PATRONS
Hon’ble Shri. Chandrakantdada Patil
Cabinet Minister
Higher and Technical Education,
Government of Maharashtra, India
Hon’ble Shri. Indranil Naik
Minister of State
Higher and Technical Education,
Government of Maharashtra, India
Hon’ble Shri. B. Venugopal Reddy
Addl. Chief Secretary,
Higher and Technical Education,
Government of Maharashtra, India
Hon’ble Prof. (Dr.) D.T. Shirke
Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Maharashtra, India
Hon’ble Dr. Shailendra Deolankar
In-charge Director
Higher Education, Government of
Maharashtra, India
Hon’ble Prof.(Dr.) P. S. Patil
Pro-Vice Chancellor
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Maharashtra, India
CONVENOR
Prof. (Dr.) Anjali Patil
Department of Botany
Rajaram College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. (Dr.) rer. Nat. Hesham A-El, Malaysia
Prof. (Dr.) Laurent Dufosse, France
Prof. Susanna Badalyon, Armania
Prof. Fung Shin Yee, Malaysia
Dr. Francisca Vincent, Spain
Dr. Rajesh Jeewon, Mauritius
Prof. Samantha Karunarathna, China
Prof. Udeni Jayalal, Sri Lanka
Dr. Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz, Philippines
Dr. Frank K. Ackah, Ghana
Prof. Priyani A. Paranagama, Sri Lanka
Dr. M.H. Hakimi, Iran
Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta, Ireland
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. T.N. Lakhanpal, Shimla
Prof. C. Manoharachary, Hyderabad
Prof. D.J. Bhat, Panaji, Goa
Dr. S. Raghukumar, Dona Paula, Goa
Prof. T. Satyanarayana, New Delhi
Prof. N.S. Atri, Patiala
Prof. M.K. Rai, Amravati
Prof. K.R. Sridhar, Mangalore
Prof. R.G. Bagool, Mumbai
Dr. M.V. Deshpande, Pune
Prof. S. V. Deshmukh, Mumbai
Prof. Sanjana Koul, New Delhi
Dr. J.K. Misra, Lucknow
Dr. T.S. Suryanarayanan, Chennai
Dr. R.C. Upadhyay, Ahmedabad
Prof. R. K. Singh, Itanagar
Dr. Hiralal Sonawane, Pune
Dr. Alok Srivastava, NBAIM, Mau
Prof. Prasun Mukherjee, Bolpur
Prof. B.R.M. Vyas, Rajkot
Prof. Geeta Sumbali, Jammu
Prof. A. U. R. Nanthini, Kodaikanal
Prof. Rupam Kapoor, New Delhi
Prof. Pradeep Varma, Ajmer
Prof. Naveen Kango, Sagar
Dr. Ram Prasad, Motihari
Dr. Abhijeet Kate, Ahmedabad
Dr. Deepak Kumar, Ahmedabad
Dr. A. A. Prabhu, Warangal
Dr. Rohit Sharma, Jabalpur
Dr Narendra Sahare, Amravati
Dr. V. K. Rao, Pune
Dr. M. Y. Borde, Pune
Prof. R. K. Kothari, Rajkot
LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. R. V. Gurav, Head, Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Prof. V. D. Jadhav Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Prof. N.B. Gaikwad Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. K.B. Pawar, Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. S. A. Patil Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. S. G. Ghane Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. M.M. Lekhak, Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. M. S. Nimbalkar , Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. D. K. Gaikwad, Dept. of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Prof. S. R. Yankanchi, Head, Dept. of Zoology and AGPM, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Prof. V.A. Bapat, INSA,Hon. Scientist, Dept. of Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Dr. S. R. Patil, Principal, Deshbhakta Anandrao Balwantrao Naik Arts and Science College, Chikhali
Dr. Ravi Hiremath, Principal, Institute of Pharmacy, Kolhapur
Dr. M. B. Waghmare Head, Department of Botany, The New College, Kolhapur
Dr. T. R. Kawale Head, Department of Botany, Ajara Mahavidyalay, Ajara
Shri. Patil Dhairyashil, IFS, DCF Amravati
Shri. Sandip Suryawanshi, IFS, Karnataka
Shri. Sunil Limaye, Ex PCCF Wildlife, Maharashtra
Shri. G Guruprasad, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Kolhapur
Mr. Kale R. R., Divisional Forest Officer, Kolhapur
Dr. Padmashree Awate, Secretary, IWSA, Kolhapur
Dr. M. Y. Cholekar, Retd. Principal and President, Nisarg Ankur Society, Kolhapur
Dr. Ashok Wali, Retd. Principal and Secretary, Nisarg Ankur Society, Kolhapur
Dr. Dhanashri Patil, Head, Dept. of Botany
Br. Balasaheb Khardekar College, Vengurla
Dr. Anjali Salvi, President, Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Kolhapur
Mr. A. A. Ghevde, President, The Conservation Foundation of India, Kolhapur
Shri. Milind Dhond, President, Compassion 24 We Care
Heads and Faculty, Department of Botany, All colleges Affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur
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