Pothuraju_Judson
Pothuraju Judson
Indian entomologist
P. Judson is an Indian Entomologist,[8] who researched much on Dysdercus cingulatus in the 1970s. In the successive decades,[9] he took to teaching of Zoology[10] at Osmania University, Secunderabad, a State-run University u/s 2 (f)[11] of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. He contributed much to the discipline of Entomology[1] through scholarly articles in scientific journals (see section on writings). He was also a member of the Indian Society for Comparative Animal Physiology.[12]
P. Judson[2] | |
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Born | (1950-07-28) 28 July 1950 (age 73)[3] |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | B. Sc., M. Sc.,[1] Ph. D. |
Alma mater | Osmania University,[4] Secunderabad |
Known for | Research in Entomology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology |
Institutions | University College of Science, Saifabad, Department of Zoology,[5] Osmania University,[6] Secunderabad |
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Judson was Lecturer, Reader,[13] then Professor[2] and Head[14] and Chairperson of Board of Studies[15] of Department of Zoology[16] at Osmania University,[17] Secunderabad. Earlier in 1997,[18] he became Principal[19] of the University College of Science,[20] Saifabad.[21] During his tenure, a full-fledged vocational course in Dryland farming leading to B. Sc. (Dryland farming)[22] was launched in 2001[22] with the cooperation of three external stakeholders, namely, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) and Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU).[22]
Much like an Old Testament Scholar contributing to the German academic journal Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW), Judson and others, contributed a research article in 1978[23] to the Leipzig-based academic journal, Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung.[23]
Judson's articles co-authored with others appeared in major scientific journals. One of Judson's research articles published in 1978[24] with B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur and B. Juilus Divakar entitled The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera) appeared in the scientific journal Experientia (now Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences),[24] which has been kept in more than 500[25] library holdings in universities[25] and academies across the world.[25]
He was much active among the academic fraternity in Hyderabad, India. In 2007, he co-organized a National Conference on Biodiversity Conversation and Human Wellbeing, which was conducted jointly by the Department of Zoology (OU) and Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History.[26] In 2008, he co-edited a compendium titled Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-Being.[27] In 2009,[14] Judson convened a national symposium on the theme Implications of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases and its impact on public health[14] at Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology.[14]
His co-authored writings comprise,
- Judson P, Julius Divakar B, Kishen Rao B (December 1976). "The effect of "Paper factor" on the fecundity and hatchability in Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)". Current Science. 45 (24): 867–868. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24081409.
- Judson P, Julius Divakar B, Kishen Rao B (December 1977). "Transfer of Juvenoids and Inhibition of Embryogenesis in Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera)". Current Science. 46 (2): 44. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24080234.
- Judson P, Kishen Rao B, Thakur SS, Julius Divakar B (1978). "Histological changes in the ovaries of Dysdercus cingulatus (F.) caused by the "paper factor"". Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung. 92 (3): 541–546. ISSN 0044-3107. PMID 751342.
- Maruthi Ram G, Kishen Rao B, Thakur SS, Judson P (1978). "Juvenile hormone-like activity of the Pygidial secretion of Anthia sexguttata (F.) (Carabidae: Coleoptera)". Journal of Animal Morphology and Physiology. 25: 93–100. ISSN 0021-8804.
- Judson P, Kishen Rao B, Thakur SS, Julius Divakar B (1978). "The effects of a Juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera)". Experientia. 34 (6): 817–818. doi:10.1007/BF01947347. ISSN 1420-9071. S2CID 10799244.
- Ashok S, Kishen Rao B, Thakur SS, Judson P, Samuel Raj N, Maruthi Ram G (1978). "Defensive secretion of the soap-nut bug Tessaratoma javanica (Thunberg) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) as a juvenile hormone mimic". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für allgemeine Zoologie und Physiologie der Tiere. 82 (4): 383–394. ISSN 0044-5185.
- Judson P, Kishen Rao B, Thakur SS, Revathy D (1979). "Effect of Precocene II on Reproduction of the Bug Dysdercus similis (F.) (Heteroptera)". Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 17 (2): 947. ISSN 0975-1009.
- Judson P, Rao VS (1989). "Biology of the Dysdercus koenigii in relation with the mortality and sex ratio (Pyrrhocoridae: Heteroptera)". Pestology. 13 (11): 8–11. ISSN 0970-3012.
Judson is a communicant member[28] of Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC) and attached to the STBC-Baptist Church, Lallaguda,[28] Secunderabad.[29] He is also associated[30] with Training in Evangelism Needs and Technology (TENT), a brain child of the Geologist, B. E. Vijayam,[31] who set up such facility to promote means of livelihood with the inspiration being attributed[31] to Bishop Bunyan Joseph of the Church of South India, a rural Evangelist, Canon (priest) and later Bishop.
Inter-faith dialogue
Judson was also involved in other initiatives relating to Interfaith dialogue[32] and Community development. He was on the Council[33] of the Henry Martyn Institute, Shivarampally for over[34] a decade.[35] Judson was on the Committee and later on the Council, which was led by Theologians comprising C. L. Furtado, P. Surya Prakash and others.[36] Judson came up on the Committee, especially at a crucial juncture, when the institute relocated to its new campus in Shivarampally from its earlier locality[37] in Abids.[38]
Community development
Judson is also on the Advisory Board of Genesis Urban and Rural Development[39] under whose aegis a National Conference on emerging challenges and opportunities in Agriculture, Social, Plant, Environment, Cooperatives and Technology was held in 2016.[40]
Efforts by the members of the STBC-Baptist Church, Lallaguda resulted in creation of a social action initiative which was named Burden and Love for Economically and Socially Suppressed (BLESS)[28] in which Judson has been active and presently holds the position of Secretary.[28] Through the Church, he has been actively involved in promoting[41] food security[42] among those marginalized[8] dry land farmers of Telangana through System of Rice Intensification[29] in a few[29] mandals of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district and Medchal-Malkajgiri district.
During the 2010s, he took up social action initiatives in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha through the Canadian Baptist Ministries[43] in which he was a Field Staff[29] and Team member.[43] Judson is the present India representative[44] of European Baptist Mission International overseeing social action programmes[45] together with 16 partners in the country.[46]
- Prof. Dr. M. Abel, Ph. D. (California),
- Prof. Dr. T. D. J. Nagabhushanam, Ph. D. (IARI),
- Prof. Dr. P. A. James, Ph. D. (Osmania)
- Dr. J. A. Oliver, Ph. D. (ANGRAU),
- Prof. Dr. B. E. Vijayam, Ph. D. (Osmania),
- Gordon W. King (2016). Seed Falling on Good Soil: Rooting Our Lives in the Parables of Jesus. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781498279369.
- P. Judson, The effect of exogenous juvenile hormone on the reproductive system of bug Dysdercus similes Freeman, Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, Osmania University, Secunderabad, 1980. Cited in Shodhganga.
- P. Judson, B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur, B. Julius Divakar, Histological changes in the ovaries of Dysdercus cingulatus (F.) caused by the "paper factor" in Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung, Volume 92, Issue 3, 1978, pp.541-546.
- P. Judson, B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur and B. Juilus Divakar, The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera) in Experientia, Volume 34, Issue 6, 1978, pp.817-818..
- WorldCat: The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera).
- Annual Report 2006-2007, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore, 2007.
- Bethel Church, Stuttgart, Germany.
Academic offices | ||
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Preceded by M. Janardhan Reddy, 1995-1997 |
Principal, University College of Science, Saifabad[1] 1997-2001 |
Succeeded by M. Prabhakar, 2001-2003 |
Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by P. Joshua |
Chairperson, Council of Christian Hospitals, Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh 2019- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |