Dr. Sangeeta Rajbhandary: Professor. Prof. Rajbhandary obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany from Tribhuvan University in 1991, and Ph.D. degree in Plant systematics and Phylogenetics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2010. She has completed her Post – Doctorate from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK in 2014. Her major fields of interests are plant taxonomy, biodiversity, systematics, ethnobotany, medicinal plants, ferns and fern-allies and molecular taxonomy. Prof. Rajbhandary is the Member of Research Committee, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University and Coordinator of Biodiversity and Environmental Management Program at the department. Prof. Rajbhandary has research experience in several projects funded by national and international organizations. She has worked as a Darwin Scholar (1998) at The Natural History Museum, London and a Darwin Scholar (2003-2006) under Darwin Initiative Project for “Flora of Nepal Project” in Nepal and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK, and as a Darwin Fellow at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK (2013-2014). She has supervised 31 M.Sc. theses, and currently supervising two Ph.D. and seven M.Sc. students. She has published one book, nine edited books and 70 papers in national and international journals/publications and 13 reports. Email: imogine3@gmail.com