Natural products have always been an essential part of the healthcare system. Historically these natural products have been proven to be the key component of drug discovery. Many scientists globally contribute extensively to this research. One of the leading women scientists whose first love was always exploring chemistry, biology, and metabolism of phytoactive from unexplored…
Women Scientist Scheme, is a flagship programme of Department of Science & Technology (DST) under KIRAN (Knowledge Involvement in Research advancement through Nurturing). Through one of its components- ‘Women Scientist Scheme-C (WOS-C)’- it provides employment opportunity to women scientists having break in their career through management of Intellectual Property Rights. Patent Facilitating Centre (PFC) of…
Brachystelama nigidianum (habit) Botanists from Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru and Department of Botany, Sri Krishanadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh reported a new species Brachystelma nigidianum from the Nigidi forest near Kadiri, Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh State of India. The reported species is similar to B. beddomei Hook. f. and B.…
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The fellowship is for unemployed women candidates holding Ph.D. degree in their respective subject areas with an aim to accelerate the talented instincts of the women candidates to carry out the advanced studies and research. http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfw/ https://www.biotecnika.org/2016/06/post-doctoral-fellowship-to-women-candidates-by-ugc-govt-of-india/?utm_source=email_newsletter_regular&utm_medium=email
Dhirendra Kumar News Curator cum Moderator Indian Botanists Union Minister for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched the “CSIR-NBRI Herbarium Online” on the CSIR-NBRI website (www.nbri.res.in), thus making One Hundred Thousand Herbarium collections accessible worldwide. He also released a flyer “CSIR-NBRI HERBARIUM ONLINE” on the occasion. The Minister took keen interest…
Dhirendra Kumar News Curator cum Moderator Indian Botanists The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today gave its approval for signing the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties held in Paris in December 2015. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar,…
Megha Panpalia MachharBanasthali Vidyapith, Tonk, Rajsthan Both, plants and animals, have in one way or the other embarked on mimetic phenomenon as a means to thrive well in this dynamic and ever challenging environmental surroundings. The plant kingdom is overwhelmed with number of genus and species. The plants are well-known for their adaptive strategies to…
Dhirendra Kumar News Curator cum ModeratorIndian Botanists The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan, and Vice President, CSIR has urged the farmers and entrepreneurs engaged in cultivation, processing of medicinal and aromatic plants to adopt improved technologies and improved varieties for raising their income. Speaking at a Kisan Mela…
Kapil Mohan Sharma, Jaykishan Amarcholi and Ronak Patel Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat Introduction With advancement towards a digital nation, digitization of agriculture – the backbone of Indian economy can’t be left behind. Currently, due to many reasons farmers are leaving their work behind and moving towards other alternatives. By using wide network of…
