Sharma,Ganpati Parshad (1917-2007)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor Emeritus, Panjab University, Department of Zoology

Prof Ganpati Parshad Sharma was born on December 11, 1917. He had published over 300 research papers in leading Indian and foreign journals. He retired as the Head of the Zoology Department.

Widely travelled, Professor Sharma did his PhD in cytology in 1945 from Panjab University and PhD in genetics from Edinburgh University, UK. A fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, he had also been a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society of Great Britain and the Zoological Society of London.

Professor Sharma had been a Fellow of the university Senate. He won the Owen prize and a university scholarship for research. He had also been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.

Professor Sharma travelled to many countries during his academic career. These included the UK, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, erstwhile USSR, the USA, Canada and Japan.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Imai, H. T.; Baroni Urbani, C.; Kubota, M.; Sharma, G. P.; Narasimhanna, M. H.; Das, B. C.; 1984. Karyological survey of Indian ants. Jpn. J. Genet. 59: 1-32