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SHRI KAUSHIK KUMAR BHATTACHARYA
ASSISTANT ZOOLOGIST
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Highest Academic degree, year
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B.Sc., 2021
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Department/Division
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Zoological Survey of India, MoEFCC, Entomology Division
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Email Address
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bhattak76@gmail.com
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Phone Number
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9831282710
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Area of Expertise
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Taxonomy& Systematics on collembolan fauna
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Experience after Ph. D.
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N.A.
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Significant Achievements (max 5 bullet points)
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- Discovered 14 new collembolan species
- Contribution to the taxonomy of collembolan families
- Research on collembolanbehaviour and ecology
- Published more than 60 research papers, books, including book chapters, abstracts, check lists on collembolan and dipteran fauna.
- Research on dipteran pollinators and co-authored a book on insect pollinators on Kolkata and surroundings.
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Mentorship
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N.A.
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Research Focus (max. 5 bullet points)
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- Taxonomy and classification of collembolan fauna
- Ecology of collembolan faunain relationship with soil-
- biodiversity.
- Collembolan species diversity and distribution patterns in India
- Evolutionary relationships among collembolan taxa
- Culturing of collembolan fauna in sectional laboratory
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Publications
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- Mandal, G.P., K.K. Suman and K.K. Bhattacharya. 2016. Four New Species of Springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from Jharkhand, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India,116(Part-1): 41-52. ISSN: 0375-1511. (NAAS Score 3.85).
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- Mandal, G.P., K.K. Suman and K.K. Bhattacharya. 2017. Five New Species of Collembola (Isotomidae) from Jharkhand, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 117 (2): 97-112. (DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/117277). ISSN: 0375-1511. (NAAS Score 3.85).
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- Mandal, G.P., K.K.Suman&K.K.Bhattachrya. 2019. Two new species of CollembolaSinellajaldaparaensis (Entomobryidae) and Cyphoderopsisgorumaraensis(Paronellidae) from India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 7(4): 145-150. (NAAS rated 5.53) (E-ISSN: 2320-7078; P-ISSN: 2349-6800).
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- Mandal. G.P., Suman, K.K. and Bhattacharya, K.K. 2021. Entognatha: Collembola. In: Faunal Diversity of Agroecosystems in India, 197-208 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
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- Mandal, G.P., Suman, K.K. and Bhattacharya, K.K., 2021. Collembola. In: Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India: North East, 173-180 (Published by Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).
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ResearchGate profile
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kaushik-Bhattacharya-8
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Social Media
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