Dr. Ajit Arun Waman
ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, India
I obtained my Master's and Doctoral degree in Horticulture from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India. I have been serving as a Scientist in the Division of Horticulture and Forestry at ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands since 2014. Presently I am involved in conservation and sustainable utilization of underutilized horticultural species including crop wild relatives of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Our team has been responsible for facilitating domestication of endemic and native horticultural species including Garcinia dhanikhariensis, Curcuma mangga, Piper pendulispicum and Haematocarpus validus.