Chennakesavulu Naik Mudavath,^1,* Jangam Ganga Kailas,^2,** Salamma Sugali,^1,*** Devender Ravula,^2,**** Ramakrishna Hari,^{2,*****,******} Ravi Prasad Rao Boyina<sup>1,*******

1</sup>aBiodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur
²bPalaeobotany and Palynology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Scienc

^*Mr. M. Chennakesavulu Naik is a Senior Research Fellow in DBT Project. He has worked in various research projects funded by national agencies. He has 5 years of research experience and currently pursuing his doctoral degree on ‘Flora of South Andaman Islands'. He published 12 research articles. His main research includes taxonomy and conservation of plant species.
^**Jangam Ganga Kailas is a Senior Research Fellow, at Dept. of botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Now pursuing Ph. D on Pollen taxonomy (Pollen diversity of arborescent plants in Karimnagar district, Telangana state, India) and also working on Aeropalynology and Melissopalynology. Published 21 articles in National and International journals and he has 4 years research experience, participated in 7 National and 2 International conferences.
^***Dr. Salamma Sugali is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University currently working on ecology and conservation of Boswelliaovalifoliata. She was awarded DST-INSPIRE fellowship during her Ph.D tenure. Her research interests include population ecology of threatened and endemic species, in situ and ex situ conservation studies and plant taxonomy. She published 11 papers till date.
^****Devender Ravula is pursuing Ph.D as Senior Research fellow at Dept. of botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. His research interests include Melissopalynology, Palynology and Ethnobotany, he published 17 research articles, and he has 5 years research experience.
^*****CONTACT Ramakrishna Hari hrkpaleobot@gmail.com
^******Dr. Hari Ramakrishna is a Professor and Head dept. of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. His research interests include aerobiology, melissopalynology, Paleobotany and Palynology and 4 students have been awarded P.hDs under his guidance and now 5 research scholar are doing Ph.D. he completed O.N.G.C, U.G.C, D.S.T and C.S.I. R research projects. Till now 73 research artiles have been published in various national and international journals. He is the Fellow of paleobotany society (F.Pb.S) and life member of botanical society.
^*******Dr. B. Ravi Prasad Rao is Professor of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuram. His research interests include plant taxonomy, biodiversity conservation, remote sensing applications and climate change studies. He has 28 years of research experience and published 12 books and 121 papers. He is the Principal Investigator for 13 research projects funded by WWF, UGC, DST, DBT, IIRS and NRSC. Twenty students awarded Ph.D. under his guidance. He was a Visiting Fellow at Oklahoma State University, USA. He is the member, Indian Subcontinent Plant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN.