Rupa Dhar was principal and science co-ordinator of the campus school at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, where she specialised in elementary science education. She has been an active member of the All India Science Teachers' Association, and her interests include child education, child psychology and folklore medicine.
Herbs have always contributed a great deal to promoting health. And they still do. According to WHO estimates, the use of herbal remedies exceeds that of modern drugs by two or three times. more...