Dalip Kumar Upreti

Dalip Kumar Upreti (Dr. D. K. Upreti) (born 26 January 1958 in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, Formerly Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian lichenologist.[1] He served as Director and Chief Scientist at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow during 1988 to 2017. Also he served as Head of Lichenology and herbarium division. Presently he is serving as Scientist Emeritus in the same division.

Dalip Kumar Upreti
दलिप कुमार उप्रेती
Personal details
Born (1958-01-26) 26 January 1958
Pithoragarh, Uttar Pradesh State, (now in Uttarakhand State, India)
ResidenceShalimar Heights, Jopling Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Research

He started his career in 1978 at Lucknow University supervised by Dharani Dhar Awasthi, Father of Indian Lichenology. After earning his PhD, he worked as a Research Associate and in 1988, he joined CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute as Scientist-B and lead the Lichen Lab. He has superannuated from his service on January 2017. During this tenure, he published more than 60 research articles (including book chapters). He revised the lichen family Cladoniaceae during his doctoral degree. He has described 98 novel species.[1] He has produced more than 35 PhD students, his students have worked in all the aspects of lichens with 400 research articles. He has revised the lichen families such as Pyrenulaceae, Graphidaceae, Teloschistaceae, Lecanoraceae, Parmeliaceae, Usneaceae, etc. Recently, Dr. Upreti received FNASc during the year 2013 for his notable service in the field of Lichenology.[2] Pradeep Kumar Divakar is his first PhD student, who is one of the world's renowned Lichenologists. Dr.Upreti is serving as president of Indian Lichenological Society.[3]

Dr. D. K. Upreti receives award from Mr. Prakash Javadekar Hon'ble Minister of Environment and Forests (second last) (during E.K.Janaki Ammal award ceremony)

The Janaki Ammal National Award in Plant Taxonomy for the year 2015 was given to Dr. Dalip Kumar Upreti for his work over the last three decades, leading to the establishment of more than 100 new species of lichen to the world and more than 200 species as new records to the lichen flora of India.[4] He has also received Prof. Bashir Ahmad Razi Medal -2006) of Association for Plant Taxonomy (APT).[5]

There are 6 lichen species which are named after him in his honor. Parmotrema upretii Divakar,[6] Myelochroa upretii Divakar & Elix,[7] Lecanora upretii Papong, Nayaka & Lumbsch,[8] Graphis upretii S.Joshi & Hur,[9] Heterodermia upretii Y.Joshi, S.Upadhyay & K.Chandra,[10] Coenogonium upretianum M. Cáceres and Aptroot.[11]

Books coauthored/edited
  • Mukerji, K.G., Chamola, B.P., Upreti, D.K. & Upadhyay, R.K. (eds). Biology of Lichens. Aravali Books International, New Delhi. 1999.
  • D. K. Upreti; Sanjeeva Nayaka (2004). A Field Guide to the Common Lichens of Corbett Tiger Reserve. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. ISBN 978-81-211-0334-3.
  • P. K. Divakar; D. K. Upreti (2004). Parmelioid Lichens in India: A Revisionary Study. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. ISBN 978-81-211-0389-3.
  • Shukla V., Upreti D.K. and Bajpai R. Lichens to biomonitors the environment. Springer, Heidelberg New York printed at Netherlands, 2013.[12]
  • Nayaka S. and Upreti D.K. Lichens of Uttar Pradesh. Shivam press, Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh Biodiversity Board, Lucknow, 2013.
  • Rai H and Upreti D.K. Terricolous lichens in India. Volume I & II. Diversity pattern and distribution ecology. Springer Verlag, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4614-8735-7.[13]
  • Bajpai R. and Upreti D. K. Lichens on Indian monuments: Biodeterioration and Biomonitoring. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun. 2014, ISBN 978-81-211-0856-0
  • Upreti D.K., Divakar P.K., Shukla V. Bajpai R. Recent advances in lichenology. Vol I and II, Springer, Heidelberg New York printed at Netherlands, 2015.[14]
  • Mishra GK, Upreti DK. Lichens flora of Kumaun Himalaya. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, pp 621, 2015[15]
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References
  1. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity: Dr. D.K. Upreti (accessed 30 March 2014)
  2. "The National Academy of Sciences, India - Fellows".
  3. "Welcome to Indian Lichenological Society".
  4. "Prime Minister Plants 'Kadamb' Sapling on World Environment Day; Javadekar, Virat Kohli Plant Saplings to Mark the Occasion".
  5. "AWARDS AND HONOURS – 2005-06" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. Divakar, P. K.; Upreti, D. K. (2003). "New species and new records of Parmotrema (Parmeliaceae) from India". The Lichenologist. 35: 21–26. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0426.
  7. sv:Myelochroa upretii
  8. http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2012/f/p00068p028f.pdf
  9. Joshi, S; Jayalal, U; Oh, SO; Nguyen, TT; Dzung, NA; Hur, JS (2014). "A New Species of Graphis and New Lichen Records from Vietnam, Including a Second Worldwide Report of Sarcographina cyclospora". Mycobiology. 42 (1): 17–21. doi:10.5941/MYCO.2014.42.1.17. PMC 4004942. PMID 24808729.
  10. Joshi, Yogesh; Upadhyay, Shashi; Chandra, Krishna (2014). "Heterodermia upretii, a new species from India (Physciaceae, Ascomycota)". Phytotaxa. 175 (2): 117. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.175.2.7.
  11. Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (25 January 2018). "Coenogonium upretianum (Ascomycota: Coenogoniaceae), a new corticolous lichen species from Brazil". Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 0 (1). doi:10.21756/cab.esp3. ISSN 2456-0251.
  12. Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment. Springer. 2014. ISBN 9788132215028.
  13. Terricolous Lichens in India: Volume 1: Diversity Patterns and Distribution Ecology. Springer. 2014. ISBN 9781461487357.
  14. Recent Advances in Lichenology: Modern Methods and Approaches in Biomonitoring and Bioprospection, Volume 1. Springer. 2015. ISBN 9788132221807.
  15. "Lichens Flora of Kumaun Himalaya / 978-3-659-37886-7 / 9783659378867 / 3659378860".
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