CONTENTS:-
Section A - LECTURES :
1. Ethnobotany-its Scope and Various Subdisciplines/Dr. S.K. Jain
2. Study of Plants During Ethnological Research Among the Tribals/Dr. S.P. Gupta
3. Interdisciplinary Approaches in Ethnobotany/Dr. J.K. Maheshwari
4. Methods of Research in Ethnobotany/Dr. R.R. RAO & Dr. P.K. Hajra
5. Literature on Ethnobotany-Indian & Foreign/Dr. V. Mudgal
6. Recent Ethnobotanical Works on Different States/Tribes of India/Dr. V. Mudgal
7. Main world Centres and Workers of Ethnobotany/N.C. Shah
8. Medico-Ethnobotanical Surveys and their Role in Research in Ayurveda/Dr. K. Raghunathan
9. Ethnobotany and its role in Domestication and Conservation of Native Plant Genetic Resources/Dr. R.K. Arora
10. Woman and Tree Motifs/DR. (Mrs.) Shakti M. Gupta
11. Floral Motifs Based on Legends/Dr. (Mrs.) Shakti M. Gupta
12. Plants in Magico-Religious Beliefs and in Sanskrit Literature/Dr. P.K. Hajra
13. The Livelihood of Tribals vis-a-vis Forest Management/Dr. A.N. Chaturvedi
14. Ethnobotany in the Context of National Priorities and Health Care Programmes/Dr. S.K. Jain
15. Ethnobotany in Development and Conservation of Resources/Dr. J.K. Maheshwari
16. Preparation of Scientific and Technical Papers, Reports and Popular Articles-some Guidelines/Dr.S.L. Kapoor & Dr. Roma mitra
Section B - WORKSHOP EXERCISES :
1. Proforma for field work From A :
i. From B (Information on Plant used by Tribal People),
ii. Sample of an Index card for Data,
iii. Form for the Botanical and Ethnopharmaco-Gnostic Investigation of a Plant used in Traditional Medicine.
2. Proforma for Data on Sacred Groves
3. Literature on Ethnobotany-Addresses of Some Important Journals
4. Suggested Readings for Plants in Sculptures and Legends
5. Ethnobotanical Research Projects-I Formulation
6. Ethnobotanical Research Projects-II Evaluation
7. Preparation, of Scientific Papers :
i. Things to Check in a Manuscript,
ii. Things to Check in the Illustrations,
iii. Printing Every word Costs. Avoid Unnecessary Qualification of Words. Some Examples,
iv. One or few Words in Place of Phrases,
v. Printing Every Word and Letter costs,
vi. Advice on the Use of Language,
vii. Extract from Books and from Published Papers,
viii. Tautology : Saying the same thing twice using Different Words,
ix a. Preparation of Report; b. Visual Organization System (VOS) For Report Writing,
x. Check List For References (and Authors),
xi. Appraisal of Scientific Papers,
xii. The following words, like the Measurements, Made by Scientists, should Contribute to Precision in Scientific Writing,
xiii. International System of Units (SI units),
xiv. Proof readers' marks.
