HARC, Solan Scientist Profile

Dr. Avtar Kaur Sidhu

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D. 1996

Department/Division

High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan, H. P.

Email Address

avtarkaur2000@gmail.com

Phone Number

01792-293256-Ext.200 (O), 9218766129 (M)

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy, Biology and Ecology: Lepidoptera

Experience after Ph. D.

27 years

Significant Achievements

• Contribution to the taxonomy of Lepidoptera
• Contribution to biology and immature stages of Lepidoptera
• Discovered new species of Lepidoptera
• Established Himalayan Repository and Museum at ZSI, Solan
• Completed more than10 major research programs as project coordinator
• -Acted as Officer-in-charge for ZSI Solan centre for more than 13 years

Mentorship

Supervised 02 Ph.D. and Supervisionof 05 PhD is undergoing

Research Focus

• Taxonomy and Systematics of Lepidoptera
• Combining morphological and Molecular data in Taxonomic research
• Biodiversity and Conservation of Himalayan Butterflies
• Biology, immature stages and ecology of Lepdioptera
• DNA Barcoding of Indian Fauna

Publications

BOOK :

• Kailash Chandra, Avtar KaurSidhu, C. Raghunathan,  and T. Kubendran (2019). Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones: Indian Trans- Himalaya: 1-225 + 170 coloured photographs.  Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata. ISBN 978-81-8171-527-2. (November, 2019)

RESEARCH PAPERS

• Tomar, P.; Thakur, N.; Sidhu, A.K.; Laskar, B.A.; Hashem, A.; Avila-Quezada, G.D.; Abd_Allah, E.F. (2023). The Isolation, Identification, and Insecticidal Activities of Indigenous Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Steinernemacarpocapsae) and Their Symbiotic Bacteria (Xenorhabdusnematophila) against the Larvae of Pieris brassicae. Horticulturae (Switzerland) 9 (874): 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ horticulturae9080874 Impact Factor: 3.1
• Kaur, M., Sidhu, A. K. and Kirti, J. S. (2023). Taxonomic studies of species Euchloedaphalis (Moore) (Pieridae :Anthochardini) from North-West Himalaya. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 44 (17): 15-18. NAAS : 4.21
• Sidhu, A.K. (2023). An assessment and distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Sangla Valley (District Kinnaur: Himachal Pradesh). Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 15: 36-44.  NAAS : 4.36 https://doi.org/10.58628/JAE-2315-106
• M. Kaur; A. K. Sidhu and J.S. Kirti (2023). Taxonomic study of the genus Gonepteryx Leach, 1815 and genus Dercas Doubleday, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from India.The Pharma Innovation Journal12(6): 2397-2402. NAAS : 5.23.
• Avtar Kaur Sidhu (2023) "LEPIDOPTERA OF INDIA- A REVIEW" Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 11(2): 105-114. .NAAS rating :4.64

ResearchGate profile

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Dr. Boni Amin Laskar

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2010

Department/Division

High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan, H. P.

Email Address

boniamin.laskar@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

01792-293256-Ext.201 (O), 7890008621 (M)

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Freshwater Fishes, Molecular studies

Experience after Ph. D.

13 years

Significant Achievements

- Contribution to the taxonomy of Freshwater fishes

- Resolved taxonomic problems in Mahseer fishes

- Discovered new species of Freshwater crab

- Contribution to DNA barcoding of various faunal groups

- Completed over five major research programs

Mentorship

Supervisionof 01 PhD is undergoing

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and Systematics of Freshwater Fishes

- Combining morphological and Molecular data in Taxonomic research

- Biodiversity and Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

- Conservation of Mahseer

- DNA Barcoding of Indian Fauna

Publications

• Laskar, B.A., H. Adimalla, S. Kundu, D. Jaiswal & K. Chandra (2023). Genetic evidence on the occurrence of Channaharcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918) in Eastern Ghats, India: first report from mainland India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(3): 22834–22840 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6894.15.3.22834-22840
• Mandal, S., Mitra, S., Laskar, B A., Adimalla, H. and Jaiswal, D. (2022). A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Barytelphusa (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae) from the Eastern Ghats of India. Crustaceana 95(1), 45-63.  doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10171. IF=0.529
• Laskar BA, Kumar V, Kundu S, Tyagi K, Chandra K (2018) Taxonomic quest: validating two mahseer fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) through molecular and morphological data from biodiversity hotspots in India. Hydrobiologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3555-6
• Tyagi K, Kumar V, Singha D, Chandra K, Laskar BA, Kundu S, Chakraborty R, Chatterjee S (2017) DNA Barcoding studies on Thrips in India: Cryptic species and Species Complex. Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, Doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05112-7.
• Laskar BA, Bhattacharjee MJ, Dhar B, Mahadani P, Kundu S, Ghosh SK (2013)      The species dilemma of Northeast Indian mahseer (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae): DNA barcoding in clarifying the riddle. PLoS ONE, 8(1) e53704.
• Bhattacharjee MJ, Laskar BA, Dhar B, Ghosh SK (2012) Identification and re-evaluation of freshwater catfishes through DNA barcoding.  PLoS ONE, 7(11) e49950.

ResearchGate profile

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Dr. Prakash Chand Pathania

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2003

Department/Division

High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan-173211, H.P., India

Email Address

pathaniapc@yahoo.co.in

Phone Number

9463016849

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Lepidoptera: Microlepidoptera

Experience after Ph. D.

20 years

Significant Achievements

-Discovered thirty-fournew species of Microlepidoptera from India.

-Fivebooks, twelve book chapters and three important Catalogues on Superfamily Pterophoroidea& on families Tortricidaeand Lecithoceridaeof Microlepidoptera were published.

- More than five thousand specimens of Microlepidoptera families has been collected  from India

-Five Major Research projects on the biodiversity of Insects funded by ICAR,UGC& DST, New Delhi were completed successfully.

-Young Scientist Awards (02)-(UPZS &DST) and Fellow of the Him Science Congress Association (HSCA)

Mentorship

Supervising 02 PhD students; 02M.Phil and 03 MSc students completed their research work.

Research Focus

-Taxonomy and classification ofLepidoptera (Microlepidoptera)

- Survey-cum-collection of insects of order Lepidoptera

-Species diversity and distribution patterns

- Phylogenetic studies amongdifferent taxa of Lepidoptera

-Documentation & Inventorization of Microlepidoptera species

Publications

Books: 05, Research papers: 128 (published)

• Chandra, K., Pathania, P.C., Rajmohana, K. and Hundal, S.S. 2021. Faunal diversity of Agroecosystem in India, 1-767.
• Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K. 2020.  Catalogue of family Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea)fromIndia.Zootaxa,4757(1):001-095(monograph)
• Editor-Director. 2021. Fauna of Himachal Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 26 (Part-1), 1-664+63 colour plates.
• Editor-Director. 2021. Fauna of Himachal Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 26 (Part-2), 1-536+19 colour plates (Published by Director, Zool. Surv. of India, Kolkata).
• Zia-ul-Hassan and Pathania, P.C. 2008. CSIR- UGC NET Life Sciences for paper I and Paper II. 1-422pp. Satya Prakashan Publication, New Delhi.

128 research papers published in SCI/NAAS/UGC journals

-102 abstracts published, 83 conferences etcattended

Five important publications:

• Das, A., Pathania, P.C. and Singh, N. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Zootaxa, 5165 (1): 056-078.
• Pathania, P.C., Sushank, P.R. and Park, K.T. 2021. Two new species records of Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea: Lepidoptera) from India. Zootaxa, 4920 (4): 595–599
• Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K. 2020.Catalogue of family Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) from India.Zootaxa, 4757(1):001-095 (Monograph).
• Pathania, P.C., Gielis, C., Das, A., and Chandra, K. 2020.  Catalogue of superfamily PterophoroideaKuznetsov&Stekolnikov, 1979 (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa, 4915 (2): 201-236.
• Park, K.T., Liu, S., Heppner,J.B., Pathania, P.C. and Wang, S.2015.  Review of the genus Trichoboscis Meyrick, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Zootaxa, 3986 (2): 227-237.

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