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Director of CAbC

Dr. Anil Kumar

Dr. Anil Kumar

Director of the MSSRF Community Agrobiodiversity Centre

kumar@biodiva.org

Dr. Anil Kumar is director of the Biodiversity programme of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and functions as the director of Community Agro-biodiversity Centre (CAbC) in Kalpetta, Wayanad, since 1997.

Research Expertise

  • Community development
  • Sustainable management of genetic resources
  • Training specialist and NGO mobilisation for biodiversity conservation and sustainable management

Current Research Interests

  • Conservation and sustainable management of genetic resources
  • Capacity building of local institutions and key individuals
  • Sustainable livelihood and development
  • Poverty reduction initiatives
  • Scaling up MSSRF’s biodiversity programme

Academic Background

  • PhD degree in Systematic Botany with specialization in Angiosperm Taxonomy.
  • Award holder Watson International Scholarship on Environment in 2006 and Alcoa-IUCN fellowship on conservation in 2008.
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