Dr. Shreeti Pradhan: Lecturer. Dr. Pradhan obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany from Tribhuvan University in 2005 and Ph.D. degree in Plant Biotechnology from Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2017. Her major fields of interest are in vitro culture techniques, synthetic seed production and their commercial utilization, ex-situ conservation and genetic characterization of rare, threatened and endangered plants, especially orchids. Dr. Pradhan has research experience in projects funded by national and international organizations and published two dozen of research papers in the national and international journals/publications. She has supervised 4 M.Sc. theses. Email: shreeti_prd@yahoo.com