Name:

Dr. Vinaya S. Ghate

Year of Birth:

b.1951

Education:

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Specialization:

Taxonomy, Floristics, Ethno-botany, Biodiversity conservation with special reference to Tree Flora

Honours:

Fellow and life member Society of Ethnobotanists, Lucknow, Also nominated as nodel officer for Maharashtra by Society of Ethnobotanists, Lucknow;

 

Life member of number of professional societies like Society of Tree Scientists, Solan; Indian Women Scientists Association, Mumbai; Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy, Calicut; Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Pune; Vriksha Samwardhini, Pune; Nisarga-Sevak, Pune.

Contact:

vsghate@aripune.org ,      vsghate@yahoo.com

Patents:

 

Publications:

Nagarkar S, Ghate VS & Rahangdale SR. Interesting morphovariables recorded in Aeridis maculosum Lindl.  Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 103(1):136-137, 2006.

Datar MN & Ghate VS. Changing floristic diversity of Katraj Hill, Pune. In Geobios 33 (2-3): 133-136, 2006.

Sane H. & Ghate VS. Sacred Conservation Practices at species level through tree worship. Ethnobotany 18:46-52, 2006.

Ghate VS & Sane H. “Pune Parisaratil Durmil Vruksha” (Rare Trees of Pune) - in Marathi Published by Center for Environmental Education, Pune 2005.

 

Ghate VS & Nagarkar S. Occurrence, fruiting and seed morphology of endemic Bulbophyllum fimbriatum (Lindl.)  Reichb.f. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 102(2):257, 2005.

 

Ghate VS, Sane H. & Ranade SS. (Eds.). Focus on Sacred groves and Ethnobotany (Proceedings of the National Seminar on Ethnobotany & Sacred Groves: Role in Conservation Strategy for India) along with original papers by Dr. V. D. Vartak, Prism Publications, Mumbai. 2004.

 

Ghate VS & Sane H. Non-conventional Food Plants Associated with Ritual of Rishi-Panchami. Asian Agri-History, 8 (2): 129-134, 2004.

Sane H and Ghate VS. Indilogical evidences for conservation strategies. In (Edt. V.S. Ghate et al.)Focus on Sacred groves and Ethnobotany pp 115-122, 2004.

Nagarkar S & Ghate VS. Ethnobotanical and commercial utilization of medicial plant resources from Taluka Junnar, District Pune. In Focus on Sacred groves and Ethnobotany (Edt. V.S. Ghate et al.) pp 202-207, 2004.

Ghate VS. Indian Bombacaceae: Commercial and ethnobotanical utility. In (Janarthanam and D. Narasimhan edited) Plant diversity, Human welfare and conservation. pp 297-309, 2003

Ghate VS, Nagarkar S & Sane H. Flora polymorphism and fruiting in Kumari (Aloe vera) JMAPS 24: 698-702, 2002.

Nagarkar S & Ghate VS. Status of Sacred Groves in Junnar Taluka, Pune district. Proc. VIII National Conference of Women in Science: Strategic approaches to protect environment pp. 31-35, 2002.

Ghate VS and Kamble S. Critical notes on phenology and regeneration of Karvi (Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek. Proc. VIII National Conference of Women in Science: Strategic approaches to protect environment pp. 63-67, 2002.

Ghate VS. Tree legumes from Western Maharashtra: Notes on distribution and utilisation. In: Advances in Legume Research in India. (Ed.R.R.Rao) Pub. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun pp. 251-265, 2002.

Ghate VS. Crude drug resources of Western Maharashtra : use values and availability. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences (JMAP) 22 & 23 (1A-4A) :663-667, 2000. (Special Issue -Proceeding of National Seminar on the Frontiers of Research and Development in Medicinal Plants), Sept. 16-18, 2000.

 

Back