Ethnobotanical Studies Series from TransDisciplinary University (TDU)

TransDisciplinary University (TDU) in Bangalore has launched a series of webinars focused on ethnobotanical studies that are being shared on their YouTube channel. This is a wonderful resource featuring talks on Ayurveda, 19th-century botanical collectors, traditional plant management, and more.

Webinar Grassroot Medicinal Plant Conservation in North America

Susan Leopold provided a talk for this series that has recently been added to the YouTube channel link here.

Grassroot Medicinal Plant Conservation in North America
Talk by Dr. Susan Leopold, PhD
Executive Director, United Plant Savers

Here you can read an article provided by TDU that covers the in-depth conservation of native medicinal plants in India.

Compendium of Traded Indian Medicinal PlantsTDU has also released a comprehensive book on plants in trade in India. The book titled “Compendium of Traded Indian Medicinal Plants” on World Environment Day, 5th June 2018. The book is written by K. Ravikumar, S. Noorunnisa Begum, D.K. Ved, J.R. Bhatt and G.S. Goraya.

The Mission of TransDisciplinary University

TDU was established as an innovation centered University focused on designing and delivering research, outreach and education focused on social transformation aligned to emerging and futuristic needs. It is the first Trans-Disciplinary University in India that also promotes knowledge derived from Indian and other non-mainstream cultural and intellectual traditions. TDU’s institutional uniqueness stems from the fact that while the University itself has core strength in Ayurveda-Biology, Clinical medicine, Medicinal plants systematics, Plant Genomics, Local Health Traditions, Theoretical Foundations of Ayurveda, Traditional Knowledge informatics and Manuscriptology, it has institutional academic relationships with outstanding knowledge partners in fields like Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR), Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Contemporary Movement Arts (Attakkalari), Bioinformatics (IBAB), Conservation of Coastal, Marine and Mountain Ecosystems (Dakshin Foundation), Stem Cell Biology (InStem), Inter-disciplinary Studies (NIAS), Public health (IPH), Education and Pedagogy (Poorna), Medical Research (SJRI), Policy Studies (Takshashila), Antibiotics Research (Bugworks), and Biological Research (Gaiagen). Thus, the TDU institutional ecosystem has the capacity to offer programmes that combine subjects related to natural and social sciences, education, health sciences, conservation and fine arts.

Visit the website https://tdu.edu.in