RESEARCH THRUST AREAS
1. Systematics and conservation of cycads and inventorisation of Gymnosperms in India.
2. Restoration and conservation of wetlands in India.
3. Systematics and ecology of Reptilians.

Ongoing projects: Dr. Rita Singh, Principle Investigator
1. Investigations on the Indian Gymnosperms. All India Co-ordinated Project on Taxonomy (AICOPTAX) funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.
2. Cycas pectinata complex of North Bank Landscape: Status, Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Funded by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), USA. Coordinated by ATREE, Bangalore