Makund Behari Lal

Param Guru Prof. M.B. Lal Sahab
Portrait of Makund Behari Lal
TitleSpiritual Teacher (Sant Satguru)
Personal
Born31 January 1907
Died5 December 2002
(aged 95)
ReligionSant SatGuru Of Radha Soami Sect
SectSant Mat Radhasoami
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
Known forAugust Founder of DEI (Deemed to be University) , Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow, Sant Satguru of Radhasoami Faith
Other namesParam Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Lal Sahab
Senior posting
Based inAgra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Period in office1975-2002
PredecessorGurcharan Das Mehta
SuccessorPrem Saran Satsangi

Makund Bihari Lal Sahab (31 January 1907 – 5 December 2002)[1][2] popularly known as "Param Guru Huzur Dr. M.B. Lal Sahab"[3] was the Seventh Revered Sant Satguru of the Radha Soami sect[4][5] or Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh, living at and presiding over Dayalbagh in Agra. He was also a zoologist who served as a professor in the Department of Zoology[6] and subsequently as the Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow from 1968 to 1971.[7] He was also the Founder Director of DEI ( Dayalbagh Educational Institute )and the master architect of its education policy ,1975.[8]

He was elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1942,[9] and a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1962.[10]

Education[edit]

Mukund Behari Lal studied at the Government High School, Sitapur and the Christian Intermediate College, Lucknow before obtaining a BSc and MSc in zoology from the University of Lucknow. He was awarded Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh for his research work[11] and thesis[12] "Trematode Parasites of Birds".[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Proceedings of the International Conference on International Conference on Environmental Parasitology and Community Health Care Initiatives: ENPARACOHI--2007, October 13-15, 2007. Allied Publishers. 2007. p. xi. ISBN 9788184242362.
  2. ^ Kanungo, M.S. (25 February 2003). "Makund Behari Lal" (PDF). Indian Institute of Science.
  3. ^ dei.ac.in https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/edei/files/Valedictory-Rev-Prof-M-B-Lal-Founder-Director-DEI.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith". www.dayalbagh.org.in.
  5. ^ Juergensmeyer, Mark (1995). Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691010922.
  6. ^ "Zoology at Lucknow: Dr. M. B. Lal". Nature. 176 (4489): 907–908. 12 November 1955. Bibcode:1955Natur.176U.907.. doi:10.1038/176907e0. S2CID 4169887.
  7. ^ ":: Lucknow University". www.lkouniv.ac.in.
  8. ^ "Home". www.dei.ac.in.
  9. ^ "Fellow Profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Deceased Fellow Detail". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 7 January 2020.[dead link]
  11. ^ LAL, M. B. (19 April 1947). "Acanthocephala of Trout and Anthelmintics : Behaviour in vitro". Nature. 159 (4042): 545–546. Bibcode:1947Natur.159..545L. doi:10.1038/159545a0. PMID 20295248. S2CID 4015891.
  12. ^ Lal, Makund Behari (1947). Studies on larval helminths with observations on the in vitro behaviour of Acanthocephala (Ph.D. thesis). University of Edinburgh.