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of Soil and Water Conservation, Government of Punjab. He is working on ex-situ management of rainwater in farm ponds and its judicious use through micro-irrigation systems. Dr. Abrar has constructed farm ponds in various adopted villages. He has authored a number of technical bulletins, a book, book chapters and many research articles in journals of national and international repute; is a member of many scientific associations, has been active participant in scientific conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools, training programs for building up high scientific temper and technical skills. Recently, he has been felicitated with "Best Thesis Award" for his doctoral research work by Soil Conservation Society of India.

Munir Ozturk, Ph.D., D.Sc. has served at the Ege University-Turkiye for more than 50 years in different positions, has been Founder Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies, Ege University, and Chairman of the Botany Department as well as Director of the Botanical Garden. Sideritiso zturkii and Verbascum ozturkii are 2 newly recorded endemic plant species from Turkiye in the name of Munir Ozturk. His fields of scientific interest are; pollution & biomonitoring; plant ecophysiology, biosaline agriculture; medicinal-aromatic plants conservation. Dr. Ozturk has published almost 60 books with internationally known publishers including Springer, Elsevier,Taylor& Francis, Wiley and few others. He has more than 80 book chapters and 200 papers in international journals; 120 with impact factor. Dr. Ozturk has also presented 125 papers at the International Meetings, 85 at the National Meetings and has served as a guest editor for more than 13 international journals. He holds many Memberships of "Institutions and Professional Bodies" and has received fellowships from the globally recognized Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, and the National Science Foundation of the USA. Heha