Indra D. Bhatt, MSc, PhD in plant science has over 20 years of research experience in a different position and currently holding Scientist F and Head Centre for Biodiversity Conservation and Management at GBPNIHE, Almora. He has wide experience of working with multidisciplinary, multinational teams of scientists, and currently working as lead author for Cross Chapter paper on "Mountain" and Chapter 5—"Food, fiber, and ecosystem products," IPCC Working Group II—Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. He is a member of Commission of Ecosystem Management of IUCN and was elected “Sectional President? of Environmental Science Section of the 106th Indian Science Congress 2019. He has published over 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals and as book chapters. His work is largely focused on the conservation and sustainable use of Himalayan biodiversity.