Dr. Chandraskara Naidu Kurugundla is a multi-disciplinary professional. He obtained his M. Sc. in plant sciences and Ph.D. in experimental crude oil pollution on plants, in India. His specializations include plant physiology, biochemistry, taxonomy, anatomy, floristic studies, alien invasive weeds, ecology, environmental and water quality studies, pollution and lake/wetland restorations. He taught for 16 years from 1981 and retired as the head of the Department of Botany in Sir Theagaraya College, Univesity of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, before taking up an assignment in Botswana as the chief botanist and aquatic invasive plant specialist. Dr. Kurugundla was selected by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the Republic of Botswana, from India in August 1997 to undertake a program geared towards the protection of Botswana wetlands from invasive weeds and pollution. He served as the head of the Aquatic Vegetation Control (AVC) Unit at DWS for 21 years. The AVC Unit is specifically mandated with the sole responsibility of protecting the wetlands of Botswana from invasive plants and pollution and implements the Aquatic Weeds (Control) Act of 1976. Dr. Kurugundla has published more than 25 research papers including book chapters in international peer-reviewed journals. He produced research reports on various topics and served as a consultant for several projects. His contributions are achieving the control and management of Salvinia weed and eradication of water lettuce in Botswana wetlands; developing the systematic water quality monitoring program for the Okavango-Kwando-Linyanti-Chobe rivers and Limpopo basin; developing the concept of the partitioning of flows in the major distributaries of the Okavango Delta; working as a focal officer and in-house consultant for the Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP), Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis-Strategic Action Plan (TDA-SAP) project, Biokavango project, Eco-Health project and UNESCO-World Heritage project for the Okavango Delta. Author’s address: FB 12, Queens Park, Gowrivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 073, India.