Dr. Ravi Kiran Arigela has obtained his masters in Botany from Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and Ph.D. in Botany from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He has 15 years of research experience in biodiversity research with focus on taxonomy. He was with National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as a researcher under the supervision of Dr. C. Sudhakar Reddy, Scientist and worked on the vegetation types of the Rajasthan State by using Remote Sensing and GIS. He was also associated with National Institute of Advance Studies (NIAS) & National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and worked on the endemic & cryptic birds of Western Ghats. He is working as a Scientist in the Botanical Survey of India. He is co-authored in one book and has published 45 research papers in peer reviewed journals. He works on the ecosystems and biodiversity of them.