page_title: Aditya Narayan Purohit
section_title: Positions held
hierarchical_section_title: Aditya Narayan Purohit / Positions held
caption_attribution_description: English: Centre for Aromatic Plants, Selaqui, Dehradun
context_page_description: Aditya Narayan Purohit is an Indian scientist and professor who has mainly worked on ecophysiology of tree species and physiology of high altitude medicinal plants. He was born in village Kimni, Dist. Chamoli.
  He has served as the Vice-Chancellor of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University and as director of the university's High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Center.
  He was also the Director of Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development from 1990 to 1995.
  Purohit was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, by the President of India in 1997 for his valuable scientific contribution in Indian mountains.
context_section_description: 2010 onwards: Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Doon University, Dehradun
  2003 -2010: "Sri M.L. Bhartia Chair for Conservation, Development and Promotion of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Uttaranchal" Government of Uttaranchal
  2001–2002: Vice- Chancellor, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, India
  1990–1995: Director, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, (Autonomous Institute of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India) Almora, U.P., India
  1995–2002: Professor and Director, High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, Garhwal University, Srinagar, U.P., India, March, 1985 to August 1990 and from September 1995 till June, 2002.
  1979 – 1985Reader, Department : of Botany and Director, High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, Garhwal University, Srinagar, U.P. India
  1976–1979: Reader and Head, Department of Botany, Garhwal University, Srinagar, U.P.,India, 1976–78 and Reader, October 1978 – July 1979.
  1975–1976: Reader in Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
  1973–1975: Research Associate, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  1969–1972: Plant Physiologist, Sr. Class I, Central Potato Research Institute, ICAR, Simla, India
  1966–1969: Lecturer, Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
  1965–1966: Research Officer, Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India
  1961–1963: Research Assistant, Plant Physiology, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
caption: Centre for Aromatic Plants, Selaqui, Dehradun
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