Dr. K.R. Ranadive is an Assistant Professor of Botany at the Waghire College. He is also a Contributory teacher at Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune. Kiran has a Masters and Bachelors in Botany as well as Education and is also a recipient of the prestigious CSIR-UGC NET Fellowship. Kiran has got Ph.D. in Aphyllophorales. He has developed the website www.fungifromindia.com on fungi as a part of his doctoral research. He has also contributed to the Vernacular Encyclopedia for Children or the Marathi Kumar Vishvakosh.
