Early Life and Education
Born on New Year's Day, 1938 in Madras-India, Thani received the Master of Science degree in Botany in 1962 at the University of Madras under the direction of the eminent plant morphologist, Professor B.G.L. Swamy. At the same time Thani was awarded the prestigious Fyson Prize in Natural Science, which is reserved for truly outstanding Indian naturalists.
In 1970 Thani was granted the doctorate degree by the University of Montpellier in recognition of his erudite and comprehensive thesis on the pollen morphology, classification and phylogeny of 800 species of extant Palmae (=Arecaceae).
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