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Dr. K. A. Subramanian

Scientist E

Dr. K. A. Subramanian

Scientist E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D., 2004

Department/Division

SOUTHERN REGIONAL CENTRE, CHENNAI

Email Address

subbu.ka@zsi.gov.in; subbuka.zsi@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91-9088039540

Area of Expertise

Aquatic Entomology: Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Hemiptera and Coleoptera.
Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation.
Geographic Information System.

Experience after

Ph. D.

DBT-Post Doctoral Fellow: 2003-2005, NCBS, TIFR, Bangalore.
DST-Young Scientist: 2006-2008, CES, IISc, Bangalore.
Since 2008, Zoological Survey of India

Significant Achievements(max 5 bullet points)

Described over 35 new taxa of Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Hemiptera and Psocoidea.
Published first photographic field guide to the dragonflies of India
Published first GIS based atlas of Odonata of the Western Ghats.
Member of IUCN-SSC Odonata Specialist Group.
Contributed to IUCN Redlist Assessment of odonates and freshwater ecosystems of eastern Himalaya and the Western Ghats.

Mentorship

Ph.D. guide: Calcutta University ( 1 student)
Ph.D. guide: University of Madras ( 6 students, 2 completed)

Research Focus(max. 5 bullet points)

Systematics, ecology and biogeography of aquatic insects.
Long term ecological monitoring of arthropods.
Use of GIS tools in biodiversity conservation.

Publications

Subramanian, K.A., Emiliyamma, K.G., Babu, R., Radhakrishnan, C. &Talmale,S.S., 2018. Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats: 1-417. (Published by theDirector, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata) Published: March, 2018 ISBN – 978-81-8171-495-4.
Subramanian, K.A., Dinesh, K.P. and Radhakrishnan, C. (2013). Atlas of EndemicAmphibians of the Western Ghats. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.
Subramanian, K.A. (2009). Dragonflies of India-A field guide. VigyanPrasar,Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 168pp.ISBN: 978-81-7480-192-0
Kalkman, V.J., Babu, R., Bedjanič, M., Conniff, K.,Gyeltshen, T., Khan,M.K., Subramanian, K.A., Zia, A. & Orr, A.G. (2020) Checklist ofthe dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 4849 (1):001–084.
Subramanian, K.A., Babu, R. and Kalkman, V.J. 2020. Orthetrumerythronigrum sp. nov.(Odonata: Libellulidae) from the Great Nicobar Island,India. Zootaxa, 4869 (2): 242–250.
Joshi, S., Subramanian, K.A., Babu, R., Sawant, D. and Kunte, K. (2020). Three newspecies of ProtostictaSelys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from theWestern Ghats, India, with taxonomic notes on P. mortoni Fraser, 1922 andrediscovery of P. rufostigmaKimmins, 1958. Zootaxa, 4858 (2): 151–185.
Babu, R & Subramanian, K.A. (2019). A new species of GomphidiaSelys, 1854(Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa4652 (1): 155–164. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.9

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ka-Subramanian

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fnDyWcMAAAAJ&hl=en

Social Media

www.facebook.com/subbu.ka; X @ZSISubbu;

Dr.Ranjana

Scientist-‘E’

Dr.Ranjana

Scientist-‘E’

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2005

Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Chennai 600028

Email Address

ranjana.bhaskar@gmail.com, ranjana.bhaskar@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

+91-8887300815

Area of Expertise

Molecular taxonomy, PopulationGenetics,Biotechnology, WildlifeForensic,ConservationGenetics, MolecularEcology

Experience after Ph. D.

20 years

Significant Achievements

1355 DNA Barcode reference generated from 152 species.
Grant awarded from DST SERB.
Research project completed on Phylogeography of Blackbuck (Antilopecervicapra).
Research project completed on Phylogeography of Indian Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
Grant received for Post-DoctoralFellow,U.G.C.,Govt.ofIndia.

Mentorship

Supervised 12 M.Sc. dissertation and 16Intern-ship programme.
Supervising 03 PhD students.

Research Focus

Generation of DNA Barcode library of endangered and endemic fauna and different faunal group of India.
-Integrated taxonomy using molecular techniques.
Molecular Phylogeny and conservation genetics of different faunal group of India.
Species diversity and distribution patterns of Blackbuck and Indian Rhesus macaque.
Evolutionary relationships among Insect taxa.

Publications

RamarajP, Bhuvaragavan S, SruthiK, RanjanaBhaskar, Subramanian KA, Stella C, Janarthanan S (2022). N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-binding lectin (PrLec) from the serum of healthy blue swimming crab Portunusreticulatus agglutinates Gram-positive (Micrococcus luteus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. Aquaculture, 53(14): 4944-4957. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15981.
RanjanaBhaskar, Praveen Kanaparthi&RengasamySakthivel (2021).Geneticdiversity and phylogenetic analysis of blackbuck (Antilopecervicapra) in southernIndia.MolecularBiologyReports.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06180-9.
Ranjana Bhaskar, Mrinal Kumar Das, E. Agnita Sharon, RupavathRajendar Kumar&ChandikaR.G. (2021) Geneticidentificationofmarineeels(Anguilliformes:Congroidei) through DNA barcoding from Kasimedu fishing harbour, MitochondrialDNAPartB,6:12,3354-3361,DOI:10.1080/23802359.2021.1996291.
RanjanaBhaskar,PraveenKanaparthi&RengasamySakthivel(2020).DNAbarcodeapproaches to reveal interspecies genetic variation of India ungulates. MitochondrialDNAPartB,5:1,938-944,DOI:10.1080/23802359.2020.1719912.
Mrinal Kumar Das, Anil Mohapatra, Kumar R. Rajendar, Ranjana Bhaskatr. 2020. A new species Ophichthuschennaiensis sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the southeast coast of India.Zootaxa 4895(2):291-296.

Research Gate profile

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Dr. A. Gokul

Scientist-B

Dr. A. GOKUL

Scientist-B (designation as per service book)

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 1997

Department/Division

EBRC, ZSI, Gopalpur-on-sea

Email Address

arunachalamgokul@gmail.com

Phone Number

9474753470

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Marine Brachyuran Crabs

Experience after Ph. D.

15 years

Significant Achievements

Mentorship

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of Brachyuran Crabs

- Species diversity and distribution patterns

Publications

ResearchGate profile

Social Media

Zoological Survey of India
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Dr. K. A. Subramanian

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Southern Regional Centre, Chennai

Dr.Ranjana

Scientist-‘E’

Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Chennai

Dr. A. Gokul

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SRC Chennai

SRC, Chennai Scientist Profile

Dr. K. A. Subramanian

Scientist E

Southern Regional Centre, Chennai

Dr.Ranjana

Scientist-‘E’

Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Chennai

Dr. A. Gokul

Scientist-B

SRC Chennai