
SBRC, Canning Scientist Profile


Dr. J. S. YOGESH KUMAR
Scientist - E
Zoological Survey of India
Dr. J. S. YOGESH KUMAR Scientist - E & Officer-In-Charge
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Highest Academic degree, year |
Ph.D.; 2012
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Department/Division |
Sunderban Regional Centre, Canning, West Bengal
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Email Address |
coralyogesh@yahoo.co.in; yogeshkumarzsi16@gmail.com
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Phone Number |
9476006830
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Area of Expertise |
Taxonomy: Octocorals
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Experience after Ph. D. |
11 years
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Significant Achievements |
- DST-SbRC Young Scientist Awarded on 2012 - 343 new records reported from coral reef ecosystem of India - Contribution to the taxonomy of Octocorals (Gorgonians) - 1000 sq.m. Coral transplantation and restoration done it in Gulf of Kachchh (2012-2015) - 7 EIA studies conducted for Indian Navy, Coast Guard, GREF in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Mentorship |
3 Internship
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Research Focus |
- Corals reef and associated faunal diversity in India. - Taxonomy and classification of Octocorals - Species diversity and distribution in Indian reef ecosystem
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Publications |
- 7 Books published - 20 Book chapters published - 63 research publication, - Among them 29 research papers in SCI journals.
Yogesh Kumar, J.S., Pradip Panda and Arya Sen (2022). New distribution record of Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851) (Eleotridae: Butinae) from India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, (Springer), 38: 1281-1286. Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Christopher B. Boyko, Arun, G., Geetha, S. and Raghunathan, C. (2020). A new distribution record of Albunea groeningi (Crustacea: Anomura: Decapoda: Albuneidae) from the Digha Coast, West Bengal, India. Zootaxa, 4766(4): 588-592. Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Geetha, S., Raghunathan, C. and Sornaraj, R. (2019). Diversity and distribution of shallow water octocorallia from Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, South Andaman, India. Indian Journal of Marine Geo-Science, 48(10); pp. 1567 - 1575 Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Satyanarayana, Ch., Venkataraman, K. and Chandra K. (2017). Studies on survival and growth rate of transplanted Acroporidae in Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park, India. Journal of Coastal Conservation (DOI 10.1007/s11852-016-0465-5) 21 (1): 23-34. Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Marimuthu N., Geetha S., Satyanarayana C.H., Venkataraman K. and Kamboj R.D. (2014). Longitudinal variations of coral reef features in the Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh. Journal of Coastal Conservation Springer – 18:167-175.
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ResearchGate profile |
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J-S-Yogesh-Kumar
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Social Media
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Dr. Prabhakar Rai
Scientist-C
Zoological Survey of India
Dr. PRABHAKAR RAI Scientist-C |
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Highest Academic degree, year |
Ph.D.; 2012
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Department/Division |
Zoological Survey of India/Sunderban Regional Centre
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Email Address |
prkrai@zsi.gov.in
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Phone Number |
8840918419
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Area of Expertise |
Chemist
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Experience after Ph. D. |
10 years
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Significant Achievements |
- Research on faunal diversity of river Ganga - Contribution to the physico-chemical analysis of river Barak
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Mentorship |
Nil
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Research Focus |
- Study the impact of anthropogenic activity on fauna - Physico-chemical analysis - Species diversity and distribution patterns
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Publications
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1- Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India: Gangetic Plains (Book) 2- Gas sensing properties of ZnO nanostructures (flowers/rods) synthesized byhydrothermal method (Journal article) 3- A hollow-nanosphere-based microfluidicbiosensor for biomonitoring of cardiac troponin I(Journal article) 4-Metal–organic frameworks for advancedtransducer-based gas sensors: review andperspectives(Journal article) 5-Enhanced hydrogen sensing performances of PdO nanoparticles-decorated ZnO flower-like anostructures(Journal article) - 50 research papers in SCI journals
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ResearchGate profile |
[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prabhakar-Rai]
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Social Media
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