Mayashree Chinsamy, IKS
Faculty

Mayashree Chinsamy, Ph.D.

AUSN Visiting Professor of Environmental, Biological and Conservation Sciences

Research Manager, DST-NRF Centre in Indigenous Knowledge Systems, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Formerly, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa

 

Featured AUSN Video lectures (Youtube links)

The Impact of Contemporary African Traditional Medicine Practices on Environmental Ethics

Triple heritage of traditional medicine in South Africa

What is Research and IKS - Tips for Scholars

The Ethical Challenges of African Traditional Medical Practice in South Africa

The Comparative Universality of Ubuntu Ethical Values as an African Indigenous Philosophy in Public Healthcare

Education

Ph.D. in Ethnobotany/Biodiversity/Conservation/ Pharmacology/Phytochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2011)

B.Sc.(Hons) in Biological Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2007)