Prof. Wasim Ahmad Of AMU Selected For Prof. E.K. Janaki Ammal National Award

Prof. Wasim Ahmad has been selected for Prof. E.K. Janaki Ammal National Award . He is from the Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University. He is being awarded on the basis of his works on Animal taxonomy for the year 2009. The award carries Rs.1,00,000/- ( Rupees one lakh) cash along with a citation, scroll and Medallion and is conferred each year on 5th June at the World Environment day function organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forest.


Prof. Ahmad has made outstanding contribution in the field of Biodiversity, taxonomy, ecology and phylogenomics of soil inhabiting nematodes. His papers have been published in more than 170 journals. He has descibed about 290 new species of nematodes.

Prof. Ahmad’s most famous book titled “Dorylaimida; Free-living, predaceous and plant parasitic nematodes” published by E.J. Brill, Leiden is a unique world-wide reference for study of dorylaim nematodes and till date it is the most cited book in nematode taxonomy. A similar treatise by him on Mononchida was published in 2010 by E.J. Brill under their prestigeous Nematology Monograph series.

Prof. Ahmad has visited a large number of countries of the world as an expert for the study of dorylaim and mononchid nematodes. and is recipient of prestigious visiting fellowships/scholarships from Royal Society (London), DFG (Germany), Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (Japan), Erasmus Mundus Scholar (European Union), Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), KOSEF (Korea), TWAS (Italy), Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research Fellowship of National University of Singapore and Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica visiting Fellowship and many others.

Prof. Ahmad is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and has received many awards and medals from several scientific societies. He has guided several students for their M.Phil and Ph.D degree and is regularly associated with imparting taxonomic training at National and International level.