Dr.
M.K. Kaul (born Nov.
1, 1948), an Honours Botany
graduate from University of
Kashmir, took his Ph.D. degree
in Botany from University
of Bombay in 1975. He has
more than 25 years research
experience in the field of
systematic Botany, Ethnobotany
and Conservation of Medicinal
Plants. Most of this time
he has been botanising in
north-west and trans-Himalaya
having an extraordinary diversity
of altitudes and rigorous
climatic conditions. He has
been instrumental in ‘ex
situ’ conservation of
important medicinal plants
like Heracleum candican and
Picrorhiza kurroa—Himalayan
species exhibiting poor response
to changed habitats.
He is a member of various
national and international
scientific societies. He has
authored a book on weed flora
of Kashmir and edited books
on medicinal and aromatic
plants. He has more than seventy
research publications to his
credit.
Presently he is working as
a Senior Scientist in Regional
Research Laboratory, Jammu-a
constituent of Council of
Scientific and Industrial
Research, and is engaged in
studies on biodiversity and
sustainable use of endangered
medicinal plant resources
of western Himalaya.
