Indian botanist (1917-1991).
Kartar Singh Thind (30 October 1917 – 3 December 1991) was a botanist. He was born in Saidpur, Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, Kapurthala district, Punjab, India. A scientist and educationist, Thind was M.Sc, Ph. D, F.N.A.Sc. He did his Doctorate in Plant Pathology from the University of Wisconsin, USA. Thind was a professor and Head of the Department of Botany at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He authored or co-authored numerous research articles on phytopathology which were published from 1957 until his death in numerous national and international scientific journals. His fields of specialization we