Mr. Waseem Shahri (M. Phil, NET) is an Assistant professor (Botany) in J&K Higher Education Department presently posted at GDC Tral (An Affiliated College of University of Kashmir Srinagar). He is a recipient of Gold Medal (for Ist Class, Ist position in M. Sc) from University of Kashmir, Srinagar and has qualified Joint CSIR/UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). He has published more than 33 research papers in reputed national and international journals and has contributed some book chapters in leading international books. He has also published two books ‘Comprehensive Ethnobotany’ and ‘Medicinal Botany I’.