Dr. Chandra Kanta Mandal
Scientist-B
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Dr. Chandra Kanta Mandal Scientist-B |
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Highest Academic degree, year |
Ph.D. 2006 |
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Department/Division |
General Non-Chordata section |
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Email Address |
mandalsucker@gmail.com |
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Phone Number |
91239 09955 |
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Area of Expertise |
Taxonomy: Annelida (Leeches and Earthworms) |
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Experience after Ph. D. |
17 years |
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Significant Achievements |
Discovered 27 new leech and 4 new earthworm species Contribution to the taxonomy of Leech and Earthworm families Research on Leech faunal diversity along with food, feeding, breeding behaviour and act as a vector of trypanosomes |
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Mentorship |
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Research Focus |
Taxonomy and classification, food, feeding and breeding behaviour of Leeches. Species diversity and distribution patterns of Leeches |
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Publications
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105 Research articles on Leeches and Earthworms comprises 27 new Leeches and 4 new earthworms.
Mandal, C.K., Reynolds, J.W., Hasan, M.N., Deuti, K., Sinha, B., Ghosh, S and Banerjee. D. 2022. A second new leech Haemadipsa zelanica dimapurensis (Annelida: Hirudinida, Haemadipsidae) from Nagaland, India. Megadrilogica. 27(6): 58-62 Mandal C.K, Mridha S, Yasir M, Kalam A, Jameel M, Anwar M, Ghosh, S. 2021. Poecilobdella aligarhensis A new leech (Clitellata: Hirudinida) from Aligarh, India, J. Appl Zool. Res. 32(2): 180-186 Mandal, C.K., Reynolds, J.W., Hasan, M.N., Deuti, K. 2022.One new leech Haemadipsa zelanica dhritiie (Annelida: Hirudinida, Haemadipsidae) from Nagaland, India. Megadrilogica. 27(4): 34-39. Mandal, C.K., Chowhan, S., Tomar, V., Mridha, S., Ghosh, S. 2021. Theromyzon kathraulensis A new leech (Clitellata: Hirudinida) from Punjab, India, J. Appl. Zool. Res. (2021), 32(2): 140-144 Ghosh, S., Mandal, C.K., Hajra, S., Bhattacharjee, R., Hasan, N and Banerjee, D. 2022. Annotated checklist of Earthworms from India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 11(2): 189-206. |
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ResearchGate profile |
NIL |
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Social Media |
FB: https://www.facebook.com/chandra.k.mandal |