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Dr.Ranjana
Scientist-‘E’
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Highest Academic degree, year
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Ph.D.; 2005
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Department/Division
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Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Chennai 600028
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Email Address
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ranjana.bhaskar@gmail.com, ranjana.bhaskar@zsi.gov.in
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Phone Number
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+91-8887300815
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Area of Expertise
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Molecular taxonomy, PopulationGenetics,Biotechnology, WildlifeForensic,ConservationGenetics, MolecularEcology
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Experience after Ph. D.
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20 years
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Significant Achievements
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- 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.
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Mentorship
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- Supervised 12 M.Sc. dissertation and 16Intern-ship programme.
- Supervising 03 PhD students.
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Research Focus
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- 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.
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Publications
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- 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.
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Research Gate profile
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ranjana-Bhaskar
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Social Media
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FB: @ https://www.facebook.com/ranjana.bhaskar/
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