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Dr. M.S. Mondal obtained his M.Sc. in Botany from the University of Kalyani, West Bengal securing first class second position with specialization in Paleobotany & Palynology and awarded Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta in Palynotaxonomy. Dr. Mondal is currently serving in the Botanical Survey of India as Joint Director (Hqrs.). He has contributed about 80 research publications in Indian & Foreign journals and chapters in Books. Dr. Mondal has guided six Ph.D. students and authored two books – “Pollen morphology & systematic relationship of the families Sabiaceae & Connaraceae” and “Pollen morphology & systematic relationship of the family Polygonaceae”. He is now actively engated in the Palynotaxonomic research on plant families with reference to phylogeny.

Dr. (Miss) Ratna Guha obtained her M.Sc. (Botany) from Ranchi University, securing first class first position with specialization in Cytogenetics. Dr. (Miss) Guha started her research career as Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow in the Botanical Survey of India and is presently engaged as Research Associate in the ENVIS centre, Botanical Survey of India. She was awarded Ph.D. degree on the dissertation “Taxonomy and Pollen Morphology of Indian Helobieae with special reference to Phylogeny” under supervision of Dr. M.S. Mondal, Joint Director, Botanical Survey of India. Dr. (Miss) Guha has a number of publications to her credit dealing with taxonomy of angiosperms, palynotaxonomy, floral biology, conservation, etc. She is now actively engaged with status and assessment of plant species of India included in CITES.