Shiv Ram Kashyap

He worked briefly in the medical service of the United Provinces during which time he privately appeared and qualified for the B.Sc.

Obtaining the Arnold and Maclagan Gold medals, he went to Cambridge University in 1910 and passed the Natural Science Tripos in 1912.

[1] Following his return from England, he was appointed Professor of Botany at the Government College, Lahore, and he was promoted to the Indian Educational Service in 1920.

[2] He is famous for three contributions - Liverworts of the Western Himalayas, Flora of Tibet and the sexual generation of Equisetum.

[3] He travelled widely across the Himalayan region and being a friend of the family, was an unofficial mentor for Birbal Sahni.

His daughter Kamini Kaushal unveiled a plaque in memory of her father at the University in October 2013.