Faculty Distinguished Faculty

Prof. (Dr.) K.R. Aneja has 34 years of postgraduate teaching experience in the Microbiology and Botany Departments, including 11 years as Chairman of the Department of Microbiology at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He is a current member of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur, and an Expert Member of the Project Expert Group at ICFRE, Dehradun. Dr. Aneja has served in various prestigious roles, such as the Governor's/Chancellor's Nominee for Teacher's Selection at Punjabi University Patiala, a member of the National Committee for the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), President of the Mycological Society of India, Recorder of the Plant Sciences Section of ISCA, and member of the RPC at ICFRE.

Dr. Aneja has received several honors and awards, notably the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mycological Society of India and the INSA-Royal Society Academic Exchange Fellowship Award for postdoctoral work. He is an elected Fellow of five academic societies: IBS, IPS, IMS, MSI, and SBCA.

As a researcher, Dr. Aneja has managed six major research projects funded by national and international agencies, notably DFID, United Kingdom. He has guided 23 Ph.D. candidates and published 178 research papers, reviews, and book chapters in reputable international and national journals. He has authored or co-authored 11 books, edited three books, and written two manuals across various branches of microbiology, mycology, biochemistry, and biotechnology, with publications by international and national publishers. Recently, he was honored with the 2023 Unnat Bharat Sevashree Award (Shiksha Rattan).