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• ORCID: 0000-0002-8746-7601

• Scopus Author ID: 24504062500

• ResearcherID: J-1276-2019

Professor of Botany with over 25 years of teaching, research, and mentoring experience in plant community ecology, lichenology, and high-altitude vegetation dynamics. Published 45+ peer-reviewed international papers and supervised 40+ graduate theses and 6 PhDs. Recognized for advancing ecological methodology in the Himalayas, promoting open-source tools (R, Python, Linux), and fostering international collaborations in biodiversity and conservation research. Did M. Phil. and Ph. D. in Quantitative Ecology (Botany) from University of Bergen, Norway (2010) and M.Sc. Botany from Tribhuvan University, Nepal (1996). Conducting regular courses of Botany at Central Department of Botany and Research Philosophy at IOST, Dean’s office.