Dr. Ajay V. Rajurkar (M.Sc., Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor in Botany at Lokmanya Tilak Mahavidyalaya, Wani, Yavatmal. He had received awards for presentation at National Science Day (2006) and the conference organized by the Electron Microscopy Society of India (2012). During his doctoral research, he earned expertise in pollen morphology studies. He has several national and international publications.