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The Department of Botany, University of Calcutta is going to organize the XXXIII Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and International Seminar on Advances in Plant Systematics, Biogeography and Biodiversity Conservation. This seminar will include presentations by the leading scientists and researchers of the world in the field of Plant Systematics, Biogeography, Biodiversity Conservation, Endemism, Bioprospection, Ethnobotany and many other topics. The scientific meet is going to be an enlightening platform for all taxonomists to discuss the recent development in the field of Plant Systematics. We hope to deliberate on the challenges of conducting Systematics research and to identify window for the young researchers, students as well as the scientific community through elaborative lectures, scientific papers, poster presentations and interactive sessions on different Disciplines of Plant Systematics. 

Venue: Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata - 700 091 & The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata 700029

Last Date of Abstract Submission: 30.09.2023.

The The XXXII annual conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and national symposium on the theme, “The Contribution of Angiosperm Diversity to Human Wellbeing and the Risk Associated with its Decline”, concluded at Karnatak Science College in Dharwad on Sunday, after fruitful scientific deliberations. The conference was organised from November 11 to 13 by the Department of UG, PG and Research in Botany of Karnatak University’s Karnatak Science College. During the event, two gold medals were presented and one endowment lecture and 12 technical sessions were conducted. In all, 223 scientists, research scholars and postgraduate students from different States participated in the symposium and presented their research papers and posters on different themes. A souvenir, Abstract, with research papers presented on these three days was released by C.K. Rao. 

The The XXXI Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and the International Conference on Documentation, Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Development; was organized by Dr. D.Y. Patil Unitech Society’s Dr. D.Y. Patil Arts, Commerce and Science College,Akurdi, at Yash Resort, Kalsubai-Harishchandragad Wildlife Sanctuary, Akole, Maharashtra from 5 to 7 April 2022.