Dr. Mukti Ram Paudel: Lecturer. Dr. Paudel obtained his M.Sc. degree in Botany in 2010 and a Ph.D. degree in Botany (Plant Tissue Culture and Pharmacology) in 2019 from the Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University. His major fields of interest are: exploration and documentation of orchids and their plant tissue culture and micropropagation, production of secondary metabolites in tissue culture, isolation of secondary metabolites, chemical characterization, and pharmacological activities mainly antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic and anticancer. Dr. Paudel has research experience in various projects funded by national and international organizations and has completed two research projects as principal investigator and two as co-investigator. He has supervised five M.Sc. dissertations. He has published more than a dozen papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals. He has also published a few books and book chapters. Email : mr.paudel@cdbtu.edu.np / muktiram.paudel@cdb.tu.edu.np