Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Wani has been appointed as the Director, South Campus, University Of Kashmir.
An order No. F(I/C Director-SC/Admn /TW/20 dated March 03, 2020 to this effect was issued at University on Tuesday.
Dr. Aijaz, an Associate Professor in the PG Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, has earlier served as Deputy Chief Proctor University of Kashmir, besides member of several committees. He has done his M.Sc. Ph.D. in Botany from Aligarh Muslim University and was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir in 2003, said a varsity spokesman, in a statement.
Dr. Wani has a teaching and research experience of 16 years at PG level. With specialization in Genetics and Breeding of crop plants, Dr. Wani has more than 70 publications in National and International Journals. He has also published a book on Chromosome Structure and Aberrations published by Springer in 2016 besides several book chapters.
His significant contributions in the field of research are Development of Germplasm Repository and first Mapping Population of Apple in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Wani is recipient of distinguished scientist award for his contribution and achievements in the field of Cytogenetics & breeding from the Centre for Advanced Research and Design, Venus Internal Foundation in 2016.