Rishikesh Upadhyay

RISHIKESH UPADHYAY, MPhil, PhD, FSASS, also known as R K UPADHYAY, is a multi-award - winning Indian writer and professor, chiefly known for his writings and teachings.

Dr. Upadhyay writes articles, research articles, children's, nonfiction titles, poems, etc., and has spent the past decade working and teaching in higher educational institutions. His works have been appeared, quoted and cited in several international journals and books.

Born and grew up in a small Nepalis' hamlet, Bhanjang (also known as Bhanjyang or Bhanjung) Basti, via Mahadev Tilla, just a few kilometres of Haflong, the district headquarters of North Cachar Hills (now Dima Hasao), India to late Pitambar Upadhaya (father) and Nandakala (Bawni) Upadhaya (mother). His late father was in the Northeast Frontier Railway service and mother, a homemaker.

Educated at Don Bosco School, Haflong Government College, Assam University, India, he is currently a Professor (Assistant) of Haflong Government College affiliated with the Assam University, India and teaches in the Faculty of Botany.

Rishikesh's works have won the Research Fellowship Award, the Pencraft Literary Excellence Award, the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, the Literary Titan Award, the Marquis Who's who in the World Award, and the Elsevier Science Reviewer Recognition Award. He has published research articles and books about nature, plants and their environment, including The Secret of Plants in the Environment (2020), The Life of Plants in a Changing Environment (2022), Stress in Plants: The Hidden Half (2023), etc.