I am a botanist, based at University of Kashmir, with two decades of teaching and research experience.

My broad research interest lies in addressing basic scientific questions: what grows where, when, why and how?

I lead BIOTA (BIOdiversity & TAxonomy) Lab, at University of Kashmir (India) with focus on the Himalayan Plant Biodiversity.

(My research interests are supplemented by personal hobbies of travelling and hiking to high Himalayan mountains to photograph the fascinating flowers & lush-green landscapes. Luckily my hobbies are inseparably linked to my profession as a botanist and passion for plants as well. Of late, I have developed a deep flair for 'Botanical Psychology', which I define as portraying human behaviour through botanical lens).