Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. Vinay Madhukar Raole Designation: Professor Contact Address: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Email: [email protected]; Official Email: [email protected] Phone: 0265-2791891(O), 9824244371(M)

Educational Qualification: M. Sc.; Ph. D.; FIAAT Key Qualifications: Professor 2010 onwards Teaching and Research Experience: 26 Years and 29 Years Specialization: Cytogenetics, Cyto- & Biodiversity, Conservation Biology. Awards: Prof. Y. S. Murthy Gold medal of IBS Publications: Papers – 34 Reports – 2 Books – 2 Projects Undertaken:  UGC major research project “In-depth study of vegetation ….Bioprospecting” 2005 –2008. 7.30 Lacs.  UGC major research project “documentation and digitization …South Gujarat” 2010-13. 10 4. Lacs  SSNNL MRP “ E-herbarium Gandhinagar Gujarat 2013-15 11.5 Lacs  GBB MRP “Documentation and inventorization …sedges from Gujarat 2013-14 17.5 Lacs  GBB MRP “documentation and inventorization of Pteridophytes from Gujarat 2013-14 5.4 Lacs  MoEF MRP Biodiversity assessment of Central Gujarat using geospatial and conventional approach along with conservation of important threatened taxa” 2014-17 54.90 Lacs

Publications: 1. Kishore S. Rajput, Vinay M. Raole and Dhara Gandhi 2008 Radial secondary growth and formation of successive cambia and their products in Ipomoea hederifolia L. (Convolvulaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158: 30 – 40. 2. Vinay M. Raole, Kishore S. Rajput and Rinku J. Desai 2008 Preliminary observations on Yellow Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederifolia Linn. Convolvulaceae). Bombay Natural History Society. 105 (3):360-361. 3. Vinay M. Raole, Aruna G. Joshi, Sandhya K. Garge and Rinku J. Desai. 2010. Seed germination of selected taxa from Kachchh desert, . Notulae Scientia Biologicae. 2(2): 41-45. 4. Vinay M. Raole, Rinku J. Desai and J. F. Veldkamp. 2011. Ischaemum sayajiraoi- A new species of from Gujarat, India. Kew Bulletin. Vol. 66 (2): 303-306. 5. Rinku J. Desai and Vinay M. Raole. 2012. Spodiopogon aristatus (Poaceae), new species from Gujarat, India. Kew Bulletin. 67(1):103-107. 6. Rinku J. Desai and Vinay M. Raole. 2012. Further contribution to the grass flora of Gujarat. The Indian Forester. 138(5):449-452. 7. Vinay M. Raole and Rinku J. Desai 2012 Priority of Biodiversity conservation Phytotechnology: Emerging Trends (Eds.) M. Daniel and Arun Arya, Scientific Publishers Jodhpur 18-28 8. Rinku J. Desai and Vinay M. Raole. 2013. Pseudovivipary in Isachne globosa, family Poaceae- Current Science. 104(12): 1599 9. Rinku J. Desai and Vinay M. Raole. 2013. Foliar Micromorphology of Subtribe Ischaemineae, Tribe , Family Poaceae Notulae Scientia Biologicae 5(3):296-302 10. Rinku J. Desai and Vinay M. Raole. 2013. Inflorescence architecture in Fimbristylis (Cyperaceae) from Gujarat, India. Rheedea. 23(2): 73-85 11. Archana Shivastav, Aruna G. Joshi and Vinay M. Raole 2013 leaf epidermal micromorphology of Portulaca species. J. of Botany. 2 (2) : 5-11 12. Rinku J. Desai and Vinay M. Raole. 2014 Synflorescence architecture in some Indian Cypereae, Cyperaceae Rheedea. 24(2): 73-85

Summary of the research As a field taxonomist I have worked on the documentation, exploration and identification of the floristic wealth of the Gujarat state. I have initiated my research with the Cytotaxonomy of rare and endangered taxa from kachchh and later shifted focus towards Poaceae and Cyperaceae 2 largest families of plant kingdom. Moreover, these families are generally neglected by the plant scientist who has a great potential to explore and describe the new as well as variety of the older plant species. The attention and detail examination helped me to describe 3 new plant taxa of grasses and reported 38 newer records of grasses and sedges, 3 pteridophytes as well as 2 dicotyledons from the Gujarat state. In addition to above, in recent years pteridophytes diversity has been assessed and @ 35 new pteridophytes has been included in the state flora. At the same time, I have started focusing on the morphological and architectural aspects of the inflorescence. These studies are ongoing in the form of Botanical survey of India project on Andropogoneae tribe of Poaceae. In recent projects I have also initiated work on the ecological and socioeconomic aspect of these plant groups.