Hearty congratulations to Dr. Kannan C.S. Warrier, Director of KFRI -Editor of Distinction Award 2026 by Springer Nature
We congratulate our Director Dr Kannan CS Warrier has been conferred the Editor of Distinction Award 2026 by Springer Nature, which stands as one of the world’s prestigious scientific, technical, and medical publishers.
The award celebrates the hard work, dedication, and leadership of editors in uplifting the journal’s standards and quality. Dr. Warrier has been serving as an Associate Editor of Agroforestry Systems, a Journal Published by Springer Nature and ranked among the top 10 journals in forestry research worldwide.
This journal has 66 editors from 32 countries, and only five are from India.
Dr. Warrier is also the recipient of two national awards—national award of excellence for outstanding research in forestry (for pioneering research in the release of three salt-tolerant clones of Casuarina) and Rolla S. Rao National award for the best research on biodiversity conservation in India (comprehensive studies on the sacred groves of Alappuzha district in Kerala).
His VIDWAN Score, assessed by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, for contributions in the field of forestry, is 10/10. The Ministry of Education recognises VIDWAN as a premier database of scientists’ profiles in India.
His dedication and inexplicable contribution are praiseworthy.
Kudos to his achievement.
Published on: Thursday, May 28, 2026
