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Dr. V.L. Sheela is a Professor, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Trivandrum.  With over 24 years of active & dedicated service in teaching, research and extension services in ornamentals, she is an authority on tropical flowers.  An excellent teacher, admired by a vast number of students.  She has published exclusive front page articles on flowers.  Her publications appear in 20 national and international journals.  She has contributed valuable chapters on ornamentals in 5 books.  She has guided students in M.Sc. and Ph.D on ornamentals.  Her collections of heliconias, ornamental ginger and alpines are worth visiting.  She is an acknowledged resource person in training programmes on flowers.  She is also Principal Investigator of research projects on flowering plants funded by ICAR, DAE.

Prof. K.V. Peter , Ph.D, is Former VC of KAU in Trichur, India and Coordinator of the Department of Biotechnology (GOI) funded projects on plantation crops and spices. Prof. Peter is a horticulturist, a plant breeder and an acknowledged research manager. He is the former Director for the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut (ICAR) and former Professor and Director of Research, KAU. Professor Peter is the editor of seven books and author or co-author of thirteen books/bulletins and 132 research papers. The ICAR conferred on Prof. Peter the Rafi Ahamed Kidwai Prize, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences awarded the Recognition Award 1999 for contributions to crop improvement, and the University of Agricultural Sciences conferred the M.H. Marygowda Award for being the Best Horticultural Scientist. Prof. Peter is the Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.