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'''Kartar Singh Thind''', '''(K. S. Thind)''' (30 October 1917 &ndash; 3 December 1991) was a [[scientist]] of [[Botany|botanical]] sciences. He was born on in village [[Saidpur, Kapurthala|Saidpur]], Tehsil [[Sultanpur Lodhi]], District [[Kapurthala]], [[Punjab, India]].<br />
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A scientist and educationist, Dr Thind was M.Sc, Ph. D, F.N.A.Sc. He did his Doctorate in [[Plant Pathology]] from the [[Wisconsin University]], USA.<ref>Indian academy of Sciences Index page, See Link: http://www.ias.ac.in/php/pfell_all.php3?alpha=T.</ref><br />
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Dr Thind was a professor and Head of the Department of Botany, [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]]. He has authored or co-authored numerous research articles on [[Phytopathology]] which were published from 1957 till his death (1991) in numerous important national and international scientific journals like ''[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]; Journal of the Indian Botanical Society; Indian Phytopathology; Research Bulletin of the Panjab University Science; Mycologia; Indian Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology; Transactions of the British Mycological Society; Indian Botanical. Society; American Journal of Botany; Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences; Kavaka; Bot. Notiser; Czech Mycol; Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo etc. etc.''.<ref>See Talk Page for this Article [[Talk:Kartar Singh Thind]].</ref> His name is included among the select [[Phytopathology|Phytopathological]] scientists of the world. His fields of Specialization are [[Mycology]] and Phytopathology (Plant Pathology).<ref>These Kamboj People, 1979, p 327; The Kambojas Through the Ages, 2005, p 374, Kirpal Singh Dardi.</ref><ref>Indian Academy of Sciences Index, http://www.ias.ac.in/php/pfell_all.php3?alpha=T.</ref> He has also written several books including well known ''Physiology of Fungi'' which text is recognized as authoritative in the field of [[Phytopathology]]. He participated in numerous national and international conferences and seminars on Botanical science and read his research papers which were appreciated through the world.<ref>These Kamboj People, 1979, p 327; The Kambojas Through the Ages, 2005, p 374, Kirpal Singh Dardi.</ref><br />
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Dr Thind was Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences and Member of Indian Phytopathological Society besides many other associations. He was honored with FNA on 17 December 1967. In 1979, he received PANCHANAN MAHESHWARI MEDAL, an award instituted during 1977 by Dr. K. Subramanyam, Ex. Director, Botanical Survey of India to commemorate the memory of Professor P. Maheshwari.<br />
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He died on 3 December 1991.<ref>Biographies & obituaries, Subramanian, C.V. Current Science 63 (3): 151-152, 1992; See also: Cyberliber bibliographic database.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kamboj]]<br />
*[[Kambojas]]<br />
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