CZRC, Jabalpur Scientist Profile

Name : Pankaj Sarup Bhatnagar

Scientist E

Highest Academic degree, year

PhD

Department/Division

CZRC,ZSI, Jabalpur

Email Address

czrc@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

0761-2641421

Area of Expertise

Mammals, Orthoptera (Acrididae), Coleoptera (Coccinellidae)

Experience after Ph. D.

29 years

Significant Achievements(max 5 bullet points)

• Published papers on Taxonomy of Coccinellidae in Maharashtra and Karnataka
• Published papers on Taxonomy of Acridida in Maharashtra and Karnataka as well as Telangamna.
• Published papers on Taxonomy of Mammals of Maharashtra.

Mentorship

Supervised 5 students for dissertation

Research Focus(max. 5 bullet points)

Taxonomy of Mammals, Acrididae and Coccinellidae

Publications

(Max. 5)

Kumar S., Sharma S., Singh F., Bhatnagar P.,Kumari N. (2021) A Mathematical Model for COVID-19 in Italy with Possible Control Strategies. In: Shah N.H., Mittal M. (eds) Mathematical Analysis for Transmission of COVID-19. Mathematical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6264-2_6

Bhatnagar, P.S. 2018. Linking taxonomy and conservation. Indian Forester. 144 (9) : 808 – 811.

Bhatnagar, P.S. 2016. A Comparison of Fossils of the Two Whale Families: Physeteridae and Monodentidae (Cetacea). Mongolian Journal of Biological SciencesVolume 14(1-2), 59- 61.

Venkatraman, K.; Bhatnagar, P.S. and Mitra, Bulganin. 2014. Proceedings of  the Seminar on ‘Importance of Taxonomy in Conservation of Faunal Diversity ‘ in Marathi, 1-86 . (Published – ENVIS Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata

Bhatnagar,P.S. 2013. A classified list of megachiroptera of south-east Asia. Malay Nature Journal.65( 2& 3) : 22-29.

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Smt. Pallabi Priyadarsini

Assistant Zoologist

Highest Academic degree, year

MSc (Wildlife and Conservation Biology) 2010

MSc( Zoology) 20233

Department/Division

Central zone Regional centre, Jabalpur

Email Address

pallabi_priyadarsini@yahoo.com

Phone Number

7008083409

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Fresh water Mollusca

Experience after Ph. D.

11 years

Significant Achievements

- Working on Diversity and distribution of Freshwater molluscs in Central India

-Studied Brachyuran crab and Hermit crab diversity in Costal part of Odisha.

-Studied estuarine Molluscs diversity in Odisha coast.

- Identified and cleared Approx 6000 unidentified Molluscs and 150 Orthoptera collection from NZC.

Working on identifying Chilopoda collections of NZC, CZRC,ZSI.

Mentorship

-

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of Freshwater Molluscs.

- Species diversity and distribution patterns of Centepede in Central India.

- To identify unidentified Molluscs, Centipede, Millipede collections of NZC, CZRC, ZSI.

Publications

• First record of three species of Millipedes (Diplopoda: Paradoxosomatidae) from Gujarat, India. Swetapadma Dash  Pallabi Priyadarsini. Journal of Biological Records, 2016, e0052016: 52-60.
• A Preliminary Study on the Diversity of Macrobenthic and Aquatic Insect Fauna of Subhadra Estuary, Ganjam, Odisha. Swetapadma Dash , S. D. Gurumayum , Pallabi Priyadarsini (2020) . Records of Zoological survey of india.120(2). https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i2/2020/129183
• Preliminary study on Faunal Diversity of Narmada and Tapi estuaries, Gujurat,India , Swetapadma Dash , S. D. Gurumayum ,  Kosygin,L., Pallabi Priyadarsini (2014) : Island Biodiversity, U. P. State Biodiversity Board.65-72.
• Priyadarsini, P. and Kushwaha, S. 2023. Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Molluscs in Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India. International Journal Global Science Research, Vol.10 (1).pp.1992-2000.
• Chouhan, S., Paunikar, S. and Priyadarshini, P. (2023). Record of pestiferous land snail, Macrochlamysindica Godwin–Austin, 1883 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 8 (3):1-4.

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Social Media

Twitter: @ pallabi­­_priyadarsini

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