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Jennifer Lyngdoh

Scientist- E

Jennifer Lyngdoh

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

M. Phil.; 1999

Department/Division

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Email Address

jenniferlyngdoh@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

9856004301

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy of aquatic & semi-aquatic Hemiptera

Experience after Ph. D.

18years

Significant Achievements

- Contributed to the taxonomy of aquatic & semi-aquatic Hemiptera of North East India

Mentorship

Research Focus

- Taxonomy of aquatic & Semi-aquatic Hemiptera

- Diversity and distribution of water bugs in N.E. India.

Publications

Taxonomic studies on Anuran amphibians of North East India present in the unidentified collection of NERC/ZSI, Shillong
Fauna of Majuli Island, Assam.
Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Hemiptera of East Kolkata Wetlands.
INSECTA: HEMIPTERA (Aquatic and semi-aquatic) fauna of Rajasthan, India.
Insecta : Hemiptera (Water Bugs). In : Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India

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Dr. Bikramjit Sinha

Scientist- E

Dr. Bikramjit Sinha Scientist-E
Highest Academic degree, year	Ph.D.; 2008
Department/Division	Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong
Email Address	Bj.sinha@gov.in
Phone Number	7085315031
Area of Expertise	Freshwater Biology Taxonomy: Cladocera, Rotifera
Experience after Ph. D.	15 years
Significant Achievements	- Described 10 new fishes and 8 new frogs - Faunal diversity of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh - Faunistic expedition to DDBR, Arunachal Pradesh
Mentorship	- Supervised 03 M. Sc. dissertations
Research Focus	- Taxonomy and classification of Cladocera, Rotifera - Diversity and distribution studies - Biodiversity conservation & management
Publications	- Amphibians of Arunachal Pradesh (Book) - "Taxonomy & diversity of zooplanktion in lower Arunachal Pradesh" (Book) - 30 research papers in SCI journals
ResearchGate profile	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bikramjit-Sinha-3
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Dr. Uttam Saikia

Scientist-D

Name of the Scientist Dr. Uttam Saikia, Scientist D Scientist (B/C/D/E/F/G) & Officer-in-Charge (if applicable)
Highest Academic degree, year PhD, 2011
Department/Division North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong
Email Address uttam.saikia@nic.in, uttamzsi@gmail.com
Phone Number 8731910286
Area of Expertise Small mammalian taxonomy (bats)
Experience after Ph. D. 15 years in various capacities in Zoological Survey of India
Significant Achievements Described and co-described three new species of bats from India and reported several bat species from India, produced over 50 publications on the mammalian fauna of India including taxonomic revisions and documentations of subterranean fauna in karst rich regions of Meghalaya.
Mentorship
Research Focus 1. Systematics of the bat fauna of India especially in the Himalayan region 2. Understanding subterranean faunal diversity (cave fauna)
Significant Publications in the recent years Uttam Saikia, Adora Thabah and Manuel Ruedi (2020) Taxonomic and ecological notes on some poorly known bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Meghalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(3): 15311–15325. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5264.12.3.15311-15325 Manuel Ruedi, Uttam Saikia, Adora Thabah, Tamas Gorfol, Sajan Thapa and Gabor Csorba (2021): Morphological and molecular revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light in to the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Mammalian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00081-3 Daniel Harris, Uttam Saikia and Ilona Kharkongor (2021) The biota of Siju cave, Meghalaya, India. A comparison of biological records from 1922 and from 2019. Cave and Karst Science 3 (2020) 119–130. Uttam Saikia, Rohit Chakravarty, Vishwanath D. Hegde, Asem Bipin Meetei, Sergei Kruskop, Gabor Csorba & Manuel Ruedi (2021) First record of disk-footed bat, Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932) (Chiroptera: Mammalia) from India with notes on its ecology and genetics. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 128(1): 187-198. Uttam Saikia, Manuel Ruedi, Rohit Chakravarty and Harish Chandra Chaudhary (2021). *Bats of Meghalaya. Forest and Environment Department, Govt of Meghalaya and Zoological Survey of India. 180 pp. ISBN 978-93-5526-583-8 Uttam Saikia* and Manuel Ruedi (2021). The beauties beneath: cave bats of Meghalaya. Resonance Journal of Science Education, Indian Academy of Science 26 (6): 829-840. Uttam Saikia, Ruedi, Manuel and Csorba, Gabor (2022) Out of Southeast Asia: a new species of thick-thumbed bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Glischropus) from Meghalaya, northeastern India. Zootaxa 5154(3):355-364 Kusuminda, T, Mannakkara, A., Ukuwela, D.B., Kruskop, S., Amarasinghe, C.J., Uttam Saikia, Venugopal, P., Karunarathna, M., Gamage, R., Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Yapa W. & and Patterson, B. D. (2022) DNA barcoding and morphological analyses reveal a cryptic species of Miniopterus from India and Sri Lanka, Acta Chiropterologica 24(1): 1-17 Uttam Saikia and Asem Bipin Meetei. (2022) Diversity, distribution and abundance status of small mammalian fauna (Chiroptera: Rodentia: Eulipotyphla) of Manipur, northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14 (9): 21751-21768 Uttam Saikia, Brian Kharpran Daly and Manuel Ruedi (2023) Caves as priority area for conservation of the lesser known mammalian fauna of Meghalaya, northeastern India. Current Science, 124 (9): 1021-1022 Ilona Kharkongor, Uttam Saikia, Dimos Khynriam & Bhaskar Saikia (2023). Current status of faunal diversity of Siju cave, South Garo Hills Meghalaya. Records of Zoological Survey of India 123(3): 283-303 Uttam Saikia (2023). Chiroptera In Banerjee, D. and Kosygin, L. (Editors), Fauna of Assam, State Fauna Series, 27 (2):308-337. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata). ISBN: 978-81-8171-608-8 Uttam Saikia and Rohit Chakravarty (2024) A preliminary assessment of the bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) fauna of Murlen National Park, Mizoram: Morphology, distribution and echolocation. Journal of Threatened Taxa 16 (6): 25422-25432 Feng L, Győrössy D, Portela-Miquez R, Kokkini P, Görföl T, Ali Khan S, Saikia U, Talmale SS, Jiang TL & Csorba G. (2024): A reassessment of the taxonomic status and distribution of the subspecies of Lyroderma lyra (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae). – Contributions to Zoology DOI: 10.1163/18759866-BJA10073 Tinku, Das, Jyoti B Dutta, Prasanta Kumar Boro, S. Isloor, S.A. Arif, Aanada Ram Boro & Uttam Saikia (2024). A preliminary study of bat lyssavirus in Assam, India. Indian Journal of Animal Research 58(9): 1543-1549 Uttam Saikia, Manuel Ruedi and Rohit Chakravarty, (2025). An update on the status of some Data Deficient bat species Journal of Threatened Taxa 17(4): 26864–26871 Uttam Saikia, Rohit Chakravarty, Gabor Csorba, Mostaq Ahmed Laskar and Manuel Ruedi (2025) Taxonomic reassessment of bats from Western Himalayas, India with description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia:Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa Monograph 5644(1)-1-78pp. Uttam Saikia, Manuel Ruedi, Rohit Chakravarty, Jennifer Lyngdoh, Amlanjyoti Gautam, Rajib Goswami and Gabor Csorba (2025). A golden jewel: first report of Golden-haired tube-nosed bat Harpiola isodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from India. Zootaxa 5696 (2): 269–278 Uttam Saikia, Manuel Ruedi, Rohit Chakravarty, Jennifer Lyngdoh, Rajib Goswami and Gabor Csorba (2026) A first country record of Titania’s woolly bat Kerivoula titania (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from India and notes on its ecology. Animal Taxonomy and Ecology https://doi.org/10.1556/1777.2025.00127 Chelmala Srinivasulu,. Uttam Saikia,., Bhargavi Srinivasulu and Aditya Srinivasulu A. (2026). Status of Taxonomy of India Bats, 20-27pp. In: R. Chakravarty, B.E. Gulas-Wroblewski, and I. Mandl (Eds) State of India’s Bats Project Team. State of India’s Bats (2024–2025) Report. Nature Conservation Foundation & Bat Conservation International, Bengaluru, India. 208 pp. ISBN 979-8-218-84476-9 B.R. Ansil, Rohit Chakravarty, Balaji Chattopadhyay, Pratik Das, Nithin Divakar, D. Pilot Dovih, Bonnie E. Gulas-Wroblewski, Priya Hazra, Shraddha Kumari K, Dhanusha Kawalkar, Ram Mohan, Baheerathan Murugavel, Thangsuanlian Naulak, Rahul Prabhukhanolkar, Rajesh Puttaswamaiah, Sreehari Raman, Manchi Shirish S., Kasturi Saha, Uttam Saikia, Tariq Ahmed Shah, Aditya Srinivasulu, Bhargavi Srinivasulu, and Chelmala Srinivasulu (2026). State of India’s Bats Research and Conservation Action Priorities, 178-189p. In: R. Chakravarty, B.E. Gulas-Wroblewski, and I. Mandl (Eds) State of India’s Bats Project Team. State of India’s Bats (2024–2025) Report. Nature Conservation Foundation & Bat Conservation International, Bengaluru, India. 208 pp. ISBN 979-8-218-84476-9 Rohit Chakravarty, B.R. Ansil, Trisa Bhattacharjee, Balaji Chattopadhyay, Pratik Das, Kadambari Deshpande, Nithin Divakar, D. Pilot Dovih, Shraddha Kumari K, Gagandeep Kaur, Dhanusha Kawalkar, M. Mathivanan, Ram Mohan, Sanjay Molur, Baheerathan Murugavel, Thangsuanlian Naulak, Rahul Prabhukhanolkar, Harish Prakash, Rajesh Puttaswamaiah, Sreehari Raman, Manchi Shirish S., Kasturi Saha, Uttam Saikia, Kalu Ram Senacha, Tariq Ahmed Shah, Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Chelmala Srinivasulu, and Adora Thabah (2026). Threat assessment of India’s Bats, 159-177p. In: R. Chakravarty, B.E. Gulas-Wroblewski, and I. Mandl (Eds) State of India’s Bats Project Team. State of India’s Bats (2024–2025) Report. Nature Conservation Foundation & Bat Conservation International, Bengaluru, India. 208 pp. ISBN 979-8-218-84476-9 Uttam Saikia, Manuel Ruedi, Thomas Arbenz, Oana Mirela Chachula, Khlur B. Mukhim, Brian Daly and Daniel Harries (2026). An evaluation of evidence for utilisation of cave habitats by non-flying mammals in Meghalaya, North East India. Cave and Karst Science 53(1): 3-12 <!--[endif]-->Bhaskar Saikia, Mostaq A. Laskar, A. Shabanam, Uttam Saikia, Ilona Jacinta Kharkongor, Bikramjit Sinha and K.P. Dinesh (2026). A report of Raorchestes mindat Köhler et al., 2025 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Mizoram, India with comments on its phenotypic plasticity. Zootaxa 5796(2): 393-397 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.12
Research Gate profile https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Uttam-Saikia?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7InBhZ2UiOiJwcm9maWxlIiwicHJldmlvdXNQYWdlIjoiaG9tZSJ9fQ
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Dr. Dimos Khynriam

Scientist-D

Dr. Dimos Khynriam Scientist-D
Highest Academic degree, year	Ph.D.; 2001
Department/Division	Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong
Email Address	d.khynriam@zsi.gov.in; dimoskhynriam@gmail.com
Phone Number	+91 9436161733
Area of Expertise	Taxonomy of Freshwater fishes
Experience after Ph. D.	18 years
Significant Achievements	- Contributed to the taxonomy and documentation of freshwater fishes - Discovered one new fish species -Added one new record of fish to India -Added one new state record of fish to Meghalaya
Mentorship	Rendered identification and advisory service to research students
Research Focus	- Survey and documentation of freshwater fishes - Taxonomy and classification of freshwater fishes - Species diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes
Publications	Books - “Pictorial Handbook on fishes of North east India” - “Nemacheiline loaches of North east India” Journal articles - “On a new species Badis triocellus from North east India” -“ First record of Glaridoglanis andersonii from India” -“First record of pipefish Microphis deocata from Meghalaya”
ResearchGate profile	[Link to ResearchGate profile]
Social Media	Twitter: @KhynriamDimos FB: @dimos.khynriam

Shri Asem Bipin Meetei

Asstt. Zoologist

Shri Asem Bipin Meetei

Asstt. Zoologist

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Shri Asem Bipin Meetei Asstt. Zoologist
Highest Academic degree, year	BSc (Zoology Honours); 1994
Department/Division	Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong
Email Address	bipin.asem@nic.in
Phone Number	9862611893
Area of Expertise	Taxonomy of Reptiles
Experience after Ph. D.	NA
Significant Achievements	NIL
Mentorship	NA
Research Focus	-Studies on snakes & lizards of NE India
Publications	1. A.B.Meetei et.al. 2015. Studies on the Herpetofauna of Loktak Lake, KLNP & its adjoining areas, Manipur. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 366: 1-40 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata). 2. A.B.Meetei, S Das, Patrick D. Campbell, Sujoy Raha & Probhat Bag (2018) A study on Ptyas doriae (Boulenger,1888) with comments on the status of Ptyas hamptoni (Boulenger,1900) (Squamata: Colubridae:Colubrinae). Zootaxa,4457(4): 537-548. 3. Bhaskar Saikia, A. B. Meetei, & J. Purkayastha. 2021. Natural History Notes. Rhabdophis subminiatus (Red-necked Keelback). Diet. Herpetological Review, 52 (2): 432. 4. Mathew, R. & Meetei, A.B. 2004. On the identity of Amphiesma venningi (Wall, 1910) reported from Meghalaya,India. Hamadryad 29(1): 134-135. 5. Mathew,R. & Meetei, A.B. 2004. Reptiles of Shillong (Meghalaya). Cobra 58: 11-13.
ResearchGate profile	-
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Amit Rana

Asstt. Zoologist

Amit Rana Assistant Zoologist
Highest Academic degree, year	Masters Degree in Zoology
Department/Division	Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong
Email Address	rana.amit13@rediffmail.com
Phone Number	-
Area of Expertise	Taxonomy: Coleoptera (Cerambycidae), Decapoda
Experience after M.Sc	19 years
Significant Achievements	- Recorded 25 species of long-horned beetles for the first time from states in North East India under the family:Cerambycidae - Contribution to the taxonomy of long-horned beetles (family : Cerambycidae) and freshwater crabs (order : Decapoda)
Mentorship	-
Research Focus	- Taxonomy and classification of long-horned beetles and freshwater crab species - Species diversity and distribution patterns
Publications	- 3 research papers in SCI and NAAS journals
ResearchGate profile	-
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Sh. Bhaskar Saikia

Assistant Zoologist

Sh. Bhaskar Saikia

Assistant Zoologist

Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong

Sh. Bhaskar Saikia Assistant Zoologist
Highest Academic degree, year	M. Sc. (Environmental Science) B. Sc. (Zoology)
Department/Division	NERC, ZSI, Shillong
Email Address	bhaskarsaikia7@gmail.com
Phone Number	0364-2223638
Area of Expertise	Taxonomy: Amphibia
Experience after Ph. D.	N/A
Significant Achievements	- Discovered & described 10 new frog species till 2025. - Contribution to the taxonomy of amphibians of Northeast India - Completed the IUCN Red List Assessor Training in 2025.
Mentorship	Nil
Research Focus	- Taxonomy and classification of amphibia - Species diversity and distribution patterns
Publications	*Important Publications* <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Sinha, B. and Saikia, Bhaskar. 2022. "Fauna of Eastern Himalayas- Amphibians of Arunachal Pradesh" (Book) <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Saikia, Bhaskar, B. Sinha, A. Shabnam, E. Lyngkhoi, D. S. M. Pdah and K. P. Dinesh. 2025. Concealed in the urban landscape: discovery and description of a novel shallow divergent lineage of Amolops Cope (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Meghalaya, North-East India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India. 125(2): 111-122. <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Saikia, Bhaskar, B. Sinha, A. Shabnam, I. J. Kharkongor and K. P. Dinesh. 2024. On a new species of Xenophrys (Anura: Megophyridae) from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with comments on the earlier erroneous report as X. maosonensis (Bourret, 1937). Rec. zool. Surv. India, 124(iS): 21-40. <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Saikia, Bhaskar, B. Sinha, A. Shabnam and K. P. Dinesh. 2023. Description of a new species of Amolops Cope (Anura: Ranidae) from a cave ecosystem in Meghalaya, Northeast India. Journal of Animal Diversity, 5 (1): 36-54. <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Saikia, Bhaskar, M. A. Laskar, K. P. Dinesh, A. Shabnam and B. Sinha. 2022. Description of two new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India under the morphological ‘Viridimaculatus species group’. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 122 (3): 247-266 <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Saikia, Bhaskar, B. Sinha, M. A. Laskar, A. Shabnam and K. P. Dinesh, K. P. 2022. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 122 (3): 303-322. <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Saikia, Bhaskar and B. Sinha, B. 2019. On the Liurana (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) of India with the description of three new species from Tale Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 119(4): 303-315. *Publication Summary* <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->8 research papers in SCI journals <!-- [if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->48 research papers in other journals
ResearchGate profile	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bhaskar-Saikia-3
Social Media	Twitter: @BhaskarZSI

NERC, Shillong Scientist Profile

Jennifer Lyngdoh

Scientist- E

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Dr. Bikramjit Sinha

Scientist- E

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Dr. Uttam Saikia

Scientist-D

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Dr. Dimos Khynriam

Scientist-D

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Shri Asem Bipin Meetei

Asstt. Zoologist

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Amit Rana

Asstt. Zoologist

North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong

Sh. Bhaskar Saikia

Assistant Zoologist

Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong