Dr. N. C. Shah is a retired Founder Director of the Herbal Research & Development Institute, in Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand and Head of the Botany & Pharmacognosy, Division Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic plants (CSIR), Lucknow. He is also the founder and Secretary cum treasurer of The Society of Ethnobotanists and now the President. He has surveyed the most remote areas in the Kumaon Himalayas. He remained for 11 years as Expert member for medicinal plants for the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi. He was awarded with the Robert Kotch Oration Award at Varanasi in the year 1992 by the U.P. Tuberculosis Association for his work in the field of medicinal and aromatic plants. He was awarded Harshberger Medal in 1998 by the Society of Ethnobotanists, India for his distinguished work in the field of Ethnobotany. He was awarded the "Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm Award 2006" for the best paper," Black Soybean: An Ignored Nutritious and Medicinal Food Crop from the Kumaon Region of India" published in the journal Asian Agri History, Hyderabad.
Presently, He is still active, and since his retirement, in 1996, he is being invited from various institutions, organizations and universities from different parts of the country to deliver Key notes/ Lead papers/ Invited or Special lectures, etc. He is still engaged in contributing review articles and research articles to the reputed research journals of the country.
Dr. N. C. Shah is a retired Founder Director of the Herbal Research & Development Institute, in Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand and Head of the Botany & Pharmacognosy, Division Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic plants (CSIR), Lucknow. He is also the founder and Secretary cum treasurer of The Society of Ethnobotanists and now the President. He has surveyed the most remote areas in the Kumaon Himalayas. He remained for 11 years as Expert member for medicinal plants for the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi. He was awarded with the Robert Kotch Oration Award at Varanasi in the year 1992 by the U.P. Tuberculosis Association for his work in the field of medicinal and aromatic plants. He was awarded Harshberger Medal in 1998 by the Society of Ethnobotanists, India for his distinguished work in the field of Ethnobotany. He was awarded the "Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm Award 2006" for the best paper," Black Soybean: An Ignored Nutritious and Medicinal Food Crop from the Kumaon Region of India" published in the journal Asian Agri History, Hyderabad.