The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies on 5 September 2012, on
the occasion of teacher’s day felicitated Dr. AN Purohit with siksha
ratna award. Dr. Purohit is a former vice-chancellor of HNB
Garhwal University. He was born in 1940 in Kimni village of chamoli
district, Uttrakhand and did his schooling from Nanital and had his
doctorate from Punjab University. Dr Purohit has widely worked in
the Himalayan belt, particularly in Uttarakhand, on specific subject
of plant physiology, ecophysiology of trees and the environment. He was awarded Padmashree in 1997 by the President.
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