Prof. Saroj Kanta Barik — Indian Botanist and Plant Ecologist
Professor of Botany and Dean, School of Life Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong.
Former Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Lucknow.
Specialist in plant ecology, biodiversity conservation, Himalayan botany and bioprospection.
200+ peer-reviewed publications; 5,400+ citations; 8 new species described from the Himalaya and north-east India.
New Species Described
- Trisetopsis himalayensis — Poaceae — Maitoli Glacier, Uttarakhand, 2021
- Anemone pindariensis — Ranunculaceae — Pindari Valley, 2021
- Aconitum sikkimensis — Ranunculaceae — Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, 2021
- Aconitum haridasanii — Ranunculaceae — Arunachal Pradesh, 2020
- Aconitum tawangense — Ranunculaceae — Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, 2019
- Christella kendujharensis — Thelypteridaceae — Kendujhar, Odisha, 2019
- Pedicularis husainiana — Orobanchaceae — Western Himalaya, 2018
- Swertia angustifolia — Gentianaceae — Trans-Himalaya, 2020
Fellowships
- Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA, 2024)
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc, 2025)
- Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS, 2020)
- Fellow, National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc, 2018)
Recent Publications
- Widespread Support for a Global Species List — PNAS 2023 (IF 11.1)
- Measuring the Quality of Species List Governance — BioScience 2026 (IF 8.4)
- Forestry in the face of global change — Current Forestry Reports 2023 (IF 8.6)
- Forest carbon stock and bioeconomy — Biomass and Bioenergy 2024 (IF 5.8)