Medicinal Flora of Poona College

About The Authors

Dr. Rafik U. Shaikh (M.Sc., Ph.D.)
He is an Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune, with an experience of 08 years in teaching and research. He is a recognized Guide of M. Phil. & Ph.D. of Savitribai Phule Pune University. As a researcher, he has published over 22 research papers in reputed national and international journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, etc.

He is an active member of the International Society for Research and Development (London, UK) and International Natural Product Science Taskforce (Poland). He has attended many national/international conferences and presented the research papers. He is an active reviewer of over 17 international journals published by reputed publishers.

He has been awarded as an outstanding reviewer for the Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (Elsevier, Taiwan) and as a Young Scientist by International Research and Developed Organization, India. His research interests include Angiosperms Taxonomy, Ethnobotany, Ethanopharmacology, and Medical/Pharmaceutical Pharmacology.

Dr. Aafreen A. Ahmed (M.Sc., B.Ed., Ph.D.)
She is an Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, AKI’S Poona College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune. She is in the field of teaching since seventeen years with a keen interest in Pharmacognosy. She has participated in several national and international conferences, workshops and symposia; also published papers in UGC approved journals. Her expertise lies in taxonomy of angiosperms. With academics, she also serves as programme officer, NSS unit of Poona College.