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'''Amar Chand Joshi''' (18 September 1908 – 14 February 1971), also known as '''A. C. Joshi''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] botanist, academician, and [[Indian Civil Service]] officer, who served as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]; and the Vice-Chancellor of [[Banaras Hindu University]], [[Varanasi]], [[India]]. {{Botanist|Joshi|inline=yes}} Joshi co authored a book titled “Lahore District Flora’’ with [[Shiv Ram Kashyap]]. It was published by Punjab University in 1936.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/lahore-district-flora/oclc/4018811?referer=di&ht=edition|title=Lahore District Flora|date=1936|publisher=University of the Punjab|location=Lahore|pages=285}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Joshi was born on September 18, 1908,<ref>{{cite web |title=Amar Chand Joshi |url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Joshi,__Amar_Chand |website=Indian Academy of Science |accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref> in Bahadurpur, a suburb of [[Hoshiarpur]] in Indian Punjab. His father Ram Kishan Joshi was an Assistant Surgeon in the [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]]. Joshi studied at [[Forman Christian College]], [[Lahore]], and completed his Bachelor of Science (Honours) (1929) in Botany from Government College, [[Lahore]], and [[Master of Science|MSc]] in 1930. He completed his [[Doctor of Science|DSc]] in 1937.<br />
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==Teaching career==<br />
Joshi joined as a demonstrator in Botany at Punjab University, [[Lahore]], in 1930<ref>{{cite web |last1=Randhawa |first1=MS |title=Amar Chand Joshi |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM15_9214.pdf |website=Indian National Science Academy |publisher=INSA |accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref> and worked there until 1931, when he became an assistant professor at [[Banaras Hindu University]], where he later became a professor. He joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1934 and was assigned to [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In 1936, he was posted as Assistant Collector at [[Faizabad]]. In 1945, he was selected as Professor of Botany at Government College, [[Lahore]], and Director of the Punjab University Botanical Laboratory, [[Lahore]]. Joshi was forced to leave Lahore during the Partition of India in 1947, and he took over as Professor of Botany at the newly established Botanical Laboratory at Government College, [[Hoshiarpur]], in 1947 where he worked until 1951. He later became Principal of the Government Training College for Teachers at Jullundur. In 1953, Joshi was appointed as Director of Public Instruction (DPI) and Secretary to the Punjab Government, where he worked until 1957. <br />
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In 1957, he was appointed Vice Chancellor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arshi |first1=Arshdeep |title=Old-timers share its revival story as Panjab University turns 135 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/old-timers-share-its-revival-story-as-panjab-university-turns-135/story-JAxI0k5SNyMxCekt2z2I8N.html |accessdate=14 June 2020 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=13 October 2018}}</ref> of [[University_of_the_Punjab|Panjab University]], Chandigarh, and he served until June 1965. From July 1965 – August 1967, he was Adviser for Education in the Planning Commission. He served as Vice-Chancellor of [[Banaras Hindu University]], in September 1967 – September 1969.<br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
After leaving [[Banaras Hindu University]], he returned to [[Chandigarh]], where he died on February 14, 1971.{{cn|date=July 2020}} The Central Library of Panjab University, [[Chandigarh]], is named in his honour as A C Joshi Library.<ref>{{cite web |title=A C Joshi Library |url=https://library.puchd.ac.in/ |website=Panjab University |accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Panjab University eyes Unesco heritage status for AC Joshi Library |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/panjab-university-eyes-unesco-heritage-status-for-ac-joshi-library/story-yuk6WNgi9qFOKg2EHrLTXI.html |accessdate=14 June 2020 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=18 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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