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  • Experts
 
| Last Updated:: 22/12/2011

Experts

Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an internationally acclaimed Institution, which offers training programmes, academic courses and advisory services in wildlife research and management. The Institute is actively engaged in research across the breadth of the country on biodiversity related issues. A summary of the specialization of Institute’s faculty members is given below:

 

S.No. Faculty Name, Designation
and Email ID
Specialization
1 Shri P.R. Sinha
Director
prsinha@wii.gov.in
Wildlife policy; biotechnological applications in conservation; and participatory resource conservation.
2 Dr. V.B Mathur
Dean,
Scientist-G
vbm@wii.gov.in
Natural Heritage Conservation;  Environmental & Strategic Impact Assessment;    Wildlife and Protected Area Management;  Information Technology; Remote Sensing & GIS Applications; and Project Monitoring and Evaluation
3 Dr. P.K Mathur
Scientist-G
mathurpk@wii.gov.in
Rangeland ecology and wildlife management; protected area management and planning; landscape approach to forest planning and biodiversity conservation.
4 Shri B.C Choudhury
Scientist-G
bcc@wii.gov.in
Herpetology; wetland ecology and management and aquatic fauna research; coastal and marine environment management and planning; ex situ conservation and its integration with in situ programmes.
5 Dr. P.K. Malik
Scientist-G
malikpk@wii.gov.in
Wildlife health management; restraint and immobilization of wild animals.
6 Dr. S. Chowdhary
Scientist-G
sushant@wii.gov.in
Endangered species conservation and management; landscape and conflict management; chemical immobilization and restraint of wild animals; environmental policy and law.
7 Dr. Asha Rajvanshi
Scientist-G
ar@wii.gov.in
EIA and biodiversity-inclusive impact assessment; public participation, social impact assessment; restoration ecology; economic valuation of ecosystem services; strategic environmental assessment (SEA).
8 Dr. S.P Goyal
Scientist-G
goyalsp@wii.gov.in
Wildlife ecology of herbivores and carnivores; molecular ecology; landscape genetics; wildlife forensics.
9 Dr. B.K.Mishra
Scientist-G
bidyut@wii.gov.in
Ecodevelopment planning; evaluation and assessment of community based biodiversity conservation; human dimensions in wildlife management.
10 Dr. Y.V Jhala
Scientist-G
jhalay@wii.gov.in
Population ecology; nutritional ecology; quantitative ecology; animal behaviour; conservation biology. carnivore biology
11 Dr. K Sankar
Scientist-G
sankark@wii.gov.in
Prey–predator interactions; large mammal ecology and conservation; census techniques and population ecology.
12 Dr. G.S Rawat
Scientist-G
rawatg@wii.gov.in
(on deputation to ICIMOD, Nepal)
Angiosperm taxonomy; wildlife habitat ecology; mountain ecosystems ecology.
13 Dr. V.K. Melkani
Scientist-F
melkani@wii.gov.in
 Participatory biodiversity conservation through involvement of community and other key stakeholders; capacity building of stakeholders; evaluation of biodiversity; landscape level management and planning.
14 Shri V.K Uniyal
Scientist-F
vku50@wii.gov.in
Protected area planning and management; conservation education and participatory resource management.
15 Shri P.C. Tyagi
Scientist-F
pctyagi@wii.gov.in
Captive breeding; Zoo management and participatory resource management.
16 Dr. Anil Kumar Bhardwaj
Scientist-F
anilbhardwaj@wii.gov.in
Ecodevelopment and community participation in biodiversity conservation; protected area management planning and ecotourism.
17 Dr. Dhananjai Mohan
Scientist-F
dmohan@wii.gov.in
Bird community ecology; Himalayan avifauna; bird–habitat studies; birds and disturbance gradients.
18 Shri Aseem Shrivastava
Scientist-F
aseems@wii.gov.in
Protected area network; planning and management; participatory resources management.
19 Shri Subharanjan Sen 
Scientist-F
ssen@wii.gov.in
Wildlife management; Landscape level planning; Wildlife photography.
20 Dr. G.S. Bhardwaj
Scientist-F
gsbhardwaj@wii.gov.in
Carnivore biology; Protected area management; Wildlife photography
21 Dr. Ruchi Badola
Scientist-F
ruchi@wii.gov.in
Community/stakeholder participation in biodiversity conservation; ecological economics; valuation of ecosystem services; sustainable livelihood; conflict management; gender issues in conservation.
22 Shri Qamar Qureshi
Scientist-F
qnq@wii.gov.in
Conservation biology; quantitative ecology; landscape ecology.
23 Dr. S Sathyakumar
Scientist-F
ssk@wii.gov.in
Ecology of mountain ungulates; galliformes; bears; high altitude ecology; habitat ecology; population ecology.
24 Dr. N.P.S Chauhan
Scientist-F
npsc@wii.gov.in
Wildlife damage problem mitigation; ecology and reproductive biology of mammals, physical restraint techniques, fertility control techniques.
25 Dr. S.A Hussain
Scientist-F
hussain@wii.gov.in
Wetlands and coastal habitat management; mountain ecosystem services; small carnivore ecology and conservation; management of small populations.
26 Smt. Bitapi Sinha
Scientist-F
bcs@wii.gov.in
Visitor use management; nature interpretation; wildlife tourism; guide training and publication designing.
27 Shri Mukul Trivedi
Scientist-E
mukul@wii.gov.in
Protected area management, Conservation education.
28 (Capt.) Dr. Parag Nigam
Scientist-D
nigamp@wii.gov.in
Wild animal capture and restraint; disease dynamics and management; health management of captive populations.
29 Dr. Bhupendra Singh Adhikari
Scientist-E
adhikaribs@wii.gov.in
Vegetation ecology; Habitat ecology; Forest dynamics rangeland ecology of the trans-Himalayan region; Medicinal and aromatic plants.
30 Dr. V.P.Uniyal
Scientist-F
uniyalvp@wii.gov.in
Ecology and systematics of insects; Bioindicators; Biodiversity surveys; Ecological monitoring in protected areas.
31 Dr. Karthikeyan Vasudevan
Scientist-D
karthik@wii.gov.in
Community ecology; behavioural ecology; conservation biology; biogeography; taxonomy; systematics and evolution of South Asian amphibians and reptiles.
32 Dr. Bivash Pandav
Scientist-D
bivash.pandav@wii.gov.in
Carnivore biology; Field sampling techniques; Marine turtle conservation.
33 Dr. Kuppusamy Sivakumar
Scientist-D
ksivakumar@wii.gov.in
Ornithology; ichthyology; behavioural ecology; conservation biology and wildlife management.
34 Dr. K. Ramesh
Scientist-C
ramesh@wii.gov.in
Landscape ecology; conservation biology; ecology and management of pheasants; wildlife population monitoring, Carnivore biology.
35 Dr. Bilal Habib 
Scientist-C
bh@wii.gov.in
Carnivore biology; prey predator dynamics; population modelling
36 Dr. Gautam Talukdar
Scientist-C
gautam@wii.gov.in
Geoinformatics; landscape dynamics; ecological modelling; biodiversity characterization at the landscape level.
37 Shri Sandeep Kr. Gupta
Scientist-C
skg@wii.gov.in
Wildlife forensics; conservation genetics; cell and molecular biology.
38 Shri Gopi G.V.
Scientist-C
gopigv@wii.gov.in
Wetland ecology; population ecology; behavioural ecology and conservation education
39 Shri R. Suresh Kumar
Scientist-C
suresh@wii.gov.in
Animal ecology; habitat ecology; behavioural ecology; marine turtle conservation.
40 Dr. J. Antony Johnson
Scientist-C
jaj@wii.gov.in
Aquatic biodiversity, Taxonomy and ecology of freshwater fishes.