Khilesh Kumar Tekam

Linking Forests to Livelihoods: Tendu Leaves and Tribal Income in Chhattisgarh, India

Khilesh Kumar Tekam, Rajesh Kumar, Alok Singh Bargah, Sandhya Tirkey, Pallavi Netam, Pemeshwari, Sakshi Verma, VaidehiNirwan & Varsha Bhagat · Archives of Current Research International · 2025

Non-Wood Forest Products play a key role in the life and economy of communities living in and around forests.Tendu Leaf have a tremendous potential to create large scale employment opportunity thereby helping in reducing poverty and increasing empowerment of particularly tribal a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/acri/2025/v25i81400

Sterculia urens (Kullu) Roxb.: An Important Non-Timber Forest Species of India and Its Multifaceted Uses

Sandhya Tirkey, Rajesh Kumar, Alok Singh Bargah, Khilesh Kumar Tekam, Sakshi Verma, Varsha Bhagat & Pallavi Netam · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Sterculia urens Roxb., commonly known as Indian tragacanth or Karaya gum, is a tree species native to India and widely distributed across its agroecological regions. It is a declining non-timber forest species valued for its gum exudates, which have significant commercial importa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i64037

Comparative Analysis of Morphological Traits of Dalbergia sissoo in Forested and Non-forested Areas of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India

Dinesh Manhare, Yamini Bhaghel, Alok Singh Bargah, Saket Kumar Kosma, Vinod Kumar, Shiva Sahu & Khilesh Kumar Tekam · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

This study presents a comparative analysis of the morphological traits of Dalbergia sissoo (Indian Rosewood) in forested and non-forested areas of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Key parameters including tree height, stem diameter at breast height (DBH), crown diameter, leaf morph...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i95020