ZSI Scientists

Dr. DHRITI BANERJEE

Scientist – G /  Director

Highest Academic Degree&Year

D. Sc. in Life Science 2024
Ph.D. in ZOOLOGY 1999

Department

ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Government of India

Address

Zoological Survey of India

M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053

West Bengal, India

Email

Contact

033 2498 6820

Area of Expertise

 Taxonomy, Systematics, Ecology & Evolution, Molecular Biology, Forensic Science, GIS, Conservation strategies

Research Experience

33 years

Significant Achievements    

Major Awards/ Recognition at National / International Level 

 1. Conferred with the “Exceptional Woman of Excellence”, by the Women’s Economic Forum, at The Hague,  Netherlands on the International Women’s Day, 2018.

 2. Awarded the “Amazing Godavari Memorial Award for Excellence in the field of Education and Science” on the 30th of January 2022.

 3.  Awarded the Nari Shakti Samman Purashkar, 2022”.

 4.  Awarded the H R Mehra award by The Helminthological Society of India on 21st March, 2022.

 5.  The CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and Bharat Chambers of Commerce felicitated as one of the Outstanding Women Achievers of 2022.

 6.  Felicitated with The Prof. T N Ananthakrishnan Foundation on 6th August, 2022.

 7.  Conferred with “ESDA Women Empowerment Award 2022” by the Environment and Social Development Association at their 3rd World Environment Summit 2022.

  8.  For the contributions and the achievements in the field of Sciences, felicitated with the Women Achievers Award 2023 by IBRF.

 9. Conferred with the Honorary Fellowship Award 2023 for her outstanding contribution in the field of Environmental Sciences by the Society of Biological Sciences and Rural Development.

       Major Scientific/ Technological Achievements 

• Described more than 15 species as new to science with different ecological significance.
• Published 21 books, 48 book chapters and 201 research articles in peer reviewed national and international journals, including publications in Scientific Reports and Genes.
• Fauna of Protected Areas such as Satkosia – Baisipalli WLS, Malabar WLS, Sundarban BR and Coringa WLS, Also published the baseline fauna of biogeographic zones such as Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India: Gangetic Plains and Faunal diversity of Biogeographic zones of India: Deccan Peninsula.
•   Established DNA barcoding facilities in the HQ as well as the regional centres of the ZSI to enhance the integrated taxonomic capacity of the scientists of ZSI.

New Methods/ Theory/ Process established, Technology Developed, Socio-economic issues Addressed, Unique data base/centres established etc.

   1. Preparation of Species cards, Literature cards, and Database for www.zsicollections.in ,    www.faunaofindia.nic.in and www.zsifis.nic.in .

Publications

Books : Edited- 16/ Written- 5

Papers: International- 88/ National : 113

Policy Papers : 5

Technical Reports : 76

Patents : 3

Researchgate Profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dhriti-Banerjee

Social Media Link

https://twitter.com/DhritiZSI

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Dr. CHELLADURAI RAGHUNATHAN

Scientist – F / Additional Director

Highest Academic Degree&Year

Ph.D. in Marine Biology

1997

Department

ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Government of India

Address

Zoological Survey of India

M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053

West Bengal, India

Email

raghuksc@rediffmail.com

raghunathan.c@zsi.gov.in

kscraghu@gmail.com

Mobile

+ 91 9434289298

Area of Expertise

Marine Biodiversity

Research Experience

33 years

Significant Achievements

1. High Performance Scientist Award of ZSI – Year 2011

2. High Performance Scientist Award of ZSI – Year 2012

3. Establishment of Long-term Permanent Monitoring Plots in the coral reefs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to study the impact of climate change.

4. Description of new faunal species:13 species

5. New faunal species record to India: 715 species (scleractinian corals, alcyonacean corals, sea anemones, hydrozoans, bryozoans, sponges, molluscs, nudibranchs, polyclads, brachiopods, ascidians, fishes and bird).

6. Ph.D. Supervision: 15 students awarded(Pondicherry Central University and University of Madras)

7. M.Phil. Supervision: 2 students (University of Madras)

8. Deputation abroad:

a)  SAARC Coastal Zone Management Workshop on ‘Capacity building for Coral Reef Monitoring’ held at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka from 21^st to 24^th June 2012.

b)  ‘International Workshop for Sharks and Manta Rays at CITES’ held at Colombo, Sri Lanka during 22^nd and 23^rd January 2013.

c)  IPBES First Authors Meeting on the Regional Assessment for the Asia-Pacific Region during 17^th to 21^st August, 2015 at Tokyo, Japan.

d)  CoP-13, at, Cancun, Mexico during 10^th to 18^th December 2016.

e)  IPBES Third Authors Meeting on the Regional Assessment for the Asia-Pacific Region during 22^nd to 30^th July 2017 at Tokyo, Japan.

f)   ICRI/GCRMN Regional Workshop for South Asia Sea Region (SASR) on ‘Regional Data Analysis of Coral Reef Monitoring’ held at Male, Republic of Maldives during 28^th and 29^th January 2020 and presented ‘Status of Coral Reefs of India – ZSI’s initiatives on monitoring’ as country presentation.

Publications

Books:64

Papers:269

Book chapters: 245

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/C-Raghunathan

Dr. Gopinathan Maheswaran

Scientist-F & Officer-in-Charge

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 1998

Department/Division

Bird section, HQ office, Kolkata

Email Address

maheswaran@zsi.gov.in; gmaheswaran@yahoo.com

Phone Number

8902497628

Area of Expertise

Avian ecology, behaviour and conservation of avian species

Experience after Ph. D.

25 years

Significant Achievements

• Participated in a bird-banding training at Great Gull Island, New York, U.S.A. under the guidance of Dr Hellen of American Museum of Natural History and Dr Malcolm C. Coulter, Co-Chair, IUCN/BirdLife International/Wetlands. International, Specialist Group on Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills from 17-20 August 2000. There I trapped, banded and measured Common Terns.
• Conducted bird surveys in the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President of India’s palace), New Delhi from November 2002 till October 2003. Based on my report, steps were taken by the authorities to make waterbodies within the Rashtrapati Bhavan to attract migratory birds during winter. During my visits to the Presidential Palcae, I met Hon. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam nine times and discussed about the birds of India and also about the birds of Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has brought out a book on the birds of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Participated in a Black Stork survey (New Odyssey) along with Miroslav Bobek, Lubomir Peske and Khalil Baalbaki of Czech Republic mostly in western Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat from 5-18 December 2003. We were after two Black Storks (named Iristu and Altynai) which were fitted with satellite transmitters and reached India after their departure from Siberia in Russia around October/November 2003.
• Participated in the Gondwanaland Expedition as Zoologist that went on to visit 16 countries by road from 24 March to 28 June 2006. The expedition was organized by Mr. Akhil Bakshi of Bharatiya Yuva Sakti and my participation was financially sponsored/supported by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. The expedition visited Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa.
• Participated in an ‘international workshop -A Conservation Strategy for the White-bellied Heron’ held at Guwahati from 2-4 December, 2014. A total of 41 participants from India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China along with experts from UK and Germany worked hard for three days. The workshop was jointly organized by BNHS and ATREE. Initial presentations by experts from each country (including Dr. Maheswaran from India) highlighted the need for greater efforts in researching the basic biology, habits and distribution of the WBH as a basis for its conservation.  This comprises a major Goal for range countries and committed non-governmental organizations.
• Participated in the second ‘international workshop -A Conservation Strategy for the White-bellied Heron’ held at Punakka, Bhutan from 1-4 December, 2015. A total of 28 participants from India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China along with experts from UK and Germany worked hard for three days. The workshop was jointly organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan and Synchronicity Earth, UK. Initial presentations by experts from each country (including Dr. Maheswaran from India) highlighted the need for greater efforts in researching the basic biology, habits and distribution of the WBH as a basis for its conservation.  This comprises a major Goal for range countries and committed non-governmental organizations.

Mentorship

Supervising 03 PhD students

Research Focus

• Awarded Fellowship (US$9,000) by the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York in May 2000 to work on the highly endangered Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal. And was also a Research Fellow of the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York for the year 2001-2002.
• Written executed a project proposal on the Foraging behaviour of the ‘Critically Endangered’ White-bellied Heron Ardea insginis in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. This project has been financially supported by the Science & engineering Research Board (SERB) of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and was awarded Rs. 27,00,000/-
• In 2023 awarded second grant by DST to work on the Critically Endangered White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis in Arunachal Pradesh

Significant Publications in the recent years (detailed publication list in the Researchgate link given below)

(1) Maheswaran, G., Sharma, L.K., Mondal, H.S., and Mukherjee, T. (2021) White-bellied heron a species on the verge of extinction: Ensemble model reveals loss of habitats and resultant prolonged isolation driving the species to extinction. Ecological Informatics 64: 101383 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101383) [Impact Factor: 5.1]

(2) Maheswaran, G., Acharja, I.P., Sharma, L.K., Mondal, H.S., Mukherjee, T., Alam, I., and Majumder, A. (2021) Save the white-bellied heron from extinction. Science 373(6561): 1317. (https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl9682) [Impact Factor: 56.9]

(3)  Ghosh, A., Dalui, S., Mukherjee, T., Joshi, B.D., Singh, S.K., Maheswaran, G., Sharma, L.K., Chandra, K., Thakur, M. (2022) Serendipitous discovery of white-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Animal Gene. 200124

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.angen.2022.200124

(4) Maheswaran, G., Alam, I., and Majumder, A. (2022) Conservation of avian diet specialization is complex and a challenging task for developing countries. Conservation Letters. 2022;15:e12851. http://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12851 [Impact Factor: 8.5]

(5) Mondal, H.S., and Maheswaran, G. (2022) Foraging Ecology of White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis) in the Fast-flowing Rivers of Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Waterbirds 44(4): 389-396. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.044.0401 [Impact Factor: 0.3]

Research Gate profile

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Dr. Avtar Kaur Sidhu

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D. 1996

Department/Division

High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan, H. P.

Email Address

avtarkaur2000@gmail.com

Phone Number

01792-293256-Ext.200 (O), 9218766129 (M)

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy, Biology and Ecology: Lepidoptera

Experience after Ph. D.

27 years

Significant Achievements

• Contribution to the taxonomy of Lepidoptera
• Contribution to biology and immature stages of Lepidoptera
• Discovered new species of Lepidoptera
• Established Himalayan Repository and Museum at ZSI, Solan
• Completed more than10 major research programs as project coordinator
• -Acted as Officer-in-charge for ZSI Solan centre for more than 13 years

Mentorship

Supervised 02 Ph.D. and Supervisionof 05 PhD is undergoing

Research Focus

• Taxonomy and Systematics of Lepidoptera
• Combining morphological and Molecular data in Taxonomic research
• Biodiversity and Conservation of Himalayan Butterflies
• Biology, immature stages and ecology of Lepdioptera
• DNA Barcoding of Indian Fauna

Publications

BOOK :

• Kailash Chandra, Avtar KaurSidhu, C. Raghunathan,  and T. Kubendran (2019). Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones: Indian Trans- Himalaya: 1-225 + 170 coloured photographs.  Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata. ISBN 978-81-8171-527-2. (November, 2019)

RESEARCH PAPERS

• Tomar, P.; Thakur, N.; Sidhu, A.K.; Laskar, B.A.; Hashem, A.; Avila-Quezada, G.D.; Abd_Allah, E.F. (2023). The Isolation, Identification, and Insecticidal Activities of Indigenous Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Steinernemacarpocapsae) and Their Symbiotic Bacteria (Xenorhabdusnematophila) against the Larvae of Pieris brassicae. Horticulturae (Switzerland) 9 (874): 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ horticulturae9080874 Impact Factor: 3.1
• Kaur, M., Sidhu, A. K. and Kirti, J. S. (2023). Taxonomic studies of species Euchloedaphalis (Moore) (Pieridae :Anthochardini) from North-West Himalaya. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 44 (17): 15-18. NAAS : 4.21
• Sidhu, A.K. (2023). An assessment and distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Sangla Valley (District Kinnaur: Himachal Pradesh). Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 15: 36-44.  NAAS : 4.36 https://doi.org/10.58628/JAE-2315-106
• M. Kaur; A. K. Sidhu and J.S. Kirti (2023). Taxonomic study of the genus Gonepteryx Leach, 1815 and genus Dercas Doubleday, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from India.The Pharma Innovation Journal12(6): 2397-2402. NAAS : 5.23.
• Avtar Kaur Sidhu (2023) "LEPIDOPTERA OF INDIA- A REVIEW" Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 11(2): 105-114. .NAAS rating :4.64

ResearchGate profile

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Dr. L Kosygin Singh

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Zoology); 1999

Department/Division

Fish Division, Zoological Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India,

27 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016.

Email Address

lkzsi5@yahoo.com; laishram@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

033-29730201

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy, Biogeography & Ecology: Freshwater Fishes

Experience after Ph. D.

24 years

Significant Achievements

- Discovered 41 new fish species from India and Myanmar.

- Assessed global IUCN status of 48 species of fishes.

- Documented systematic checklist of fishes of India.

- Completed more than 10 research programme/projects.

- Contributed to the taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of   
  freshwater fishes of India.

Mentorship

Supervised 02 PhD students

Research Focus

- Survey and exploration of unexplored areas of India.

- Taxonomy and classification of fishes of India.

-  Species diversity and distribution patterns of Hill stream
   fishes.

-  Status and biogeography of Sisorid catfishes of Indian
    subcontinent.

- Conservation of endemic and threatened fishes of India.

Publications

Books (Five important publications)

• Kosygin, L. (ed.) 2009. Wetlands of North East India: Ecology, Aquatic Bioresources & Conservation. Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 343 pp. (ISBN: 978-81-8370-187-7).
• Kosygin, L. (ed.) 2011. Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Rivers & Streams of North East India. Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 373 pp. (ISBN: 978-81-8370-276-8).
• Kosygin, L., Rao, D.V. and Rath, S. 2014. Fauna of Cauvery Estuarine System, Tamil Nadu with special reference to Ichthyofauna and Crustaceans.  Estuarine Ecosystem Series, 10: 1-104 + 19 Plates (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata) (ISBN: 978-81-8171-385-8). 
• Kosygin, L., Das, S., Gurumayum, S.D. and Rath. 2019. Fauna of Narmada and Tapi Estuaries, Gujarat. Estuarine Ecosystem Series, 11: 1-91 + 16 Plates (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata) (ISBN: 978-81-8171-536-4).
• Chandra, K., Kosygin, L., Raghunathan, C. and Gupta, D. 2021. Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zone of India: North-East: 1-720. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).

Journal article (Five important publications)

- 34 research papers in SCI journals

• Kosygin, L., Shangningam, B.D. & Gopi, K.C. 2018. Olyra parviocula, a new species of bagrid catfish (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes), from northeastern India. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101(4): 589-593 (DOI 10.1007/s10641-018-0721-7).  
• Kosygin, L., Das, U., Singh, P. and Roy Chowdhury, B. 2019. Glyptothorax gopii, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, north-eastern India. Zootaxa, 4652 (3): 568–578. 
• Kosygin, L., Singh, P. and Gurumayum, S.D. 2020. Glyptothorax giudikyensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, DOI: http://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-1136.
• Kosygin, L., Singh, P. & Rath, S. 2021. A new species of Glyptothorax (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Brahmaputra River basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5023 (2): 239–250. 
• Singh, P., Kosygin, L., Gurumayum, S. D. and Rath, S.  2022. Exostoma dhritiae, a new sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5219 (2): 165-174.

 ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laishram-Kosygin/research

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Dr.Gaurav Sharma

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D. Zoology; 2006

Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India (MoEFCC), Northern Regional Centre, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun-248195, Uttarakhand, INDIA.

Email Address

drgaurav.sharma@gov.in; drgaurav.zsi@gmail.com

Phone Number

8481071255; 7018403450.

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Odonata and Mammalia

Experience after Ph. D.

17 years

Significant Achievements

(1). 17 Research Programme completed on diversity of Odonata, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Mammalia.

(2). Documented Odonata and Lepidoptera diversity of Aravalli Range and Desert Ecosystem of Rajasthan.

(3).Published an identification Manual of Schedule Mammals of India [Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972] and compiled updated document of Fauna species Listed in Schedules I & II of Indian Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.

(4). Published Status survey of some Mammals in Gujarat with special reference to Chinkara and Desert Cat.

(5). Delivered 82 lectures in National & International Conferences/Seminars/Workshops; organized 06 National Seminar/Conferences/Training Programmes and participated in 18 Training Programmes.

(6). Selected as Odonata group experts by IUCN Species Programme (Species Survival Commission) Cambridge, United Kingdomfor assessment of Odonates of Eastern Himalaya and assessed 49 species of Odonata highlighted in IUCN Red Data listing of Threatened Species website.

(7). Received TwoGold Medals in “VI & VIISouth Asian Symposium of Odonatology” organized by Societas Internationalis Odonatologica (SIOROSA) affiliated to Odonatologica, The Netherlands held at Bhagalpur University on April 21-22, 2003 and at Hislop College, Nagpur on 9-11 January, 2006.

(8). Nominated as Country Representative of Government of India to participatein “28^th Meeting of Animal Committee CITES” at Tel Aviv, Israel from 30^th August, 2015 to 3^rd September, 2015 andin “17^th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17)” at Johannesburg, South Africa from 23^rd to 29^th September, 2016.

(9). Completed“Professional Training Programme on Species Monitoring and Conservation: Terrestrial Mammals” Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Virginia, USA from 09^th to 20^th May, 2016.

(10). Received “Biodiversity Conservation Award - 2019” from the Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Foundation, Chennai during “National Conference on Trends in Higher Education, Taxonomy, Agriculture, Biotechnology and Toxicology” held at Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 17^th November, 2019.

Mentorship

Supervised 02 Ph. D. students and 18 M.Sc. students dissertations.

Research Focus

(1). Taxonomy and species diversity of Odonata and Mammalia.

(2). Behavioural studies of Odonata and Mammalia.

(3). Status survey of selected Threatened Mammals species of India.

(4). To prepare documents and organize training programme on “Protected Animals of India”.

(5). To explore the faunal diversity, conservation and threat to habitats of Indian Himalaya.

Publications

(1). Published 102 Research Papers on Odonata, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Mammalia in National & International Journal.

(2). Published 11 Books on Odonata, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Mammalia.

Selected Publications:

(a). Sharma, G. and Joshi, P.C.2007. Diversity of Odonata (Insecta) from Dholbaha dam (Distt.) Hoshiarpur) in Punjab Shivalik, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, Korea.10(2): 177-180.

(b). Sharma, G., Kumar, R., Ramamurthy, V.V.andKumar, N. 2007. Major lepidopterous insect pests of vegetables in North India. Indian Journal of Entomology. 69(2): 189-195.

(c). Sharma, G., Kumar, R., Ramamurthy, V.V.andKumar, N. 2007. Biosystematics studies of Junoniaorithya Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from North India.Indian Journal of Entomology. 69(3): 224-229.

(d). Sharma, G. and Kumar, A. 2008. Odonata diversity of Punjab Shivalik with their habitats and flight period. Fraseria-South Asian Bulletin of Odonatology.7(1/2):29-33.

(e). Mitra, A., Dow, R., Subramanian, K.A. and Sharma, G. 2010. The status and distribution of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of the Eastern Himalaya. In: The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya (Allen, D.J., Molur, S., Daniel, B.A. (Compilers).The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Published by IUCN, Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland. pp. 54-66.

(f). Sharma, G. 2018. Studies on Odonata and Lepidoptera fauna of Desert Ecosystem of Rajasthan. Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India.Rec.zool. Surv. India,Occ. Paper.394: 1-90.

(g). Sharma, G. 2015. Pictorial handbook on Odonata (Damsel and Dragonflies) of Rajasthan. Publication by Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata. 266pp + 93 photoplates.

(h). Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M and Venkataraman, K. 2015. An identification Manual of Scheduled Mammals of India (Indian (Wildlife Protection Act, 1972). Published by Director, Zoological Survey of India. 64 pp and 48 plates.

(i). Kankane, P.L., Sharma, G. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. Status survey of some Mammals in Gujarat with special reference to Chinkara and Desert Cat. Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata. 302pp.

(j). Sharma, G.,Kamalakannan, M., Manna, C.K. and Debashree, D. 2016. Tricho-taxonomic studies for identification of Wild Boar, Sus scrofaLinnaeus, 1758 by dorsal guard hairs (Suidae: Artiodactyla: Mammalia).Rec. zool. Surv. India.116(3): 301-306.

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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).

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Dr. (Mrs.) Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate

Scientist E

Highest Academic degree, year

 Ph.D., 2007

Department/Division

WESTERN REGIONAL CENTRE, PUNE

Email Address

k.aparna@zsi.gov.in; aparna_ent@yahoo.co.in

Phone Number

+91-8087474914

Area of Expertise

Insect Taxonomy – Lepidoptera (Moths) and Coleoptera (Scarab beetles)

Experience after

Ph. D.

More than 17 years

• Scientist-E at Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411044 (December 2021-till today).
• Scientist-D at Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411044 (August 2016-December 2021).
• Scientist-C at Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411044 (January 2014- August 2016).
• Scientist-C at Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore 560 022 (July 2011 – January 2014).
• Scientist-B at Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore 560 022 (August 2008 to July 2011).
• Research Associate in Ad-hoc Project viz., “AINP on Pesticide Residues Project” under Head, Department of Agricultural Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri (February 2007 to July 2008).
• Assistant Professor at College of Agriculture, Sonai, Tal. Newasa, Dist. Ahmednagar, Affiliated to MPKV, Rahuri (March 2006 to August 2006).

Significant Achievements(max 5 bullet points)

Taxonomy:

• Described: 05 new species of moths and 05 new species of lesser known beetles.
• Based on the Integrated Taxonomic Approach (ITA) one cryptic moth species,Olepa schleini Witt et al. 2005 a palearctic species reported as new record to Indian Fauna of moths.
• Described the above-mentioned new species of beetles of the family Trogidae which is lesser known and is important in forensic sciences.

Patent: 01 Indian Patent

• One Indian patent on WOOD PRESERVATIVES AND A METHOD FOR PROTECTING WOOD AND WOOD BASED PANEL PRODUCTS” bearing Patent No. 297510.

IUCN Redlist Assessment:

• Contributed to IUCN Redlist Assessment of Tiger beetles.
• Elected as a fellow of Royal Entomological Society, UK. The oldest and the reputed society in entomological sciences(Membership number - RES20851).

Mentorship

Supervised:

• 04 M.Sc. (Dissertation submitted and degree awarded)
• 01 PhD (Co-guide) and
• 04 On Job Training (OJT) students under NEP.

Research Focus(max. 5 bullet points)

• Taxonomic studies on cryptic species of insects based on Integrated Taxonomic Approach.
• Taxonomic studies on lesser known insect groups.

Publications

SCI Journals:

• Jagdale, P., Magdum, S. & Kalawate, A.S.*(2024). First DNA barcode and male genitalial studies of a dung beetle, Heliocopris gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) form Western Ghats of India. Halteres14: 40-45(IF: 0.46).
• Jagdale, P. Magdum, S. &Kalawate A.S.(2023). A New Record of the Genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) From Northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 120(3)10.17087/jbnhs/2023/v120/170628(SJR: 0.14)
• Kalawate, A.S.*, Shabnam, A. & Dinesh, K.P. 2024. Resurrection of Olepa Schleini Witt et al. 2005 and Olepa Neumuthi Orhant, 2012 from the synonymy of Olepa Ricini (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).  Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 78 (1): 39-52 (IF: 0.519; Scopus: 0.603).
• Kalawate, A.S.*&Strümpher,W. P. 2024. Catalogue of species of the subgenus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986 (Coleoptera: Trogidae: Omorginae) known from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including a description of one new species from the Deccan Plateau in India. Zootaxa, 5437 (1): 021–06 (IF: 1.1).

NAAS rated journals:

• Kalawate A.S.*,Surwade, P. & Pawara, S.N. (2023). An annotated checklist of the economically important family of moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera: Noctuidae) of the northern Western Ghats, India, with notes on their type species, diversity, distribution, host plants, and an unusual new faunistic record. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(2): 22632–22653.
• Kalawate, A.S., *& Palot, M.J. (2023). A first report of dung beetle Garreta smaragdifer (Walker, 1858) attending the faecal matter of Northern Plain Gray Langur Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne, 1997) with range extension and a checklist of the genus Garreta Janssen, 1940. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15 (5): 23233–23239.
• Jagdale, P., Magdum, S., Kalawate, A.S.*, Kajale S. & Shouche, Y. (2023). First record and DNA barcode of a scarab beetle, Adoretus kanarensis Arrow, 1917 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), from Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(6):  23425–23430. 
•  Misal, P.K. &Kalawate, A.S.(2023). Preliminary Assessment of Arthropod Diversity of the Rock-Cut Caves of Satara district, Maharashtra, India. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 123(iS2)/01-15: 457-462.
• Pande, G.S., Parge, F.V. and Kalawate, A.S. (2023) A baseline account of scarabaeid beetles of area within and around historic Ahmednagar city (Maharashtra) India. Flora and Fauna, 29 (2): 366-370,

Books:

• 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.
• 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.

Popular Semi-Technical articles: 02+03

• कलावटे ए.एस. (2023)गुप्त एजेंट केराटिन भृंग, कोशिका, वार्षिकी, 14 सितम्बर 2023, अंक:  2: 03 (प्रकाशकनिदेशक, भारतीय प्राणी सर्वेक्षण) ISBN: 978-81-8171-621-7.
• कलावटे, ए. एस.  (2024). एक अनोखा एथलीट कोषिका, वार्शिक पत्रिका, अंक-3, सितम्बर 2024: 1-2(प्रकाशकनिदेशक, भारतीय प्राणी सर्वेक्षण). ISBN: 978-81-8171-664-4.
• कलावटे, ए. एस.  (2024). छोटे छोटे किट में छुपा हे बहुत सारा अद्भुत विज्ञान और रहस्य: ओलेपा ज़ेडएसआई कलावटे, 2020 एक उदाहरण. पर्यावरण, 72वा अंक-जून-2024.
• कलावटे, ए. एस.  (2024). महाराष्ट्र की रॉबर्स गुफा: एक छिपा हुआ जैव खजाना. पर्यावरण, 72वा अंक-जून-2024.
• Kalawate, A.S. (2023). New Species of Keratin Beetle Discovered from Western India. Science Reporter, May 2023: 10.

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Dr. Swetapadma Dash

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 1993

Department/Division

Hemiptera Section, ZSI, Kolkata

Email Address

oasisnainital@yahoo.co.in

Phone Number

9861084653

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Hemiptera

Experience after Ph. D.

30 years

Significant Achievements

- Discovered 16 new species of Order Diptera Family Drosophilidae

-Co-described 5 new species pertaing to Order Hemiptera , Family-Gerridae

- Added one new record of Marine Gerridaeto Indian Water

- Contributed to the lesser known marine insect group taxonomy

- Research on terrestrial Hemipteran behaviour and ecology

Mentorship

Supervising 01 PhD student

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of Order Hemiptera

- Species diversity and distribution patterns of Aquatic Bugs of Protected Area of West Bengal

- Species diversity and distribution patterns of Aquatic Bugs of Dry and Deciduous Forest  of West Bengal

- Study the Lesser known Marine Bugs

-Species diversity and distribution patterns of Order Hemiptera Family Pentatomidae of Himalayan and Sub Himalayan Region of West bengal

Publications

- Books:

1. D.V Rao. Laishram Kosygin, and Dash, S.  2013 Estuaries of India: Ecology, Biodiversity, conservation and management” ISBN 973-93-82258-05-6,NBI, Kolkata-700 045.

2. Chandra. K., Raghunathan. C., Mondal. T. and Dash. S. 2016 “Current Status of Marine Faunal Diversity”, Director,ZSI, India.

3. Chandra, K.,Raghunathan, C. and Dash, S. 2018 “Current Statuts of Estuarine Biodiversity in India.” Director, Zoological Survey of India,Pp1-525.

4. Kosygin,Laishram, Dash,S., Gurumayum,S.D. and Rath,S. 2019 Fauna of Narmada and Tapi Estuaries, Gujarat ,Estuarine Ecosystem Series Director, ZSI, India.

-Book Chapters:

16 Book Chapters contributed in different faunal Series.

- Morphological and molecular characterization of Genus Anopheles (diptera: culicidae) of ganjamdistrict,Odisha, india(23.          Dash S.,2014. Morphological and molecular characterization of Genus anopheles (diptera: culicidae) of ganjamdistrict,Odisha, indiaRec. zool. Surv. India : 114(Part-2) : 317-340)

- 39 research papers in SCIand NAAS Rated Journalsand 18 Abstracts/Papers in International and National Proceedings

1.         Singh, B.K.  and Dash, S. 1994. Record of further new species of  Drosophilidae  from  Kumaun region, India. Dros.Inf.Serv.(U.S.A) 75:60-61.

2.        Dash,S. and Hazra,R.K.2011.”Mosquito diversity in the Chilika lake area.Orissa.  India” Tropical Biomedicine 28(1):1-6

3.       Dash, S. and Samuel, A.S. 2021. First record of the marine water strider Halobatessexualis Distant, 1903 (Hemiptera: Gerridae) from the estuaries of India. Aquatic Insects, DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2021.1922704

4.        E. Jehamalar& Dash, S.  2021 Three new species of MetrocorisMayr, 1865 (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from India and establishment of species groups, Zootaxa 5082 (4): 341–356 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5082.4.3

5.         Jehamalar. E. E, Dash, S., Chandra, K. &Raghunathan, C. 2023 Amemboa Esaki (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) of India, with descriptions of two new species and establishment of species groups of world species, Zootaxa 5239 (1): 091–111 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa

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Dr. Archana Bahuguna

Scientist- E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.(with NET,CSIR); 1995

Department/Division

Northern Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, DehraDun

Email Address

archana.bahuguna65@gmail.com

Phone Number

9759706812

Area of Expertise

 Wildlife Forensic (Trichotaxonomy Molecular}; Reptilia, Amphibia,

Experience after Ph. D.

27 years

Significant Achievements(max 5 bullet points)

• Used taxidermy samples of threatened species of mammals and Reptilia (Freshwater turtles and Varanus species) to generate gene sequences for their identification.
• Published 387gene sequences at NCBI of threatened taxa
• Provided trichotaxonomy data for small mammals for wildlife forensic and also for prey predator relationship
• Prepared manuals based on hair analysis of selected mammals (used by various agencies including WII for solving poaching cases under INDO USFWS project of Wildlife Institute of India)
• Prepared the first document of Uttarakhand Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (worked as Nodal Officer,State Forest Department) Exective agency : MoEF, Sponsored by UNDP, coordinated by Technical Core Group, Administrative agency Biotech Consortium India Limited, Nodal agency State Forest Department

Mentorship

Supervised 01 PhD students, 02 PhD students are under supervision; supervised many PG students for M.Sc dissertation

Research Focus(max. 5 bullet points)

- -Wildlife Forensic

-Molecular Systematic

-Taxonomy of Reptilia

-Taxonomy of Amphibia

-Trichotaxonomy

Publications

• Manual: Bahuguna, A.,Sahajpal,V., Goyal,S.P., Mukherjee,S.K. and Thakur,V. 2010. Species identification from guard hair of Selected Indian Mammals A reference guide. Published by Wildlife Institute of India with the fund support  by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, United Kingdom) and TRAFFIC pp434 ISBN 81-85486-24-2
• Bahuguna, A. and Mukherjee, S.K. 2000. Use of SEM to recognize Tibetan  antelope (Chiru) hair and blending in wool product, Science & Justice,(United  Kingdom) 40(3):1777-182. ISSN: 1355-0306. Impact factor 2.124
• Bahuguna,A 2008. Altitudinal variations in morphological characters of taxonomic importance in Laudakia tuberculata Hardwicke and Gray from Western Himalaya (Uttarakhand), India    Russian Journal of Herpetology 15 (3):207-211. ISSN: 10262296                               Impact score 0.63
• Bedwal, R.S. and Bahuguna, A. 1994. Zinc, copper and selenium in Reproduction (a review), Experientia. (Switzerland). 50: 626-640. Impact factor 9.261. ISBN  978-2894368237 DOI: 10.1007/BF01952862
• Bahuguna, Archana and Singh Ashutosh 2019.Molecular characterization by using 12SrRNA and Cytochrome b for identification of species of genus Ratufa (Rodentia: Scuiridae) including Ratufa indica, endemic species of India.  Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 4(2): 3085–3091. ISSN 2380-2359 Impact factor- 0.55

• Published 5 books; 21 publication in SCI journals (International and National: Forensic Science International, Mtochondria Part A, Mitochondria Part B, Russian j of herpetology, Current Science, Indian J of Experimental Biology, British Herpetological Society, Herpetological Review), rest in NAAS,UGC journals, Society of Wildlife Forensic USA Newsletter and in ZSI publications. Total 76, also published  popular science articles in Hindi and English.

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Dr. Vikas Kumar

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D. (Zoology),2004

Department/Division

Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division

Email Address

kumar.vikas@zsi.gov.in, vikaszsi77@gmail.com

Phone Number

9674944233

Area of Expertise

Molecular Systematics, Evolutionary Ecology & Genomics, Metasystematics

Experience after Ph. D.

19 years

Significant Achievements

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->-   <!--[endif]-->Discovered of New Taxa

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->-   <!--[endif]-->DNA barcoding of faunal elements of India

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->-   <!--[endif]-->Evolutionary Metasystematics

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->-   <!--[endif]-->Species evolutionary interactions

Mentorship

Supervised 04 PhD students

Research Focus

- Species Discovery, molecular interactions and dynamics

- Molecular taxonomy of Insects

- Mitochondrial Genomicsand Molecular Phylogenetics

-- Environmental Metagenomics

Publications

140 research papers in SCI journals

-Tyagi, K.,Kumar, V.,Singha, D., Chandra, K., Laskar, B.A., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, R., Chatterjee, S. (2017) DNA Barcoding studies on Thrips in India: Cryptic species, Species complexes.  Scientific Reports, 4898, 7:1-14.

-Pal, S., Kumar, V., Panjaliya, R.K. and Tyagi, K., 2022. A new genus and species of subfamily Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India. Zootaxa, 5175(3), pp.383-388.

-Tyagi, I., Tyagi, K., Bhutiani, R., Chandra, K. and Kumar, V., 2021. Bacterial diversity assessment of world’s largest sewage-fed fish farms with special reference to water quality: a Ramsar site. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-15.

-Pakrashi, A., Kumar, V., Stanford-Beale, D.A., Cameron, S.L. and Tyagi, K., 2022. Gene arrangement, phylogeny and divergence time estimation of mitogenomes in Thrips. Molecular Biology Reports, pp.1-15.

-Tyagi, K., Tyagi I. &Kumar, V. 2021. Interspecific variation and functional traits of the gut microbiome in spiders from the wild: The largest effort so far. PLoS ONE 16(7): e0251790.

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Dr. C. Venkatraman

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 1998

Department/Division

Marine Biology Regional Centre

Email Address

c.venkatraman@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

9073007420

Area of Expertise

Birds

Experience after Ph. D.

25 years

Significant Achievements

- Discovered One mammal species

- Recorded 58 species (One bat species and One fish, One sea snake, seven mollusc, five crabs, 42 bryozoans, one nemertea) as new record to Myanmar and India respectively

- Contribution to the taxonomy of Bryozoans in Indian reefs

- Assessment of Sea cucumber population in GoMBR and Palkbay, East coast of India

-

Mentorship

Supervised 03, M.Sc., 03 M.Phil., and 05 PhD students

Research Focus

- Taxonomy of lesser-known marine phyla in GoMBR, East coast of India

- Research on distribution of small mammals in South west Bengal

- Research on status of Endemic and endangered species such as Andaman teal and Nilgiri marten

Publications

Books: 08, Research papers: 120

Venkatraman, C. and V. Gokula. 2009. Coastal birds of Tamil Nadu, Rec. zool. Surv.  India, Occ. Paper 303: 1-64, (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv India, Kolkata.

Venkatraman, C., K. Venkataraman, Rajkumar Rajan, S. Shrinivaasu, P. Padmanaban, K. Paramasivam and C. Sivaperuman, 2013. Diversity and Distribution of Echinoderms in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, Southern India, Pp. 197-212. In:K. Venkataraman, C. Sivaperuman and C. Raghunathan (eds.), Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Marine Faunal Communities, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 483pp.

Venkatraman, C, P. Padmanaban, and C. Sivaperuman. 2015. Seasonal abundance of Sea snakes on the Chennai Coast, Southern India. In: K.Venkataraman and C. Sivaperuman (eds) Marine faunal diversity in India; Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation, Elsevier, USA. Pp249-259

Venkatraman, C, and R. Nagarajan. 2015. Effect of Nesting Tree Height Characteristics on the Nesting Behaviour of Colonial Waterbirds in Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu. In Gopi, G.V. and S.A. Hussain (Eds.) Waterbirds of India, ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife & Protected Areas. Vol. 16; Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun-248001, India. 122-131Pp.

Gokula., V and C. Venkatraman. 2003. Foraging and breeding biology of the Malabar parakeet Psittacula columboides in the Siruvani foot hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Forktail 18. 72-73.

OmPraba G.  Alex Chapeaurouge, Robin Doley, K. Rema Devi, P. Padmanaban, C. Venkatraman, D. Velmurugan, Qingsong Lin, and R. Manjunatha Kini. 2010.  Identification of a Novel Family of Snake Venom Proteins Veficolins from Cerberus rynchops Using a Venom Gland Transcriptomics and Proteomics Approach. Journal of Proteome Research,9: 1882–1893.

Manokaran Kamalakannan, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Shantanu Kundu, Govindarasu Gokulakrishnan, Chinnadurai Venkatraman, & Kailash Chandra. 2021. Discovery of a new mammal species (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) from Narcondam volcanic island, India. Scientific reports 11: 9416. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88859-4.

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Dr.Deepa Jaiswal

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D in Zoology,1998

Department/Division

Freshwater Biology Regional Centre,ZSI,Hyderabad

Email Address

deepa.jaiswal@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

9866114232

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Aquatic Coleoptera & Hemiptera

Freshwater faunal diversity and Conservation

Experience after Ph. D.

25 years

Significant Achievements

-  One new  species of aquatic beetle,  three new discoveries of   freshwater fishes and  six  species as new records to India

-  Contribution to the taxonomy of aquatic beetle families

-  Submitted more than 750 barcodes

-  Bio monitoring of wetland ecosystem of Hyderabad

Mentorship

Supervising 04 PhD students

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of Coleoptera

- Molecular and morphological studies on Aquatic beetles.

- Species diversity and distribution patterns

- Wetland ecosystem studies and faunal composition

- Studies on Protected Areas of Andhra Pradesh and  Telangana,

Publications

Books:10

-Current Status of Faunal Diversity of Telangana Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata. 171-178

-Faunal diversity of Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Wetland Ecosystem Series, 22: 128-133.

-Telangana State Biodiversity Field Guide, Published by Telangana State biodiversity Board, Hyderabad. 1-293

-Faunistic and limnological studies on Wyra lake, Khammam district, Andhra  Pradesh, Wetland  Ecosystem  Series 16:97-116

-Aquatic Insects of Hyderabad, Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional paper no. 350: 1-52

Research papers: 95

-Molecular and Morphological identification of the genus DineutusMacLeay, 1825 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae) from Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 9(3):499–512.

-Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera) of Chhattisgarh, India. Rec. Zool.

 Surv. India. 114 (1): 105-110

- New Records of Peschetius Guignot 1942 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Telangana, India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Vol.74 (1): 114-117

-Occurrence of Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni (Régimbart, 1902) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Deccan Peninsular, India. Records of Zoological survey of India. Vol. 122(1)/113–116.

-Notes on Ptilomera agriodes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(4): 15510-15513.

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Dr. S. PRABAKARAN

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

M.Sc., Ph.D.; 1996

Department/Division

Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai -600028

Email Address

prabakaranzsi@yahoo.co.inprabakaran.s@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

8682906384 & 9444076545

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Blattids and Membracidae

Experience after Ph. D.

27 years

Significant Achievements

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->§  <!--[endif]-->Discovered 05 new Blattid (Cockroach) species.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->§  <!--[endif]-->Contribution to the taxonomy of Indian Cockroaches (Blattids)

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->§  <!--[endif]-->Research on Cockroaches and Membracids

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->§  <!--[endif]-->Studies of Cockroaches and Membracids ecological and Behavioural Patterns

Mentorship

Guided and supervised 03 PhD students

Research Focus

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<!-- [if !supportLists]-->§  <!--[endif]-->Diversity of Cockroaches and Membracids.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->§  <!--[endif]-->Phylogenetic studies on Cockroaches.

Publications

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.      <!--[endif]-->2018. Prabakaran .S, Senraj. M, K. Revathi and Y. Chezhian. “Diversity of cockroaches in Velliangiri hills of Coimbatore district in southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India” International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2018; 5(1): 206-213. NAAS Rating: 4.00.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->2.      <!--[endif]-->2018. Prabakaran S. and Senraj, M. “A checklist of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea) from India.” Version 1.0. Online publication is available at www.zsi.gov.in (Last update: February 2018)

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->3.      <!--[endif]-->2018. Prabakaran, R. Babu and M. Senraj. “Inventory of Membracidae (Insecta: Homoptera) type specimens in the collections of Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 117(4)/ 341-355, 2017. ISSN (Print): 0375-1511.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->4.   <!--[endif]-->2019. S. Prabakaran, M. Senraj and Cristian C. Lucanas. “A new species of Allacta Saussure &Zehntner 1895 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae.” Pseudophyllodromiinae) from India”.  HALTERES, Volume 10, 1-6, 2019. ISSN 0973-1555(Print) ISSN 2348-7372(Online)

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->5.      <!--[endif]-->2021. M. SENRAJ, S. MARIA PACKIAM S. Prabakaran, CRISTIAN C. LUCANAS & DEEPA JAISWAL. Review   of   Indian Allacta  Saussure&Zehntner,   1895   (Blattodea:   Ectobiidae:Pseudophyllodromiinae), with description of three new species.Zootaxa-49209(2):254-266.ISSN1175-5334 (online edition)

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Dr. Bindu L

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 1999

Department/Division

Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala

Email Address

bindulajapathi40@gmail.com

Phone Number

9444357963

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Protozoa (Testate amoebae)

Experience after Ph. D.

26 years

Significant Achievements

• Discovered 5species oftestate amoebae as new to science
• Reported 27 species of testate amoebae as new records from India
• Reported several species of testate amoebae as new
• distributional records to various states and protected areas

Mentorship

Recognized guideship for PhD. under Madras University

Supervised students for MSc.and MPhil Dissertation work

Research Focus

Taxonomy and classification of testate amoebae

Species diversity and distribution patterns of testate amoebae

Studied the occurrence of indicator species with respect to

various environmental factors

Publications

81 research papers have been published in various National and International journals

• Bindu. L..2010.On some testacids (protozoa) of Melghat wildlife sanctuary, Maharashtra, India. J. of. Threatened taxa, 2(4) :789-848.
• Bindu. L. 2010. On two new species of centropyxidae (protozoa:rhizopoda) from Pangi Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. J. of Experimental Zoology,India,13(2): 425-426.
• Bindu. L and N. C. Nandi. 2010.  A Synoptic list of freeliving and parasitic protozoa from Maharashtra. Pp. 13-34. In: Gupta Rajiv, K. (Ed.),Advancements in Invertebrate Taxonomy and Biodiversity.Agro Bios
• (International) [ISBN 81-904309-1-2] pp. viii+534.
• Bindu. L and Jasmine, P. 2019. Protozoa: Testate Amoebae. In: Manual on collection, Preservation and Identification of Soil Fauna: 19-30. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
• Bindu. L. 2021. Extended distributional range of testate amoebae of the genus Difflugia Leclerc, 1815 (Arcellinida : Difflugiidae) to India, Int.J. Glob.Sci.Res., 8(1): 1441-1448.

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Dr. Navneet Singh

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2008

Department/Division

Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata

Email Address

nsgill007@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91 9504120703

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Lepidoptera (Moths)

Experience after Ph. D.

15 years

Significant Achievements

Taxonomy of Moths

• Discovered 20 new genera, 04 new subgenera and more than 160 new species/ subspecies of moths.
• Enriched the moth fauna of India by new country records of 15 genera and 201 species.
• Other taxonomic solutions for Indian moths include synonymization of 03 genera and 12 species, replacement name for 2 species, resurrection of 4 genera and 6 species and new combinations for 62 species.
• Designated Lectotype of 34 species.

Pollination Ecology of Moths

• Revealed the significance of moths in pollination of angiosperm families and established 111 species of moths as potential pollinators of 26 plant families in Indian Himalaya.
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Mentorship

Supervised 03 PhD students

Research Focus

• Taxonomy of Indian Moths (Lepidoptera) with species emphasis on Arctiinae (Erebidae) and Pyraloidea.
• Understanding the moth-plant interaction through pollen transport networks.
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Publications

Kirti, J.S. & Singh, N. (2015) Arctiid Moths of India, Volume-1. Nature Books India, New Delhi. Pp: 1-205.

Kirti, J.S. & Singh, N. (2016) Arctiid Moths of India, Volume-2. Nature Books India, New Delhi. Pp: 1-214.

Kirti, J.S., Chandra, K., Saxena, A. & Singh, N. (2019) Geometrid moths of India. Nature Books India, New Delhi. Pp: 1-296.

Singh, N., Volynkin, A.V., Kirti, J.S., Datta, H.S. and Ivanova, M.S. (2020). A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4738(1): 001–093.

Singh, N., Joshi, R., Kirti, J.S., Bisht, S.S. &Param, H.S. (2021) A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5058 (1): 001–118.

Singh, N., Ranjan, R., Talukdar, A., Joshi, R., Kirti, J. S., Chandra, K. & Mally R. (2022) A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5197 (1): 001–423.

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Dr. M. E. Hassan

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2008

Department/Division

Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Vijay Nagar, Bahadur Housing Colony, Patna –800026

Email Address

ehtashamulhassan@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91 8961420750

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea (True Bugs)

Experience after Ph. D.

15 years

Significant Achievements

Area of Specialization: Entomology

• Taxonomy of Pentatomidae and other heteropteran families (Hemiptera)
• Taxonomy of egg parasites Trichogramma and Trichogrammatoidea (Hymenoptera)
• Biological control (egg parasitoids of insect pests)
• Insect Pollination (Hemiptera)
• Ecology, biology of Grasshoppers and Locusts (Insecta: Orthoptera)

New taxa described:

• Altogether 22 new species were added new to science belonging to Order Hemiptera and Order Hymenoptera.

Pollination Ecology of Moths

• Lygaeid bug, Spilostethushospes and Graptostethusverticalis were collected from little ironweeds flower, Ageratum conyzoides Linnaeus (family Asteraceae) were identified as potential pollinator.

Mentorship

Supervised PhD students: 01; M.Sc. Dissertation: 01

Research Focus

• Life membership: Zoological Society of Kolkata
• Entomological Society of India, New Delhi.
• Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences, New Delhi.
• Bio-Science Research Bulletin, New Delhi.

Publications

• Raghunathan, C., Hassan, M. E., Mondal, T., Banerjee, D. 2023. Faunal Diversity of Puducherry: 1-394 (Published by the Zool. Serve. India, Kolkata).
• Hassan, M. E., Raghunathan, C., Banerjee, D. Faunal Diversity of Gorumara national Park and Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary (in press).
• Assassin bugs (Reduviidae: Heteroptera) from Chhattisgarh, India. Paramita Mukherjee, Kailash Chandra, M.E. Hassan, B. Biswas and Sandeep Khushwaha. 2016. Assassin bugs (Reduviidae: Heteroptera) from Chhattisgarh, India, Rec. zool. Surv.India, Occ. Paper No. 379: 1-47.
• Catalogue of Reduviidae of India. Mukherjee, Paramita, Chandra, Kailash and Hassan, M.E. 2019. Catalogue of Reduviidae of India. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 401. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata)
• Mukherjee, P., Ambrose, D.P., Hassan, M.E. and Biswas, B. 2015. A new species of StenolemusSignoret (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, Zootaxa, 3904 (1): 116-122.
• Paramita Mukherjee, M. E. Hassan and B. Biswas. 2016. A new species of PhysomerusBurmeister (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae), with a key to species in India, Zootaxa, 4208 (3): 282-292.

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Dr.GURU PADA MANDAL

Scientist- ‘E’

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.:2007

Department/Division

APTERYGOTA Section

Email Address

gurupadam@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

+91 9433635447

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Collembola, Diplura, Protura, Zygentoma, Archaeognatha&Symphyla

Experience after Ph. D.

17 years

Significant Achievements

• Discovered one new genus of Collembola.
• Discovered 41 new species of Collembola.
• Discovered 4 new species of Zygentoma.

Mentorship

 Registered: 02

Research Focus

• Apterygota Taxonomy
• Conservation Biology
• Systematics
• Conservation
• Biodiversity
• Community Ecology
• Ecology and Evolution

Publications

Baquero, E., Mandal, G.P. and R. Jordana. 2014. Singular fauna of Entomobryidae (Collembola) from "Land of passes" at the Himalayas (Entomobryidae from Ladakh, India).Florida Entomologist, 97 (4):1554-1587.

Baquero, E., Mandal, G.P. and Jordana, R. 2015.Entomobryoidea (Collembola) from Himachal Pradesh (India) in the Himalayas. ZOOTAXA,4027 (1): 001–041.

Mandal, G.P. 2018. A new genus of Heteromurinae (Collembola: Entomobryidae) with dental base falcate macrochaetae, from India. Halteres, 9:74-85.

Mandal, G.P. and Arbea, J. 2019. Critical Checklist of the Indian species of Hypogastrura (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) with a description of a new species from Satkosia Wild Life Sanctuary. Zootaxa4608(2):279-290.

Mandal, G.P. 2018.  Three new species of Collembola from India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India.Vol.118 (2): 107-127.

(DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/117277). ISSN: 0375-1511.

Thunnisa, A.M., Arbea, J.I., Sumithra, N., Mandal, G.P., &Sanil, R. 2022. Two new species and two new records of Onychiurinae (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Nilgiris, India. Zootaxa, 5182(5): 448-464.

Hazra, A.K., D.  Jana, G. P. Mandal& Rafael Molero-Baltanás. 2022. On two new species of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from India. Zootaxa,5222 (1): 059–068.

Hazra, A.K., D.  Jana & G. P. Mandal. 2022. Description of a New Species and Redescription of One Species of Silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India. Rec.Zool. Surv. India. 122(2): 117-124 (DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/172353).

Hazra, A.K., Jana, D., Mandal, G.P. &Baltanas, R. 2023. On a new species of silverfish of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Kawal Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India. Graellsia, 79(1): e190.

Total number of research publications: 127.

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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OU9XZv8AAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID id:0000-000-2-5688-1391

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Dr. Anil Kumar

Scientist-E & Officer-in-Charge, GPRC, ZSI, Patna

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 1999

Department/Division

Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, ZSI, Patna- 800026

Email Address

anil.sonta@zsi.gov.in; anilsonta@gmail.com

Phone Number

9418080416

Area of Expertise

Avifaunal studies, Behavioural Ecology and Bioacoustics

Experience after Ph. D.

25 years

Significant Achievements

- Documented the avifauna of some protected areas of UP, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.

- Recorded the songs and calls of over 250 avian species.

- Documented the avifauna of some trans-Himalayan areas.

- Documented the song variations in Indian Robin, White-rumped Shama and Oriental Magpie Robin.

Mentorship

Supervising 03 PhD students as co-guide

Research Focus

- Avifaunal studies

- Behavioural ecology of birds

- Bio-acoustic studies on birds

- Song variations in some Copsychus species at individual, micro-geographical and sub-species levels.

Publications

Published over 100 papers including research papers, book chapters and general articles.

- Kumar, A. (2003). Acoustic communication in birds: Differences in songs and calls, their production and biological significance. Resonance, 8(6), 44-55.

- Kumar, A. (2011). Pong Dam Wetlands and Zoological Survey of India. Current Science, 85 (10): 1398.

- Kumar A. and Khan I.A. (2021). From the rooftop of India: Wetlands and Waterbirds. Sanctuary Asia, 41(6): 44-47.

- Kumar A. (2021). Status Survey of Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis Przhevalsky, 1876 in Ladakh, India. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 121(1):77-90.

- Kumar A., Himanshu and Prakhar Rawal (2023). Individual-level discrimination in song characteristics of White-rumped Shama, Copsychus malabaricus. Current Science, 125(1): 59-65.

ResearchGate profile

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Dr. Bikramjit Sinha

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2008

 Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre,

Shillong

Email Address

Bj.sinha@gov.in

Phone Number

7085315031

Area of Expertise

Freshwater Biology

Taxonomy: Cladocera, Rotifera

Experience after Ph. D.

15 years

Significant Achievements

- Described 10 new fishes and 8 new frogs

- Faunal diversity of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh

- Faunistic expedition to DDBR, Arunachal Pradesh

Mentorship

- Supervised 03 M. Sc. dissertations

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of Cladocera, Rotifera

- Diversity and distribution studies

- Biodiversity conservation & management

Publications

-  Amphibians of Arunachal Pradesh (Book)

- "Taxonomy & diversity of zooplanktion in lower Arunachal Pradesh" (Book)

- 30 research papers in SCI journals

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Dr. SANTOSH KUMAR

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.(Zoology); 2011

Department/Division

Protozoology Section,

Zoological Survey of India

M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053

West Bengal, India

Email Address

santoshcbio@gmail.com; santoshkumar@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

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Area of Expertise

Taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, and molecular biology ofCiliated protists, Gastrotrichs, and freshwater flatworms.

Experience after Ph. D.

12 years

Significant Achievements

• New genera- 07; New Species- 29;New Records- 34; New comb- 04; Redescription- 15; Augmentation to NZC, ZSI : over 80 species.
• Worked on taxonomy of ciliates from India, Italy, Australia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic,South Korea, and USA.
• Dispersal of ciliated protist cysts through phoresy on mites.
• Novel ciliates from heavy metal contaminated industrial outlet and petroleum contaminated soils. Characterization of toxicysts/extrusomes from ciliates.
• Documentation of faunal diversity (protozoa to mammals) of Ramsar wetlands of India.

Mentorship

Supervising 01 PhD students

Research Focus

• Taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, and molecular phylogenetics of ciliated protists, gastrotrichs, and flatworms from freshwater, terrestrial and marine habitats. Faunal composition of Ramsar wetlands of India.
• Development of a ciliate-based product/device for cleaning and sanitizing water, as well as improving soil health. Ciliated protozoa as bio-indicators of soil/water quality.
• Parasitic ciliates (marine ciliates) and bacteria associated with Indian corals and diseases.
• Study on ciliates and their adaptation to high sulphur tolerance, photosensitivity, feeding behaviour, and cytotoxic compounds.
• Development of a Tetrahymena-based assay: a "prognostic" assay capable of detecting sub-lethal toxicant effects in contaminated water and soil through the exploitation of stress gene activation responses. Response of heavy metals/nanoparticles in the resting cyst and vegetative cells of soil/water ciliates.

 Publications

- Books: 03 (02 authored, 01 edited)

- Papers: 42

- Chapters: 11

Selected articles:

• Bharti D., Kumar S. 2023. Description of a new oxytrichid ciliate, Oxytricha buxai n. sp. and redescription of O. quadricirrata Blatterer and Foissner, 1988 based on morphology and 18S rDNA analyses. European Journal of Protistology. 88: 125959. (IF- 2.9).
• Kumar S., Bharti D., Shazib SUA. Shin M.K. 2021. Characterization of a novel hypotrich ciliate from heavy metal-contaminated industrial outlet in Onsan, Ulsan, South Korea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:761961. (IF-5.2).
• Bharti D., Kumar S., La Terza A., Chandra K. 2020. Dispersal of ciliated protist cysts: mutualism and phoresy on mites. Ecology. 101 (9), e03075. (IF- 4.8).
• Bharti D., Kumar S., Varatharajan G.R, Kamra K., La Terza A. 2018. Shedding light on the polyphyletic behavior of the genus Sterkiella: the importance of ontogenetic and molecular phylogenetic approaches. PLoS ONE. 13(11): e0207688 (IF- 3.7).
• Geisan et al. 2017. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 111:94e103. (IF- 9.7).

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Dr. S. BALAKRISHNAN

Scientist - E

Highest Academic degree

Ph.D. in Marine Biology & Oceanography [2013]

Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Digha

Email Address

marugalbalu82@gmail.com

balakrishnan.ss@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

+91 9943990098 / 7063221720

Area of Expertise

Zoology, Marine Biology, Coastal and Marine Biodiversity

Experience after Ph.D.

9 years

Significant Achievements

• New records to India: Fishes (2 spp.); Parasite (2 spp.) & Mollusca (1 sp.)
• Established “DNA Molecular Biosystematics Laboratory” at ZSI, MARC, Digha
• DNA barcodes developed for 12 marine faunal groups.

Mentorship

Supervising 02 Ph.D. students (West Bengal State University & Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University) and 14 M.Sc., internship students supervised in Marine Biology research

Research Focus

• Taxonomy and classification of coastal and marine Polychaetes and Crusteancens
• Species diversity and distribution patterns of coastal and marine fauna.
• Monitoring and maintenance of live specimens at marine aquarium
• Molecular and morphological studies on coastal and marine faunal groups.

Publications

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Dr. Boni Amin Laskar

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2010

Department/Division

High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan, H. P.

Email Address

boniamin.laskar@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

01792-293256-Ext.201 (O), 7890008621 (M)

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Freshwater Fishes, Molecular studies

Experience after Ph. D.

13 years

Significant Achievements

- Contribution to the taxonomy of Freshwater fishes

- Resolved taxonomic problems in Mahseer fishes

- Discovered new species of Freshwater crab

- Contribution to DNA barcoding of various faunal groups

- Completed over five major research programs

Mentorship

Supervisionof 01 PhD is undergoing

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and Systematics of Freshwater Fishes

- Combining morphological and Molecular data in Taxonomic research

- Biodiversity and Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

- Conservation of Mahseer

- DNA Barcoding of Indian Fauna

Publications

• Laskar, B.A., H. Adimalla, S. Kundu, D. Jaiswal & K. Chandra (2023). Genetic evidence on the occurrence of Channaharcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918) in Eastern Ghats, India: first report from mainland India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(3): 22834–22840 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6894.15.3.22834-22840
• Mandal, S., Mitra, S., Laskar, B A., Adimalla, H. and Jaiswal, D. (2022). A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Barytelphusa (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae) from the Eastern Ghats of India. Crustaceana 95(1), 45-63.  doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10171. IF=0.529
• Laskar BA, Kumar V, Kundu S, Tyagi K, Chandra K (2018) Taxonomic quest: validating two mahseer fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) through molecular and morphological data from biodiversity hotspots in India. Hydrobiologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3555-6
• Tyagi K, Kumar V, Singha D, Chandra K, Laskar BA, Kundu S, Chakraborty R, Chatterjee S (2017) DNA Barcoding studies on Thrips in India: Cryptic species and Species Complex. Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, Doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05112-7.
• Laskar BA, Bhattacharjee MJ, Dhar B, Mahadani P, Kundu S, Ghosh SK (2013)      The species dilemma of Northeast Indian mahseer (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae): DNA barcoding in clarifying the riddle. PLoS ONE, 8(1) e53704.
• Bhattacharjee MJ, Laskar BA, Dhar B, Ghosh SK (2012) Identification and re-evaluation of freshwater catfishes through DNA barcoding.  PLoS ONE, 7(11) e49950.

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Dr. Anil Kumar Dubey

Scientist- E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2004

Department/Division

Hemiptera Section

Email Address

anil.2kd@gmail.com; anil2kd@yahoo.com

Phone Number

+91-9531962178; 9720108903

Area of Expertise

Zoology- Entomology

Experience after Ph. D.

19 years

Significant Achievements (max 5 bullet points)

• Discovered 18 new genera, 110 new species of whiteflies from South-East Asia.
• Revised 18 whitefly genera worldwide with taxonomic changes.
• Whitefly control through neem formulations and plant extracts.
• World whitefly catalogue together with zoogeographical distribution, natural enemies and host plants.

Mentorship

Recognised as ‘Supervisor’ from Calcutta University for Ph. D. Students.

Research Focus (max. 5 bullet points)

• Taxonomy of whiteflies/Sternorrhyncha and their natural enemies of the Old-World Tropics.
• Invasive Hemiptera pests and their interaction with local flora/fauna.
• Whitefly-host plants association and phenotypic variations.
• SEM studies on surface morphology.

Published 77 research papers in SCI journals; 31 papers in NAAS journals

Recent publications

Dubey, A. K. 2022. Description of Acanthonavis deflexa gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the Nicobar Island, India, and generic re-definition of Editaaleyrodes David. Zootaxa, 5092(2): 209–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.4

Dubey, A. K. 2022. A new genus and two new species of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the great Nicobar Island, India. Biologia, 77(1): 445–454. DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00962-z

Dubey, A. K.& Paul, A. Brown. 2022. Six new species of Aleuromarginatus Corbett, 1935 and Paramarginatus sarawakensis Dubey gen. and sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Southeast Asia. Journal of Natural History, 55(41–42): 2605–2649. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.2008038

Dubey, A. K. 2021. New whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) breeding on Orophea katschallica Kurz in India. European Journal of Taxonomy, 787(1): 1–16. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2021.787.1609

Dubey, A. K. 2021. Pealius gallae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) causing leaf pit galls in Celtis philippensis Blanco (Rosales: Cannabaceae) in Andaman Islands, India. Phytoparasitica, 49(3): 1–6. DOI: 10.1007/s12600-021-00884-1

ResearchGate profile

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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.

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Dr. Prakash Chand Pathania

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2003

Department/Division

High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan-173211, H.P., India

Email Address

pathaniapc@yahoo.co.in

Phone Number

9463016849

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Lepidoptera: Microlepidoptera

Experience after Ph. D.

20 years

Significant Achievements

-Discovered thirty-fournew species of Microlepidoptera from India.

-Fivebooks, twelve book chapters and three important Catalogues on Superfamily Pterophoroidea& on families Tortricidaeand Lecithoceridaeof Microlepidoptera were published.

- More than five thousand specimens of Microlepidoptera families has been collected  from India

-Five Major Research projects on the biodiversity of Insects funded by ICAR,UGC& DST, New Delhi were completed successfully.

-Young Scientist Awards (02)-(UPZS &DST) and Fellow of the Him Science Congress Association (HSCA)

Mentorship

Supervising 02 PhD students; 02M.Phil and 03 MSc students completed their research work.

Research Focus

-Taxonomy and classification ofLepidoptera (Microlepidoptera)

- Survey-cum-collection of insects of order Lepidoptera

-Species diversity and distribution patterns

- Phylogenetic studies amongdifferent taxa of Lepidoptera

-Documentation & Inventorization of Microlepidoptera species

Publications

Books: 05, Research papers: 128 (published)

• Chandra, K., Pathania, P.C., Rajmohana, K. and Hundal, S.S. 2021. Faunal diversity of Agroecosystem in India, 1-767.
• Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K. 2020.  Catalogue of family Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea)fromIndia.Zootaxa,4757(1):001-095(monograph)
• Editor-Director. 2021. Fauna of Himachal Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 26 (Part-1), 1-664+63 colour plates.
• Editor-Director. 2021. Fauna of Himachal Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 26 (Part-2), 1-536+19 colour plates (Published by Director, Zool. Surv. of India, Kolkata).
• Zia-ul-Hassan and Pathania, P.C. 2008. CSIR- UGC NET Life Sciences for paper I and Paper II. 1-422pp. Satya Prakashan Publication, New Delhi.

128 research papers published in SCI/NAAS/UGC journals

-102 abstracts published, 83 conferences etcattended

Five important publications:

• Das, A., Pathania, P.C. and Singh, N. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Zootaxa, 5165 (1): 056-078.
• Pathania, P.C., Sushank, P.R. and Park, K.T. 2021. Two new species records of Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea: Lepidoptera) from India. Zootaxa, 4920 (4): 595–599
• Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K. 2020.Catalogue of family Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) from India.Zootaxa, 4757(1):001-095 (Monograph).
• Pathania, P.C., Gielis, C., Das, A., and Chandra, K. 2020.  Catalogue of superfamily PterophoroideaKuznetsov&Stekolnikov, 1979 (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa, 4915 (2): 201-236.
• Park, K.T., Liu, S., Heppner,J.B., Pathania, P.C. and Wang, S.2015.  Review of the genus Trichoboscis Meyrick, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Zootaxa, 3986 (2): 227-237.

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Dr. Bineesh. K. K

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2014

Department/Division

Marine Biology Regional Centre

Email Address

kkbineesh@gmail.com; bineesh.kk@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

9037611957

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Marine fishes

Experience after Ph. D.

7 years

Significant Achievements

• Discovered 16 new marine fish species to the science.
• 11 fish species rediscovered, and confirmed using DNA markers.
• DNA barcodes developed for 120 elasmobranchs and 486 marine fishes.
• Completed Red assessment for 130 species of elasmobranchs distributed globally.

Mentorship

Supervised 04MSc students

Research Focus

• Taxonomy and classification of Marine fishes
• Species diversity and distribution patterns of deepsea fishes
• Integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Indian marine fishes

Publications

Gopalakrishnan. A, Divya P. R., V. S. Basheer, T. Raja Swaminathan, A. Kathirvelpandian, Bineesh. K. K, Rahul G. Kumar and J. K. Jena (2012). Macro flora and fauna of the Gulf of Mannar- a checklist. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U. P., India. 127 pages. ISBN: 978-81-905540-8-4(Book)

- 8 Book chapters

- 78 research papers in SCI journals

Bineesh, K. K., Kumar, R. R., Venu, S., Nashad, M., Basheer, V. S., Akhilesh, K. V., &Sivaperuman, C. (2020). Fifteen new records of Batoids (Elasmobranchii) from waters off Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 62(1), 21-28.

Bineesh K.K, M. Nashad, Aneesh Kumar. K. V and H.  Endo (2019). Glossanodon macrocephalus, a new argentine fish (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa, 4688(2), 289-294

Rima W Jabado, Peter M Kyne, Riley A Pollom, David A Ebert, Colin A Simpfendorfer, Gina M Ralph, Shaikha S Al Dhaheri, Akhilesh K V, Khadeeja Ali, Mohamud Hassan Ali, Tariq M S Al Mamari, Bineesh K K, Igbal S Elhassan, Daniel Fernando, Edwin M Grandcourt, Muhammad Moazzam Khan, Alec B M Moore, FereidoonOwfi, David P Robinson, Evgeny Romanov, Ana-Lucia Soares, Julia L Y Spaet, Dawit Tesfamichael, ToorajValinassab, Nicholas K Dulvy. (2018). Troubled waters: Conservation status of the sharks, rays, and chimaeras of the Arabian Sea and adjacent waters. Fish and Fisheries. Article ID: FAF12311; Article DOI: 10.1111/faf.12311

Bineesh. K. K., Barry C. Russell & K. Chandra (2018). Nemipterusandamanensis, a new nemipterid fish (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Andaman Islands. Zootaxa, 4500 (1), 82-90.

K. K. Bineesh, A. Gopalakrishnan, K. V. Akhilesh, K. A. Sajeela, E. M. Abdussamad, N.G.K. Pillai, V.S. Basheer, J.K. Jena and Robert D. Ward (2016). DNA barcoding reveals species composition of sharks and rays in the Indian commercial fishery. Mitochondrial DNA28(4): 458-472

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Dr. Sanjay DattatrayPaunikar, Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2014

Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur- 482002, Madhya Pradesh

Email Address

sanjaypaunikarzsi@gmail.com, sanjaypaunikar@gmail.com

Phone Number

9926541280 & 7302245918

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Lepidoptera, Odonata and Pisces

Experience after Ph. D.

09 years

Significant Achievements

- Documented studies on of forest insect diversity of North-Western Himalaya.

- Contribution to the taxonomy of Lepidoptera families, Odonata and Pisces.

- Research on  Lepidoptera and Odonata behaviour and ecology

Mentorship

Supervised many PG students for M.Sc dissertation

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of Lepidoptera, Odonata and Pisces- Species diversity, ecology and distribution patterns

Publications

Published over 100 papers including research papers, book chapters, general and popular articles.

Paunikar, S.D., Sharma, G. and Sathish Kumar, V.M. 2021. Diversity of Moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) in different forest areas of North-West Himalaya. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 42(24):925-935.

Paunikar, S.D. and Sharma, G. 2022.   A preliminary study on the moth diversity of RanjitSagar conservation reserve of Punjab.The Pharma Innovation Journal, SP-11(6): 2494-2498.Paunikar, S.D. and Sharma, G. 2022. Butterfly species diversity and distribution in protected forest areas of North-West Himalaya of India.Biological Forum – An International Journal 14(4): 1004-1015.

Paunikar, S.D,Kushwaha, S., Saha, P.C., and Jahan, S. 2022. Diversity and distribution of Some Hemiptera fauna In the different forest areas of North-West Himalaya. Journal of Natural resources and development, 17(2):45-5.

Sathish Kumar, V.M., Sharma, G., Paunikar, S.D. and Sharma, S. 2022. Molecular identification and First DNA Barcode Sequences Record of SpodopterapectenGuenee, 1852 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Scientific Research&Reports, 28(1): 50-53.

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Dr Lalit Kumar Sharma

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2012

Department/Division

Wildlife & Conservation Section

Email Address

lksharma@zsi.gov.in, lalitganga@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91-9756605304

Area of Expertise

Wildlife Conservation and Landscape Ecology

Experience after Ph. D.

11 years

Significant Achievements (max 5 bullet points)

• Evaluated conservation and status of threatened mammals of the Indian Himalayas
• Species redistribution under climate change scenario of Himalayan vertebrates
• Landscape ecology of conservation priority species of the Himalayas
• Ecology of large mammals of Indian Himalayas

Mentorship

Supervising 03 PhD students

Research Focus (max. 5 bullet points)

• Population and habitat ecology
• Landscape conservation and restoration ecology
• Conservation practices and policies
• Forest biodiversity & Management planning
• Geoinformatics and remote sensing 

Publications

• Sharief A, .., Sharma, L.K. et al. (2022) Landscape use and co-occurrence pattern of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and its prey species in the fragile ecosystem of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0271556. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271556.
• Dutta, R., ..Sharma, L.K. (2022). Climate change may plunder the facultative top predator Yellow-throated Martin from the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region, Ecological Informatics, Volume 69, 2022, 101622, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101622.
• Maheswaran, G., ..Sharma, L.K.,et al (2021). Save the while-bellied heron from extinction. Science, 373, 6561. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl9682.
• Mukherjee, Sharma, L.K.,et al (2021). Landscape-level habitat management plan through geometric reserve design for critically endangered Hangul (Cervus hangluhanglu), Science of The Total Environment, Volume 777, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146031.
• Bagaria, P., Sharma, L.K.,et al. (2020). Distribution modelling and climate change risk assessment strategy for rare Himalayan Galliformes species using archetypal data abundant cohorts for adaptation planning, Climate Risk Management, 100264, ISSN 2212-0963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2020.100264.

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Dr. K.P. Dinesh

Scientist E

Highest Academic degree, year

 M. Sc. Biotechnology (2002), M. Sc. Zoology (2011), Ph.D (2009)

Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune

Email Address

dinesh.kp@gov.in ; kpdinesh.zsi2@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91-9916970365

Area of Expertise

Amphibian Taxonomy

Phylogenetics

Phylogeography

Experience after

Ph. D.

• August 2011 to June 2015, Research Scientist at Dr. Kartik Shanker’s Lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore
• July 2015 to April 2017, Senior Scientist (Research) at Coffee Day Global Limited, Bangalore
• Since May 2017, Scientist at Zoological Survey of India

Significant Achievements

(max 5 bullet points)

• Involved in the discovery of one new sub-family, one new genus and more than 45 new species of Amphibians from India
• Involved in more than 100 publications, including 34 international and 37 national publications, and six books
• Involved in the generation of more than 500 gene sequences (mitochondrial 16s rRNA, mt Cytb, mt COI, mt COII, mt ND2 and nuclear tyrosinase) which are deposited in the NCBI data base (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
• Involved in building phylogenies for the animal groups like Birds, Small Mammals, Amphibia, Pisces, Parasitic hymenoptera and moths, while resolving the taxonomic problems
• Publishing annually updated online Indian Amphibian Checklist since 2009 (https://zsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/checklist/english/118_AMPHIBIA_New.pdf) and voluntary contribution of Indian amphibian information to the Amphibian Species of the World database since 2008 (https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Contributors-online-editions)

Research Focus

(max. 5 bullet points)

• Taxonomic studies of Amphibians of India (addressing Linnaean shortfall)
• Studies on the distribution ranges for the species of Amphibians of India (addressing Wallacean addressing)
• Understanding the phylogenetic relationship among the Amphibians of India (addressing Darwinian shortfall)
• Management of amphibian collections at the National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India

Selected publications

1) Deepak, P., K.P. Dinesh, K.S. Chethan Nag, A. Ohler, K. Shanker, Princia D Souza, V.K. Prasad and J.S. Ashadevi.  2024. Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India. Zootaxa, 5405 (3): 381-410. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.3.3

2) Vivek Philip Cyriac, Ashwini Venkatanarayana Mohan, K.P. Dinesh, Varun Torsekar, Aditi Jayarajan1, Priyanka Swamy, S.P. Vijayakumar, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Diversifying in the mountains: spatio-temporal diversification of frogs in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Evolution, Evolution, qpae006, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae006

3) Bharath, B., Dinesh, K.P., Karuthapandi, M, Kunte, K.B., Shabnam, A., J. Deepa & Jadhav, S.S. (2024) New distributional record of Sri Lankan wet land species Hylarana gracilis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Anura: Ranidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India, Zootaxa, 5453 (1): 129–134. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.9

4) Bharath, B., Dinesh, K.P., Karuthapandi, M, Kunte, K.B., Shabnam, A., J. Deepa & Jadhav, S.S. (2024) New records of the primarily Sri Lankan Pseudophilautus regius (Manamendra- Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005) (Amphibia; Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats of India, crossing the Palk Strait saltwater barrier in the Indian Ocean, Zootaxa, 5477 (2): 219–236.  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.2.6

5) Dinesh, K.P., A. Shabnam and N. More. 2023. Additional records of the elusive lateritic plateau toad Beduka koynayensis (Soman, 1963) (Anura: Bufonidae) from the surroundings of its type locality with an insight into the genetic data. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 30 (1): 49-55. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-1-49-55

6) Dinesh, K.P., B.H., Channakeshavamurthy, P. Deepak, A.  Shabnam, A. Ghosh and K. Deuti. (2022) Discovery of a new species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the western coastal plains of peninsular India. Zootaxa, 5100 (3); 419-434. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.3.6

7) Prasad, V.K., Ming‑Feng Chuang, A. Das, K. Ramesh, Y. Yi1, K. P. Dinesh and A. Borzée. 2022. Coexisting good neighbours: acoustic and calling microhabitat niche partitioning in two elusive syntopic species of balloon frogs, Uperodon systoma and U. globulosus (Anura: Microhylidae) and potential of individual vocal signatures. BMC Zoology, 7 (27): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00132-x

8) Dinesh, K.P., B.H., Channakeshavamurthy, P. Deepak, A. Ghosh and K. Deuti. Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Zootaxa, 4990 (2); 329-353.

9) Deepak, P., K.P. Dinesh, V.K. Prasad, A. Das and J.S. Ashadevi. Distribution status of the Western Burrowing (Sphaerothecapashchima) Frog in India. Zootaxa, 4894 (1); 146-150.

10) Deepak, P., K.P. Dinesh, A. Ohler, K. Shanker, B.H., Channakeshavamurthy and J.S. Ashadevi. 2020. A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystem of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India. Zootaxa, 4885 (3); 423-436.

11) Phuge, S., A. Patil., R. Pandit, N.U. Kulkarni, B.H.C. Murthy, P. Deepak and K.P. Dinesh. 2020. Importance of genetic data in resolving cryptic species: A century old problem of understanding the distribution of Minervarya syhadrensis Anandale 1919, (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa, 4869 (4): 451–492.

12) Hegde, A., K.P. Dinesh and G. Kadadevaru. Phenotypic divergence in the large sized cricket frog species that crossed the geographical barriers within the peninsular India. Zootaxa, 4838 (2): 210-220.

13) Dinesh, K.P., S.P. Vijayakumar, V. Ramesh, A. Jayarajan, C. Mouli and K. Shanker. 2020. A deeply divergent lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa. 4729 (2): 266-276.

14) Vijayakumar, S.P., Pyron, R.A., Dinesh, K.P. Torsekar, V., Srikanthan, A.V., Swamy, P., Stanley, E.L., Blackburn, D.C. and K. Shanker. 2019. A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. PeerJ 7: e6457 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6457.

15) Phuge, S., K.P. Dinesh, R. Andhale, K. Bhakre and R. Pandit. 2019. A new species of Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the northern Western Ghats parts of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 4544: 251-268.

16) Dinesh, K.P., S.P. Vijayakumar, B.H. Channakeshavamurthy, Varun R Torsekar, Nirmal U Kulkarni, and Kartik Shanker. 2015. Systematic status of Fejervarya ((Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa. 3999(1): 79-94.

Books:

1) Dinesh, K.P., A. Shabnam, A. Kalawate, S.S. Talmale, M.J. Palot, S.R. Patil, B. Tripathy and D. Banerjee. 2023. Fauna of India: 108 Barcodes. 1. Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; 1-56. (ISBN: 978-81-8171-617-0)

2) Dinesh, K.P., A. Shabnam, S. Sreekumar. 2022. A Catalogue of Amphibia in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune. Occasional Paper No., 408: 1-201. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

3) Subramanian, K.A., K.P. Dinesh and C. Radhakrishnan. 2013. Atlas of Endemic Amphibians of Western Ghats. Zoological survey of India: 1-246.

4) Radhakrishnan, C and K.P. Dinesh. 2013. A Catalogue of Amphibia in the collection of the Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occasional Paper No., 339: 1-71.