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Dr. H.N. Pandey, Professor of Plant ecology at the department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong is a product of the school of plant ecology in the department of Botany, B.H.U. He served as Head of the Department of Botany, NEHU, Shillong and Coordinator of U.G.C. –COSIST Programme. He has been teaching Plant Ecology for more than 35 years and has supervised 15 doctoral theses. He has successfully handled several major research projects funded by different national agencies of the country agencies of the country. Major areas of his research interest are ecology of forest ecosystems, tree regeneration, and biodiversity of sacred groves and other protected forests, eco-restoration of degraded forest ecosystem, ecology of agro-ecosystems and agro-forestry systems. He has published more than 85 research papers based on his original research work in journals of plant Ecology of national and international repute. His works have been cited world-wide and he is known for his contributions in the field of Forest Ecology. He has authored six books in different branches of Botany including one edited volume on “Ecology & resource Management in Tropics” and authored more than a dozen technical reports including The State of environment report of Meghalaya 1994 and 2005.