| 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. |