Solipuram Madhusudhan Reddy (popularly known as S M Reddy) was born on 15 October 1940 to

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Peddamma and

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. Laxma Reddy in Errambelli village of Valigonda mandal,

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He earned his bachelor’s in botany (1963), took his master's degree in botany from

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(1965) and

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degree from

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(1968). He did post-doctoral research in the Institute of Microbiology,

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during 1978-79 and visited different laboratories in

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. He guided more than 30 research students of Ph.D. degree and published more than 350 research papers in various journals. He is a fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Botanical Society and A. P. Academy of Sciences. He is also on the Editorial Board of various research journals. Retired botany professor of

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, S.M. Reddy has been elected President of Indian Botanical Society for the year 2016. He took charge on October 27 as president at the annual conference of the society held at

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, Jaipur from Prof. Ashok Bhatnagar of

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. He authored and co-authored books in

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, microbiology, and

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