Garden Management
Dr E S Santhosh Kumar
Qualification:
PhD: Plant Taxonomy, Floristics, Ex-situ Plant Conservation
Specialization :
Personal Biography
The individual holds several notable memberships and fellowships in scientific organizations, including being a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, London (FLS) since 2007, and a Fellow (FIAT) and Life Member of the Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) since 2006. They are also associated with the Association for the Advancement of Biodiversity Science, Bangalore (FABSc), the IUCN SSC Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group, and the Kerala Academy of Sciences, among others. Additionally, they have served as a Research Guide at the University of Kerala since 2014.
Projects & Selected Publications
Ongoing Projects
- 2023-2026.Biotechnological interventions for defensible conservation and restoration of Dialium travancoricum Bourd., a Critically Endangered Endemic Tree of the Southern Western Ghats". Co-Investigator. Rs 23,00,000. SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
- 2023-2025. Conservation, Eco-restoration and Popularisation of three endemic and threatened tree species of Kerala, India. Principal Investigator. Rs 15,00,000. Kerala Forest Department, Govt. of Kerala.
- 2022-2026. Green Kerala Initiative. Nodal Officer. Rs 56,00,000. Kerala State Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Kerala.
- 2019-2021. Conservation of endemic and critically endangered Buchanania barberi. Team member. The Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation fund, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- 2012-2018. Economic and bio-geographic evaluation of the Cinnamomum species in India through morphological, chemical and molecular biology studies. C0-Investigator. Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India.
- 2011-2012. Setting up a garbage Plant for Conversion of garden waste to useful waste and an alternate medium for potting and planting. Co-Investigator. Rs.10,00,000. NABARD, Thiruvananthapuram.
- 2010-2011. Systematic study of Piper. Co-Investigaor. Kerala Forest Department, Govt. of Kerala
- 2014-2018. Development of a Systematic Garden of herbal plants. Principal Investigator. Rs. 4,00,000. Kerala State Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala.
- 2009-2012. Development of a Systematic Garden of herbal plants. Principal Investigator. Rs. 4,00,000. Kerala State Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala.
- 2009-2012. Development of a Systematic Garden of herbal plants. Principal Investigator. Rs. 4,00,000. Kerala State Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala.
- 2005-2006. Variability studies on medicinal plants. Co-Investigator. Kerala State Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Kerala.
Publications
- Santhosh Kumar E.S., Shailajakumari S. & Shareef S.M.(2021). Madhuca balakrishnanii (Sapotaceae), a new species from Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 510 (1): 78-82.
- Santhosh Kumar E.S., Shailajakumari S, Sreekala A.K., Parthipan B. & R.Prakashkumar (2021). Sida keralensis (Malvaceae): a new species from Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 508(3): 289-294.
- Santhosh Kumar E.S. & Shareef S.M. (2022). Buchanania abrahamiana (Anacardiaceae), a new species from Kerala, India. Annales Botanici Fennici 59: 61–65.
- Jisha Daniel, Santhosh Kumar E.S., William Decruse, M.R.Prasad (2020). A new species of Biophytum (Oxalidaceae) from the Western Ghats (Kerala, India). Phytotaxa 438(1): 49-52.
- Santhosh Kumar E.S., R.Raj Vikraman and R.Prakashkumar (2020). Note on Strobilanthes sanjappae (Acanthaceae). Phytotaxa 437(2): 119-120.
Position: Technical Officer Gr. IV
Mobile No: 8547825373
Email: santhoshkumares@gmail.com
Work Experience
More than 30 years of research experience in floristic study, plant taxonomy, botanical nomencalture, ex-situ conservation of wild plants genetic resources, etc. . I have published 2 books, 185 research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, described 35 species as new to science and rediscovered 30 species, 5 new combinations proposed, 9 taxa reported for the first time for India, 3 taxa recorded for the first time for south India and 16 taxa as an addition to Kerala. Also having 5 years of experience as an Estate Manager in the British Aerospace Head Quarters, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in maintaining the large English style gardens, pest control, irrigation systems, waste management, etc.