H. P. Gandhi

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1920 – 2008

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Who was H. P. Gandhi?

Hemendrakumar Prithivraj Gandhi was a pioneering Indian phycologist and diatomist. H P Gandhi did his primary and higher secondary schooling at Pratapgarh and obtained his intermediate degree from Agra . Later, he completed his Bachelors and Masters in Botany from the Wilson College, Mumbai in 1949, where he specialized in algae under the supervision of leading phycologist Prof. A Ella Gonzales. Gandhi joined as an assistant lecturer at Karnatak University, Dharwar in July 1949 and very soon he was transferred unceremoniously to M N College, Visnagar in Gujarat, then to I Y College, Bombay, and after another short time period he joined Rajaram College, Kolhapur after which he finally returned to Karnatak College. With the bifurcation of Bombay Presidency, in 1956, Gandhi was again transferred to Gujarat . His keen interest in the subject made him to collect algal samples from all the possible places and habitats during these transfers, tours and botanical excursions. He retired, in the year 1980, from J.J. Science College, Gujarat from the office of Principal

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Born
Aug 20, 1920
Rajasthan
Nationality
  • India
Lived in
  • Junagadh
Died
Jun 5, 2008
Junagadh

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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