Name : Narendra Kumar Designation : Senior Scientist Address : CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Lucknow E. mail : narendrakumar@cimap.res.in Contact No : 9419130263 Epabx No. : 661 Download Resume Area of Specialization Pharmacognostic evaluation, Angiosperm Taxonomy, Molecular fingerprinting. • Pharmacongostic evaluation of important medicinal and aromatic plants and developed markers for identification of crude drugs. • Morphological, molecular and chemical characterization of important medicinal and aromatic plants /crude drugs and development of pharmacopoeial standards. • Maintenance and improvement of genetic resources of rare, endemic, threatened (RET) and commercially important medicinal and aromatic plants. Education M.Sc. Botany Ph.D. Botany Academic/Research Experience CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative medicine Jammu, Plant Genetic Resources and Agrotechnology Division - Scientist (May 2013- May 2016 ) CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation Division - Scientist (May 2016- May 2020 ) CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation Division - Senior Scientist (May 2020- till date ) Honours and Awards Scientist of the Year Award,Best Extension activities of Lavender in Jammu and Cymbopogon in Gujaratby Essential Oil Association of India in 2014-2016 Publication Ghosh, Dipayan, Neha Chaudhary, Karuna Shanker, Birendra Kumar, and Narendra Kumar*. Monoecious Cannabis sativa L. discloses the organ-specific variation in glandular trichomes, cannabinoids content and antioxidant potential. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2023 Kumar, Narendra*, Dipayan Ghosh, Neha Chaudhary, and Chandan Singh Chanotiya. Rainfall-induced premature senescence modulates biochemical and essential oils profiles in Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér. under sub-tropical climate. Industrial Crops and Products 2022 2. Kumar, Deepak, Vipin Kumar Singh, Narayan Prasad Yadav, Sudeep Tandon, Karuna Shanker, Chandan Singh Chanotiya, Narendra Kumar et al. Green and proficient process for industrial-scale preparation of Gymnema sylvestre standardized-extract enriched with Gymnemic acids through polymer-matrix-adsorption to reduce hyperglycemia. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2022 4. Kumar, Anuj, Neha Verma, Parminder Kaur, Devendra Kumar, Dipayan Ghosh, Anjali Singh, Aman Siddiqui, Narendra Kumar et al. Physiological and chemical changes induced by transparent polythene+ green net shed on Pelargonium graveolens L. mother plants during monsoon season. Industrial Crops and Products 2022 Patents File No Title Inventors Patent No. Abstract