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| Dr. Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal |
Born - 4th November 1897
Schooling - Tellichery, Kerala
Bachelor’s degree - Queen Mary’s College, Madras (now Chennai)
Honours degree in Botany- Presidency College , Madras in 1921
Master’s degree - Universityof Michiganin, USA in 1925
DSc (Oriental Barbour Fellow)- Michigan in1931
Professor of Botany - Maharaja’s College of Science, Trivandrum Kerala (1932-34)
Geneticist - Sugarcane Breeding Institute at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (1934-1939)
Assistant Cytologist - JohnInnes Horticultural Institution, London (1940-50)
Cytologist -Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley during 1945–51
Special Officer - BotanicalSurvey of India (BSI), 1951
Served Govt. of India in various capacities - 1951 to 1970
Associated with Centre for Advanced Study in Botany, Universityof Madras as Emeritus Scientists.
