I’m the head botanist at Auroville Botanical Gardens. I’m experienced in plant conservation, plant taxonomy and identification of plants. I’ve been involved in conserving the local Tropical Dry Evergreen (East Deccan Dry Evergreen) forest, and carry out periodic vegetative surveys in the local reserve forests and sacred groves to gauge the health of these forest patches.
I’ve also been training scholars and others in identification of Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest trees and native plant species in a scientific and easy way.