I am a Professor in Forestry at Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Environmental Sciences, Guru Ghasidas University (central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Most of the work which I have done is on the line of tree improvement through mutagenesis. The radiosensitivity level and the induced mutants adaptability have been carried out for its variability induction, wood quality and better root system of the forest tree species eg. Albizia lebbek, Albizia procera, Albizia chinensis, Bauhinia variegata, Bauhinia purpurea, Bauhinia retusa, Robinia pseudocassia, Leucaena leucocephala, Populus deltoides.

For Populus deltoides, clones have been taken to induce mutants for its fast and more wood production and fast growth and to be adaptive for a wider climate range in India.

Presently we are working with the genetic diversity analysis and mutant induction for better wood quality in Terminalia tomentosa and Terminalia arjuna in Central India.

I am also working on forested watershed LULC pattern and the forest tree diversity variability along the watershed catchment.
We are also analyzing the influence of thermal power plants pollutants on carbon fixation, wood quality, regeneration and pattern of change in diversity level of forest in Central India.