0000-0002-8116-8045 About
Dr Alok Adholeya is currently the Director of Biotechnology and Management of Bioresources Division at TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), New Delhi, an independent, not-for-profit research organization, which he joined in 1986. Many awards and honours that have come his way during his distinguished career so far include the Gwalior Ratna in 2000, the Paryavaran Sanrakshan Samman (an award for protecting the environment) in 1999, Young Scientist Award in 1999, and the Biotech Product and Process Development and Commercialization Award 2004 by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, to honour his outstanding contribution to sustainable production of plants through his innovative and dedicated research on developing a method to produce mycorrhizal biofertilizers on a large scale and the subsequent successful commercialization of that method, and “Innovation for India Award 2010” by Marico Innovation Foundation.
He has found ways to harness the power mycorrhizae to increase the productivity of crop plants, and to restore degraded lands. The increased demand for mycorrhizal biofertilizer prompted him to commercialize it. He has developed many other technologies involving mycorrhiza in the reclamation of industrial wastelands. He has also identified suitable microbes beneficial for growing biofuel crops.
He has published over 95 research papers in reputed national and international journals and has also been a member of the editorial boards of many of them. He is an Honorary Professor at Deakin University, Australia. He has often chaired many advisory committees on agriculture and bioremediation, and has guided 15 doctoral students and many masters’ students so far. He also acts as an invited reviewer for several reputed journals. He is also an invited speaker in many international forums.
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