Dr. K. K. Suresh, Professor (Forestry) and Former Dean, Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam. He has 31 years of experience in teaching, research and education in forestry. He is  trained in Australia on forest inventory, and his field of specialization includes precision silviculture and commercial tree farming. He was instrumental in developing certification standards for quality planting material in tree species. He has guided 15 post graduate students in forestry and has over 40 research articles published in journals of national and international repute, and four books to his credit. His commendable work in association with the ‘National Bamboo Mission’ on clonal multiplication and promotion of thorn less bamboo among farmers was greatly applauded across India.