Dr. H C Lakshman, Professor and Chairman, Department of Botany, Karnataka University, Dharwad. M.Sc from Bangalore University and PhD from Karnatak University Dharwad had training in fermentation technology in C.F.T.R.I. , Mysore . He has 29 year of teaching experience and 20 years of research experience. He has published 119 research papers in National and International journals and has 8 books for his contribution. He attended 45 national and 8 international conferences / symposia. He successfully guided 10 PhD and 6 MPhil students. He evaluated 25 PhD theses from different Universities of India. He visited France and Italy in 2001. He is a member in 22 academic and research organizations. He is a fellow of I.S.F.E.SC. Indian Society for Environmental Society in 1999. He is a recipient of C V Raman award in 2006. He was awarded honorary fellowship Fellow of International Society of Ecology and Communication (F.I.S.E.C.) by Vinoba Bhave University, he is working as a Senior Professor in Botany (Microbiology Lab), associated with plant science, Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Plant Biotechnology.