Botanical Survey of India gets a new director, the first mycologist to head the institute / ਬੋਟੈਨੀਕਲ ਸਰਵੇ ਆਫ ਇੰਡੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਨਵਾਂ ਡਾਇਰੈਕਟਰ, ਸੰਸਥਾ ਦੇ ਮੁਖੀ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਮਾਈਕੋਲੋਜਿਸਟ
Dr. Kanad Das has been appointed as the 13th Director of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), making him the first mycologist to lead the institution.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved his appointment on September 6, 2025
An internationally recognized expert in the taxonomy of fungi, Dr. Das has discovered over 165 new species and two new genera of wild mushrooms in India.