title: Prasanna K. Mohanty (1934-2013): a great photosynthetiker and a wonderful human being who touched the hearts of many.
abstract: Prasanna K. Mohanty, a great scientist, a great teacher and above all a great human being, left us more than a year ago (on March 9, 2013). He was a pioneer in the field of photosynthesis research; his contributions are many and wide-ranging. In the words of Jack Myers, he would be a "photosynthetiker" par excellence. He remained deeply engaged with research almost to the end of his life; we believe that generations of researchers still to come will benefit from his thorough and enormous work. We present here his life and some of his contributions to the field of Photosynthesis Research. The response to this tribute was overwhelming and we have included most of the tributes, which we received from all over the world. Prasanna Mohanty was a pioneer in the field of "Light Regulation of Photosynthesis", a loving and dedicated teacher-unpretentious, idealistic, and an honest human being.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India, swatijnubt@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Baishnab Charan
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: Anjana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jajoo
authors.forename: Anath Bandhu
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Prafullachandra Vishnu
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Sane
authors.lastname: Govindjee
mesh_terms: D001901:Botany / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010788:Photosynthesis