Pradeep C

Plant Systematics || Biodiversity Informatics || Medicinal Plants || Researcher

Puducherry, Puducherry, India

About

Experience

  • Botanist/Medicinal Plants -Consultant at Puducherry Medicinal Plants Board, National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Consultant at Puducherry Medicinal Plants Board | Directorate of Ayush
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Provide comprehensive Technical /Administrative support to Director-cum-Chief Executive Officer, managing calendars, scheduling meetings, assisted in preparation of budget, financial reports and coordinating travel arrangements. Prepare and edit Parliament question reply, correspondence, annual reports, and presentations, ensuring accuracy and professionalism. Act as a link between National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush (MoAyush) to Stake Holders, farmers, researchers and facilitating effective communication and collaboration. Maintain filing systems and databases, ensuring all documents are organized and easily accessible. Assist in project management by tracking deadlines, deliverables, and progress updates to NMPB, MoAyush.

  • French Institute of Pondicherry (1 yr 7 mos)
    • Associate Research Assistant
      Sep 2021 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

      experienced with Herbarium curation

    • Technical Assistant
      Sep 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Curation of Herbarium data, the digitization of herbarium sheets and its publication to the Global Information facility. Supporting daily operation in Forest Botany, Department of Ecology. Coordinating with the IT, the Department of Geomatics in interdisciplinary projects.

  • Data Manager at GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility
    Oct 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Data Manipulating, Data Originator, Data Curator

  • Research Assistant at French Institute of Pondicherry
    Dec 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Qualitative survey of plants in Kazhuveli wetland. Herbarium preparation. Data Curation. Supporting daily operation in Forest Botany, Department of Ecology.