ZSI Scientist Profile

Dr.Basudev Tripathy

Scientist E

Highest Academic degree, year

 Ph.D., 2006

Department/Division

WESTERN REGIONAL CENTRE, PUNE

Email Address

tripathy.b@zsi.gov.in ; tripathyb@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91-9477942292

Area of Expertise

• Marine biodiversity
• Conservation biology
• Molluscan taxonomy

Experience after

Ph. D.

• Research Associate: 2006-2008, Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun
• DST-Young Scientist: 2008-2010, WII, Dehradun
• Since 2010, Zoological Survey of India

Significant Achievements(max 5 bullet points)

• Described new species of marine mollusca and landsnails.
• Published peer reviewed articles on Marine, Freshwater and Land Mollusca of India including review work at family level.
• Successfully completed research project funding by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Department of Science & Technology and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India.
• Member of IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group and IUCN-SSC Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group.
• Contributed to IUCN Redlist Assessment of Horseshoe Crabs.

Mentorship

• University of Kalyani, W.B. (1 student, awarded)
• Madras University (1 student, awarded)
• Berhampur University, Odisha (2 students pursuing)

Research Focus(max. 5 bullet points)

• Systematics, ecology and biogeography of malacofauna of India.
• Long term ecological monitoring of olive ridley sea turtles and horseshoe crabs along Odisha coast of India.
• Assessment of status of Rare, Endangered and Threatened fauna of India.

Publications

• Sivaperuman, C. Banerjee, D., Tripathy, B., Chandra, K.. 2023. Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. Springernature, 375 p.
• Dinesh, K.P., Shabnam, A., Kalawate, A.S., Talmale, S.S., Palot, M.J., Patil, S.R., Tripathy, B. and Banerjee, D. 2023. Fauna of India: 108 Barcodes. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata) 1-50 p.
• Palot, J. B. Tripathy and Banerjee, D. 2024. Avifauna of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) of Goa. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India) 1-275 p.
• Kalawate, A.S. J. Palot, B. Valappil, B. Tripathy and Banerjee, D. 2024. Field Guide to Lepidoptera of Western Ghats. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India) 1-180 p.
• Roy, S., Mohapatra, S.K., Mitra, S., Seth, J.K., Tripathy, B. and Mohapatra, A. 2022. First Report of Cymothoid Isopod Nerocilakisra Bowman and Tareen, 1983 (Family: Cymothoidae) from India. National Academy Science Letters. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-022-01154-2.
• Tudu, P.C., Sheikh, S., Roy, S., Mukhapadhyay, A., Tripathy, B. and Mohapatra, A. 2022. A new species of cephalaspidean sea slug of the genus Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881 (Heterobranchia: Aglajidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India. Molluscan Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2022.2139583.
• Ahmed, S., N. Marimuthu, Tripathy, B, Julka, J.M. and Chandra, K. 2023. Earthworm community structure and diversity in different land-use systems along an elevation gradient in the Western Himalaya, India. Applied Soil Ecology Volume 176, August 2022, 104468. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104468.
• Bineesh, K. K., Ravineesh, R., Tripathy, B., Rajeesh Kumar, M. P. and Aneesh Kumar K. V. 2022. New record of Propeamussiumsibogai (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from Indian waters. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 64 (1), January-June 2022. https://doi.org/10.6024/ jmbai. 2022.64.1.2101-17.
• Lenka, R., Tripathy, B., Sharma, L.K. and Chandra. K. 2023. Understanding the bird species assemblages found in and around Thane creek, Maharashtra, India. Ornithology Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43388-023-00153-1.
• Ghosh, A., Sajan, S., Mondal, T., Tripathy, B. and Mukhopadhyay, A. 2023. First Record of Cordiform Bivalves Cardilia martini Deshayes, 1844 (Mollusca, Cardilidae) from India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. DOI:10.1007/s41208-023-00647-1.
• Tripathy, B. Amit Mukhopadhyay and Sheikh Sajan. 2023. Pseudonapaeuspurii(Ray, 1951), comb. nov., rediscovery of an endemic snail from western Himalaya (Gastropoda: Enidae). Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 122(4)/359–362. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i4/2022/168126.
• Sheikh, S., Kuppusamy, S., and Tripathy, B. 2023. Clarification on the Onymotope of a planorbid snail Gyraulussaltensis Germain, 1922 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). J. Bombay Nat.Hist. Soc., 120(2).

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Basudev-Tripathy ; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ass0QE4AAAAJ

Social Media

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