Ranked among top 2% of scientists of the world as per Stanford University USA for 3rd consecutive year.
Ranked 570 of 2000 scientists in the world in Plant Sciences & Agronomy as per research.com
Member of the Executive Council of the International Union of Biological Sciences (France)(2023-26.)
JC Bose National Fellow, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India: second term ongoing
Fellow of all the 4 National Science Academies (FNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAAS) and recipient of UGC honorarium
Recipient of the Haryana Vigyan Ratan Award
Recipient of Punjab Rattan Award
Recipient of the Commendation Honour of UT Chandigarh
Former Chairman, State Expert Appraisal Committee of MoEF, New Delhi for Environmental Clearance for UT Chandigarh
Former coordinator International working party 8.02.04 on Ecology of Alien Invasive of IUFRO Austria
Member Task Force on Biological Invasions
Academic Qualifications:
First class career throughout:
- Master of Science (M.Sc) in Botany,
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- UNESCO-WHO PG Course in Biology (Praha)
Countries Visited:
For academic purpose only and on invitation and expenditure of the hosts
- The United States of America (USA) 6 times
- The Republic of China 4 times
- Czech Republic 4 times
- Japan 2 times
- South Korea 2 times
- Bangladesh 2 times
- Canada 1 time
- Hungary 1 time
- Finland 1 time
- Germany 1 time
- Malaysia 1 time
- Australia 1 time
- Nepal 1 time
- Singapore 1 time
Personal:
Born: December 02, 1953, Gurgaon (Haryana), India
Education: V.K. Model Higher Secondary School, Rohtak; Government College, Rohtak; Panjab university, Chandigarh; Meerut University, Meerut; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic.
Family:
Wife: Principal (retd), Government College, Mohali;
Sons: Elder: BE & ME (Power-Electronics) from USA - Working in USA
Younger: MBBS,MD, DM Fellowship in Gastroenterology in USA and Working as Director of Endoscopy, in Veterans Hospital of Federal Govt. USA
Contact: Villa # 423-423A, Phase-2, Pocket-3, Gate-3, Omaxe City, Mullanpur, Mohali 140901, India
Official: Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Mohali-140306 India
E-mail: (P) rkkohli45@yahoo.com & rkkohli45@gmail.com (off): rkkohli@pb.amity.edu vc@pb.amity.edu
Cell-phone: 098722 01516
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