Shamim Jairajpuri

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| birth_place = Azamgarh district, United Provinces, British India

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| fields = Zoology

| workplaces = AMU Aligarh, Zoological Survey of India, Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad

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Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri (8 April 1942 – 10 January 2024) was an Indian zoologist. He served as a professor and Chairman of the Zoology Department (1988–1989 and 1997–1998) and Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences (1993–1995 and 1997–1998) at Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh before retirement in 2004.AMU Aligarh {{Cite web | url=https://www.amu.ac.in/department/zoology/list-of-former-chairperson| title=List of Former Chairpersons - Department of Zoology; AMU }} He received the first Janaki Ammal National Award bestowed by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Zoological Society of India for his notable works on taxonomy of nematodes (1964–2004).Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri, E.K. JANAKI AMMAL NATIONAL AWARD FOR TAXONOMY-1999 {{cite web|title=Category - Ministry of Environment and Forests - studylib|url=https://www.studylib.net/doc/7365707/category---ministry-of-environment-and-forests |page=2}}retrieved 25 September 2023{{cite web|title=Two AMU Professors honored|date=25 August 2022 |url=https://radianceweekly.net/two-amu-professors-honoured/}}retrieved 25 September 2023

Early life and education

Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri was born in Azamgarh district on 8 April 1942. He received his education at Aligarh Muslim University, completing his B.Sc, M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Zoology in 1964.MOHD. SHAMIM JAIRAJPURI (1) Dr. Mohd. Mozzam-Azamgarh (2) 8.4.1942 (3) 23.7.1957 (7) B.Sc. 1959 M.Sc. 1961 Ph.D (Zoology) 1964 (10) Lecturer Deptt. Of Zoology A.M.U. Aligarh. 5231{{cite web|title=Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Directory|pages=21–291|year=2019|url=https://www.idoc.pub/documents/aligarh-muslim-university-alumni-directory-1d47kw123yn2}}{{cite thesis|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/57065|title=Studies on plant-parasitic and soil-inhabiting nematodes|year=1967|department=Department of Zoology Aligarh Muslim University|last=Jairajpuri|first=Mohammad Shamim|hdl=10603/57065}}

Positions

In 1998, he became the first Vice Chancellor of the newly formed Maulana Azad National Urdu University. He was credited by The Milli Gazette as "a leading personality" toward the establishment of the aforementioned university.{{cite web |title= Community News | date = 16–31 August 2002 | access-date = 2009-01-06 | url = http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15082002/1508200228.htm | work = The Milli Gazette}} Earlier he had acted as Coordinator of the Agriculture Center at AMU and became the Founder Director of the Institute of Agriculture in 1993 at AMU.Shamim Jairajpuri, Maulana Azad National Urdu University {{Cite web | title= First Vice Chancellor|url= https://www.manuu.ac.in/Eng-Php/vcpage4.php|year=1998–2003 }}

Research

Jairajpuri researched the taxonomy and biology of the plant and soil nematodes, with the results being published in more than 300 research papers. In addition, he is the author of several books on the subject.M. Shamim Jairajpuri, INSA Senior Scientist{{cite web|title=Academic Achievements|url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/old_website/detail.php?id=N92-1093|year=2004–2009}}

Death

Jairajpuri died in New Delhi on 10 January 2024, at the age of 81.{{cite news|url = https://www.siasat.com/manuu-pays-rich-tributes-to-shamim-jairajpuri-its-founder-vc-2953676/|title = MANUU pays rich tributes to Shamim Jairajpuri, its founder VC|date = 10 January 2024|accessdate = 10 January 2024|newspaper = The Siasat Daily}}

Selected bibliography

{{cite book|title=Chapter, Root Knot Nematode Symptoms, Loss and Control, In Book Nematode Pests of Rice|author=M. Shamim Jairajpuri |author2=Qaisar Baqri |year=2019|pages=37–43|doi=10.1201/9780429034749-5|s2cid=196674064 }}
{{cite book |author=M. Shamim Jairajpuri|title=Nematode Pests of Rice|publisher=CRC Press|year=1992|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9780429034749/nematode-pests-rice-shamim-jairajpuri|page=80|isbn=978-0-429-03474-9|doi=10.1201/9780429034749|s2cid=83385467 }}
{{cite book|author=Jairajpuri and Ahmad|title=Mononchida (Nematology Monographs and Perspectives, 7)|date=March 25, 2010|publisher= BRILL; Pp. ed.|isbn=978-9004174641 }}
{{cite journal|author=Mahlaqa Choudhary &; M. Shamim Jairajpuri |title=Evolutionary trends in soil-inhabiting alaimid nematodes|journal=Nematologica|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/nema/32/4/nema.32.issue-4.xml?language=en|year=2010}}
{{cite journal|author=Qudsia Tahseen, Irfan Ahmad and M. Shamim Jairajpuri|title=Observations on three species of the subfamily Acrobelinae (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) from India|journal=Nematology|year=1999|volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=527–537|doi=10.1163/156854199508522}}
{{cite journal|author=M. Shamim Jairajpuri |title=The systematic position of Californidorus Robbins & Weiner, 1978 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)|journal=Systematic Parasitology |date=1982 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=135–137 |doi=10.1007/BF00018994|s2cid=12033926 }}
{{cite book |author=W Ahmad, MS Jairajpuri |title=Mononchida: the predatory soil nematodes

|year=2010|publisher=BRILL

|isbn=9789047428107

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qc-wCQAAQBAJ&dq=Biodiversity+and+stability+inecology+shamim+jairaj&pg=PR15}}

Honours and awards

Honorary D.Sc. Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh (1970){{citation needed|date= January 2024}}
Senior Scientist-Indian National Science Academy (2004-2009)
Professor Har Swarup Memorial Lecture (2000), and
Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship (2004).
Principal Nematologist, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International, United Kingdom(1981–83).
Director of the Zoological Survey of India (1989-1991)Jairajpuri, Former Director Zoological Survey of India {{cite news|title=BU still headless|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bu-still-headless/articleshow/22364385.cms|publisher=BangloreMirror|date=3 November 2008}} retrieved 23 September 2023
President of the Nematological Society of India (1979 -1981)
President of the Zoological Society (1989-1991)M. Shamim Jairajpuri{{cite web|title= THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA|url=http://14.139.186.253/2231/1/76523.pdf |page=15}}retrieved 25 September 2023
Editorial Board Member, the Indian Journal of Nematology{{cite journal|title= Editorial Board Honorary Fellow, M.S. Jairajpuri|journal=Indian Journal of Nematology|url=https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijn&type=eboard}}retrieved 28 September 2023
Shiksha Ratna Puruskar, 2007, by India International Friendship Society{{cite news | first = Parul | last = Sharma | title = A new hostel for students | url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/28/stories/2007062858990300.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103175403/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/28/stories/2007062858990300.htm | archive-date = 3 November 2012 | work = The Hindu | date = 28 June 2007 | access-date = 2009-01-06}}
Lifetime Achievement Award in Parasitology,Indian Society for Parasitology{{cite web | url=http://www.parasitologyindia.org/fellows.htm | title=ISP Fellows | publisher=ISP | date=2014 | access-date=14 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213195132/http://www.parasitologyindia.org/fellows.htm | archive-date=13 December 2014 }}