Dr. Jaykumar J. Chavan completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He has awarded with DBT- JRF, SRF and DST-Young Scientist Fellowships. He published about 10 research papers in impact factor journals. Presently he is working as Assistant Professor in Botany at Y.C. Institute of Science, Satara (India).