India is a home to extraordinary climatic and geological diversity and its geographical expanse covers a wide range of ecosystems including forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, montane, coastal, and marine ecosystems (Rodgers & Panwar, 1988). These ecosystems are habitats for 8% of the world's biodiversity. India is one of the 17 megadiverse countries meeting the criteria of having at least 5000 endemic species and bordering marine ecosystems (MoEFCC, 2018). It is also among the top 10 countries globally in terms of their share of vascular plant, fish, amphibian, reptile, and mammal species richness (Butler, 2021). The biological wealth of India constitutes a large share of the world's flowering and non-flowering plants along with various viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi, and lichens (Singh & Dash, 2014).