Program
Date: 09 August 2025
Program Highlights
3:00 PM
Welcome speech
Dr. Arun AbrahamHead, Marketing & Communication, HM Botanical Garden
3:10 PM
Introduction to Hortus Malabaricus Botanical Garden
Mr. Sam SanthoshFounder & Trustee
3:20 PM
Presidential Address
Dr. N. AnilkumarChairman, Kerala State Biodiversity Board
3:40 PM
Inaugural address
Ms. Anne CremersDeputy Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South India
4:00 PM
Keynote address – “Discovering the power of green”
Prof. (Dr) Suman P S KhanujaFormer Director, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Lucknow
4:40 PM
Felicitations
5:00 PM
Graphic Novel Presentation – Introducing the Graphic Novel “Hortus Malabaricus-the story of a book” by team Paava
5:15 PM
Vote of Thanks
Dr. Anoop P. BalanScientist In-Charge, HMBGRI, Cheruthuruthi
Date: 10 August 2025
Program Highlights
Technical session 1: Botany and History of Hortus Malabaricus
8:30 AM
Registration
9:00 AM
Introductory note
Dr. Anoop P. BalanScientist In-Charge, HMBGRI, Cheruthuruthi
9:10 AM
Lead speech – “Hortus Malabaricus plants in the Protected areas of Kerala and their Conservation status.”
Dr. N. Sasidharan, Chief Scientist (Retd.)Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
10:00 AM
Lead speech – “Ethnobotanical perspectives of Malabar Coast during 17th Century as evidenced from Van Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus and Future research potentials”
Dr. Remesh MoochikkalAssistant Professor & Herbarium Curator, Department of Biology, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
10:30 AM
Lead speech – “Explication of the Taxonomic Identities of Impatiens species mentioned in Hortus Malabaricus”
Dr. K.M. PrabhukumarSenior Scientist, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
Technical session 2: Future prospects
11:15 AM
Lead speech – “Analytical Approaches in Natural Product Chemistry: Extraction and Structure Elucidation of compounds from ‘Ansjeli’ (Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.) a tree mentioned in the third volume of Hortus Malabaricus”
Dr. Reneela P.Head, Department of Chemistry, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad
11:40 AM
Lead speech – “Biomolecules from Natural Resources in Pharmaceutical Innovation: Exploring Significance, Product Development, and Regulatory Strategies for Global Health Prospects”
Dr. Sivakumar MoniAssociate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
12:15 PM
Lead speech – “Reverse Pharmacology Approach in Developing Novel Therapeutic Molecules from Phytochemicals”
Dr. CN RamchandPresident and CEO of Saksin Lifesciences Pvt Ltd
12:45 PM
Lead speech – “Scope of Microbiome research in Hortus Malabaricus”
Dr. Murali GopalPrincipal Scientist, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod
2:30 PM
Lead speech – “Taxonomy in Transition: Bridging Classical Botany and Genomic Insights”
Dr. Ritesh Kumar ChoudharyScientist – E, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
3:00 PM
Lead speech – “Unravelling the Medicinal Potential of Hortus Malabaricus: Integrating Ayurveda, Ethnobotany, and Modern Phytochemistry for Sustainable Bioprospecting and Conservation”
Dr. PE RajasekharanPrincipal Scientist (Retd.), Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru
3:30 PM
Selected presentations
5:00 PM
Valedictory
Speakers
Inaugural address
Ms. Anne Cremers
Deputy Consul GeneralThe Kingdom of the Netherlands in South India
Presidentail address
Dr. N. Anil Kumar
ChairmanKerala State Biodiversity Board
Keynote address
Prof. (Dr.) Suman P.S. Khanuja
Former DirectorCSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Lucknow
Lead Speakers
Dr. Murali Gopal
Principal ScientistICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod
Dr. N.Sasidharan
Chief Scientist (Retd.)Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Dr. Sivakumar S. Moni
Associate ProfessorCollege of Pharmacy Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Dr. PE Rajasekharan
Principal Scientist (Retd.)Indian Institute of Horticultural Research Bengaluru
Dr CN Ramchand
President and CEOSaksin Lifesciences Pvt Ltd
Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary
Scientist – EAgharkar Research Institute Pune
Dr. Remesh Moochikkal
Asst. Professor & Herbarium CuratorDepartment of Biology, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Dr. K M Prabhukumar
Senior ScientistCSIR-National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow
Dr. Reneela P
Head, Department of ChemistryYuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad
Contact
Dr. Anoop P. Balan, Ph.D, FLS
(Organizing Secretary)
sic@hmbgri.org +91 9995450624Hortus Malabaricus Botanical Garden and Research Institute (HMBGRI), Nedumpura P.O, Cheruthuruthi, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Pin: 679 531
