Raviraja G Shetty
Dr. Raviraja Shetty G, did his Ph.D in Horticulture from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. He worked on biodiversity, crop improvement, propagation and conservation of Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET) medicinal plants of Western Ghats. He has handled DST – Fast track young scientist project entitled Exploration, Conservation and Utilization of RET Medicinal plants of Western Ghats. Dr. Shetty has received Environmentalist of the Year-2010 award by National Environmental Science Academy, New-Delhi, Young Scientist of the year 2014 award by Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Kolkata, Scientist of year award 2020 by National Environmental Science Academy, New-Delhi. He has delivered lead talks and invited talks at various national and international conferences. He has visited countries like Serbia, Portugal, France, Israel, Switzerland, Germany and Australia to present his research work and to attend international trainings. He has guided more than 20 M.Sc. and Ph. D students for their research as Major Advisor. To his credit he has more than 60 research papers published in national and international journals. He has handled various research projects funded by DST, GOK, AVRDC, NHM and DCCD. He has published 5 books and more than 40 popular articles. He is the member for Medicinal Plant Specialist Group and Species survival Group of International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN). Most recently he has been conferred with Biodiversity conservation award from Karnataka Biodiversity Board. Presently he is working as Associate Professor and Head at Agricultural & Horticulture Research Station, Ullal, Mangalore under University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga.
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