Smt. Asha D. was awarded Ph. D in Botany by the M.G. University for her research onPhytochemical evaluation for chemotaxonomy and pharmacognostic studies on selected taxa of subfamily Nepetoideae (Laminaceae)under the guidance of Dr. Lizzy Mathew, Associate Professor & Research Guide, Research Centre, Department of Botany, St. Teresa’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam.