Phycological Society of India

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The Phycological Society of India was founded and registered as Society on 1962. Prof. M. O. P. Iyengar was the first President of the society. Prof. Vidyavati, former Vice-Chancellor, Kakatiya University, Telangana, India is the President now.

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The Phycological Society of India [1] promotes interest and studies in various branches of phycology.

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The Society also publishes a half yearly research journal called Phykos and the first volume was published on April 1962. [2]

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References

  1. "Phycological Society of India". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. "PHYKOS - Official Journal of Phycological Society, India" . Retrieved 24 September 2015.