Dr. Hari Krishna Paliwal, an ardent nature lover is Ph.D. in Botany from Delhi University and MBA from University of Queensland, Australia. His passion for nature’s beauty prompted him to author a very well illustrated book on ornamental gardening to fill up a vacuum in illustrated information on ornamental plants in India. Its Hindi version also written by him is ready for printing. He has been an officer of the Indian Administrative Services. Besides serving as District Magistrate in a number of districts in Uttar Pradesh, he held various important assignments in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Government of India, including that of Chief Secretary to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Of late, he was advisor in the Ministry of Home Affairs with Mr. Rajnath Singh. Presently he is an advisor to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, holding the rank of a cabinet minister.
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