Gupta, N.S. Atri and Munruchi Kaur. 2008. Studies on genus Agaricus L.: Fr. –V The Subgenus Agaricus Section Xanthodermatei Sing. Indian Journal of Mushrooms. Vol. 26 (1&2) 38-44.

15. Atri N.S., Harvinder Kour, Amanjeet Kaur and M. K. Saini. 2008. Mushroom Wealth of North Eastern Punjab – Their Ecology, Conservation and Screening. In Germplasm Diversity and Evaluation. pp- 57 – 72. Edt. N.S.Atri, R.C.Gupta, M.I.S.Saggoo and V.K.Singhal. Publisher Bishan Singh Mahinder Pal Singh, Dehradun, U.A. (India).

16. Atri, N. S., Upadhyay, R. C., Singh, Rajinder and Saini, M. K. 2009. Effect of carbon and nitrogen sources on the vegetative growth of Lentinus squarossutus (Mont.) Singer. Indian J. Mush. 27: 29-32.

17. Atri, N.S, Kaur, M. and Kaur, D. 2009. Pathological problems of Two common Avenue plants from Punjab. JPAS 5-6: 107-108.

18. Atri, N.S., Kaur, H., Kaur, A. and Saini, M.K. 2009. Mushroom wealth of North Eastern Punjab - their ecology, conservation and screening. In: Atri, N. S., Gupta, R. C., Saggoo, M.I.S. and Singhal, V.K. (Eds.). Germplasm Diversity and Evaluation - Algae, Fungi and Lichens. Bishen singh and Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun. pp. 59-74.

19. Saini, M.K., Singh, Y., Kaur, H. and Atri, N. S. 2009. The genus Volvariella Speg. - from North India. JPAS 5-6: 52-56.

20. Atri, N.S., Kaur, A. and Kaur, M. 2009. Three New Records of Coprophilous Mushrooms of Family Bolbitiaceae from India. Mushroom Research 18 (2) : 51-56.

21. Atri, N. S., Saini, M. K., Gupta, A. K., Kaur, A., Kaur, H. and Saini, S. S. 2010. Documentation of wild edible mushrooms and their seasonal availability in Punjab. In: K. G. Mukherji and C. Manoharachary (Eds.). Diversity and Conservation of Fungi. I. K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. pp. 161-169.

22. Atri, N. S., Kaur, M., Kour, H., Kaur, A. and Gupta, A. K. 2010. Mushroom Diversity in Punjab: Application, Prospects and conservation. In: Prospecting Fungal Diversity: Conservation and Applications in Biotechnology.Edt.By S.K. Singh and V.S. Rao. Anamya Publishers, New Delhi, India. pp. 81-89.

23. Harvinder Kour, N.S. Atri and Babita Kumari. 2010.Studies on genus Lepiota (Pers.) Gray from North –West India. Indian Journal of Mushroom 28: (1 &2): 1 – 7.

24. 73. N.S. Atri, Babita Kumari and M.K. Saini.2010. Two interesting Lepiotoid mushrooms from North West India. Mushroom Research 19 (2): 82-85.

25. Saini, M. K., Atri, N. S., Sharma, S. and Priya, J. 2010. Taxonomic studies on genus Rassula Pers. From Himachal Pradesh, India. J. Mycol. Pt. Pathol. 40: 52-54.

SYMPOSIA/CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Sr. No.	Year	Conference
1.	1992	National Symposium on Botanical Research – Trends and Achievements. Botany Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
2.	1993	16^th Botanical Conference Jabalpur (November 28-30)
3.	1993	80^th session of Indian Science Congress Goa
4.	1994	National Symposium on Current Research in Plant Sciences (November 29-30). Botany Department, Punjabi University, Patiala.
5.	1996	83^rd Indian Science Congress, Punjabi University, Patiala.
6.	1996	National Symposium on Biosystematics: in retrospect and prospect Botany Department, Punjabi University, Patiala. September 2-3
7.	1997	First Punjab Science Congress. April 28-30
8.	1997	Indian Mushroom Conference. National Centre for Mushroom Research and Training, Chambaghat, Solan. September 10-12.
9.	2001	National Symposium on Plant Biodiversity and its Conservation, Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala. February 14 -15.
10.	2002	National Symposium on Fungal Diversity: Present Status and Future Challenges. Botany Department, Punjabi University, Patiala.
11.	2006	National Symposium on Germplasm Evaluation: Present trends. Department of Botany Punjabi University, Patiala. January 23 – 24.
12.	2006	Mycology and Plant Pathology Group Agharkar Research Institute.
13.	2007	International Conference of Mushroom Biology and Biotechnology. N.R.C.M (Chambaghat) Solan. Feb 10-11-2007
14.	2007	2^ndAsian Congress of Mycology and Plant Pathology. December 19 – 22, 2007. Hydrabad, India.
15.	2007	National Symposium on Researches in Fungal Biology–Emerging Trends. Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala. January 30-31
16.	2009	National Symposium on New Vistas for Mycology in Meeting Global Challenges and 35^th Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of India. 29^th -30^th January. p.61.
17.	2010	National Syposium on Botanical Researches- Present Scenario. February 18-19, 2010. Department of Botany, Punjabi Univarsity, Patiala.
18.	2010	International Mycological Congress (IMC-9) on The Biology of Fungi. Held at Edinburgh, UK from 1-6 August 2010.
19.	2011	98^th session of Indian Science Congress organized by S.R.M. University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 3-7 January, 2011.
20.	2011	National Symposium on "Diversification for sustaining profitability in mushroom production" organized by Indian Mushroom Growers Association and Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan,- 173 230, Himachal Pradesh.
21.	2011	National Syposium on Fungal Biology and Applications" organized by the Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala from March 21 – 22, 2011.