K N GaneshaiahProf. K. N. Ganeshaiah is a leading plant biodiversity researcher in India. He was involved in mapping plant resources of the most bio-rich areas of the country at a very fine scale of 40 sq km grids. These data sets are now available for Western Ghas, Eastern Ghats, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. For the past 15 years he has led a national-level network program to compile the data on Indian bioresources. He also founded the Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), which is the largest database on biological resources of India. These data sets are used all over the country by ecologists, conservation biologists, and students. As Co-Chair of Asia Biodiversity Conservation and Database Network, he encourages scientists around the world to work together to make biodiversity research and conservation an international effort. Read More Read Less