Ghulam Hassan DarProfessor Ghulam Hassan Dar is presently working as Director Centre for Biodiversity Studies and Dean School of Biosciences & Biotechnology, BGSB University Rajouri (Jammu & Kashmir), having until recently held the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Chair onEcology and Environment in this University. Prior to this, he worked as Head of the Department of Botany at University of Kashmir, Srinagar. An eminent plant taxonomist, Prof. Dar is widely known for his significant research contributions to the biodiversity of Kashmir Himalaya. A Fellow of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (FIAT), he has been awardee of the Prof Y D Tyagi Gold Medal, the international fellowship of Danish Natural Science Council Denmark, and the Scientist Emeritus fellowships of University Grants Commission, New Delhi and Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. In 38 years of his illustrious teaching and research career, Prof. Dar has to his credit 184 publications (10 books/profiles + 112 papers + 60 abstracts + 2 brochures) and has supervised 25 Ph. D. and M. Phil. scholars. Having completed several research and consultancy projects sponsored by various Indian and foreign funding agencies, he has attended more than 40 national and international conferences/seminars. A member of many international and national academic/scientific societies and of Executive Council of Jammu & Kashmir State Council on Climate Change, Prof Dar has described for the first time ten plant species that are new to science. In pursuit of research and academic collaboration, Dr. Dar has visited many countries, including Denmark, Sweden, Austria, United Kingdom, and Pakistan. Read More Read Less