Curriculum Vitae

ANOOP DAS K.S. PhD

Personal: Born May 30, 1978; Wife: Dhanya R. Ph.D, Daughters: Niharika Das, Niya Das

Assistant Professor, Centre for Conservation Ecology and Department of Zoology

M.E.S Mampad College, Mampad College P.O

Malappuram Dt, Kerala, India, 676 542

www.mesmampad.org  Fax (+91) 4931200337

Adjunct Scientist & Trustee

Wildlife Research and Conservation Trust (www.wrctindia.org)

Anupallavi, Chungathara, Malappuram Dt , Kerala, 679334

 

Education

University of Bharathiar

Ph. D 2008 Zoology – Ornithology (Highly commended) from SACON-Govt.  of India.

M.Phil 2005 Zoology (theory)

University of Calicut

B.Ed. 2001. (1st class) Natural science

M.Sc. 2000. (1st class) Zoology with entomology specialization.

B.Sc. 1998. (1st class) Zoology with Chemistry and Botany as subsidiaries

Short term Trainings

· Conservation Ecology-Cambridge University & Leicester University, UK- 2006

· Enviromental Leadership- UNEP/Kangwon National Universtiy, South Korea, 2011

· Conservation – US Fish & Wildlife- Lousiana, South Missisippi University USA, 2013

· Ant Course- By Californaia Academy of Sciences,USA at  Borneo, Malaysia, 2014

· Animal Rescue - Animal Concerns Research & Education Society, Singapore, 2014

· Conservation Ecology- Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2014

 

Teaching and Research Experience

1. PhD Research Guide, under the University of Calicut (March  2014 onwards)

2. Assistant Professor (July 2010 onwards) Teaching and guiding research students at Center for Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, M.E.S Mampad College

3.Lecturer(February2009)June 2010) Teaching and guiding research students at Post Graduate Department of Zoology, M.E.S Mampad College, Kerala.

4.Project Coordinator(November2012~November 2017) for  FIST by DST (Fund for Infrastructure Improvement in Science and Technology, supported by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) (Grant Rs 69  Lakhs.~ 1,18,000 US Dollars )

5.Principal Investigator with Dr. P Balakrishnan (2015~2016)“Identification of indicator species for special conservation efforts.” In India High Range Munnar Landscape Project, funded by United Nations Development Program, Govt. of India (Rs.15,87,650).

6. Principal Investigator (February 2010 onwards) “Developing a database on the select insect groups and evaluation of insects as bio-indicators of the ecosystem health in the Western Ghats.” A Major Research Project in sciences, funded by UGC.

7. Principal Investigator (August, 2011~November 2012) in a project on “Strengthening capacity and awareness in the conservation of sacred groves in the Southern Western Ghats.” funded by UNEP- Eco Peace Leadership Centre, South Korea.

8. Project Consultant (August, 2012 onwards) in a project on “An investigation on the impact of pesticides in select groups of fishes in inland wetlands of Southern Western Ghats.” A Major Research Project in sciences, funded by UGC.

9. Project Consultant (August, 2012 onwards) in a project on Evaluation of ecosystem services- a case study with pollinators of Papaya Carica papaya. A Minor Research Project in sciences, funded by UGC.

10. Principal Investigator (September 18, 2009~December 30, 2010) in a project on “Evaluation of aquatic insect diversity in natural water-filled tree holes and their artificial analogues, in a tropical rainforest” funded by CEPF, USA.

11. Principal Investigator& Project Officer (July 1, 2006~June 30, 2007): In a project “Evaluation of Butterflies as ecological indicators, in Western Ghats, India” funded by Wildlife Trust, USA, at SACON, Coimbatore, India.

12. Trustee and Ecologist (March 01, 2006 onwards) volunteering in various works of the Wildlife Research and Conservation Trust, Nilambur, Kerala.

13. Research Fellow (February 28,2002~September 30, 2005) in a Project “Monitoring the bird community in Silent Valley National Park” at SACON, Coimbatore, India

14. Research Assistant (March 01, 2001~February 27,2002) in a Project “Tracing the origin and outbreak of Hyblaea peura through a molecularapproach” funded by Department of Biotechnology at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala, India.

 

Minor projects

1. Project Consultant (2012) in a project on ‘Faunal diversity of Mouling National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India’, for Winrock International India, New Delhi, PI: Dr. KM Jayahari, Funding :MoEF-Govt. of India, ICICI Bank

2. Project Consultant(2011) in a project ‘to develop a unique sustainable ecological resort package at Corbett National Park’ Nainital. Funding : Carbon Zero, Mumbai.

3. Project Consultant(2011) in a project ‘To develop benefit sharing mechanism between the local communities’ at Kumta. Funding: Panchabhoota Foundation, Mumbai.

 

 

Research Focus

 

Forest bird, butterfly and insect communities and ecosystems (gradient analysis in montane shola forests and evergreen forests); Biodiversity and conservation, visual ecology, ecological indicators, ecosystem functioning, wildlife trade and climate change.

 

Awards & grants received

International

1. Recipient of research grant of $ 9628 given by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund- Conservation International, USA through ATREE for a project on “Evaluation of aquatic insect diversity in natural water-filled tree holes and their artificial analogues, in a tropical rainforest”

2. Recipient of Biodiversity, Ecology and Health Fund award of $ 4816 being given annually by Wildlife Trust, New York, USA for a project on “Evaluation of Butterflies as ecological indicators, in Western Ghats, India”.

3. United Nations Environment Program – 5th Eco-peace Leadership Award, from S. Korea for a project on Sacred Grove conservation which includes the travel grants to South Korea and Small grant.

National

1. Partial Travel grant to attend the Student Conference on Conservation Science (2008) conducted by Cambridge University, United Kingdom, from Centre for Co-operation in Science and Technology among Developing Societies. *

2. Junior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, through SACON, from February 2002- September 2005

3. Shortlisted for the “Rajat Jayanti Science Communication Award - 2008” by Department of Science & technology, Govt. of India.

Regional

1. Dr. C. Chandrasekharan Memorial Award 2012, for the best young scientist in the State, by Kerala Forest Research Institute.  The Award consists of a citation, a gold medal and a cash prize of Rs.25, 000.

2. Best Biodiversity Researcher in the State Award 2015, by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Govt. of Kerala, which consists of a citation and a cash prize of Rs.50, 000.

3. Small grant to prepare campus biodiversity register from Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Govt. of Kerala and Seminar grants to observe the World Environment Day 2009, National Science Day 2010,  World Environment Day 2010 & World Environment Day 2014 from KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.

 

Publications in peer reviewed journals

 

1.Nishad K.A and Das K.S.A (2014). Tree hole aquatic habitat: inhabitants, processes, and experiments- a review. International Journal of Conservation Science, Vol. 5 (2), 117-132, DOI: http://www.ijcs.uaic.ro/public/IJCS-14-24-Rasheed.pdf

2. Murukesh. D & Das K.S.A (2014). Record of Endemic Spiny Tree mouse, Platacanthomys lasiurus (Blyth 1859) from Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, Small Mammal Mail, Vol 6(1), 21. http://www.zoosprint.org/ZoosPrintNewsLetter/SMM_Aug2014.pdf

3. Das K.S.A., Subramanian, K.A., Emiliyamma, K.G., M.J.Palot and Nishadh, K.A. (2013) Range Extension and Larval Habitat of Lyriothemis tricolor (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae) from Southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 26, 5(17): 5237–5246DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3716.5237-46

4. Das. K.S.A and Nishadh.K.A, (2013). Tree hole aquatic habitat: a model for ecological experiments. Conservation Science 2013 1(1), 36-38

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/cs.v1i1.9582

5. Dhanya R, Azeez P.A and Das K.S.A (2013). Floral visits and floral damages by avian nectar robbers on an exotic shrub, Tecoma stans (l.) Kunth. Tropical Natural History 13(1): 49-52.DOI: http://www.biology.sc.chula.ac.th/TNH/archives/v13_no1/49-52%20Shortnote%20Dhanya.pdf

6. Das. K.S.A Sreekala L.K and Abdurahiman O.P (2012). Predation on the Bat, Kelaart's Pipistrelle  (Pipistrellus ceylonicus Kelaart) by Tarantula, Reddish Parachute Spider (Poecilotheria rufilata Pocock) in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Tropical Natural History, 12 (2) 257-260. DOI: http://www.biology.sc.chula.ac.th/TNH/ archives/v12_no2/9Shortnote%20ANOOP%20K.%20S.pdf

7. Nishadh.K.A., and   Das.K.S.A (2012). Metazoan communities in tree hole aquatic habitat of Silent valley national park and New Amarambalam Reserve Forest of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (14): 3312–3318.

DOI: http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2012/November/o319726xi123312-3318.pdf

8. Das K.S.A, Ramachandran V.S. and Vijayan L. (2013). Epiphytes on a tropical rain forest tree Eleocarpus tuberculatus Roxb. in Silent Valley National Park, Western Ghats. Botanica Orientalis,Research and Reviews. Journal of biological sciences2(2); --

9. Das K.S.A. (2012).  Trapping butterflies in the tropical rainforest canopy in ‘Forest Canopies of South Asia- A Glimpse’   Published by ATREE, Bangalore. Eds. M.S Devy, T Ganesh., and Tripathy A-  Pp.27-28 (Chapter in peer reviewed book)

10. Das K.S.A (2006). Record of Nasikabatrachus in Northern Western Ghats, Zoo’s print Journal Vol. 21(9), 2410DOI: http://www.zoosprint.org/zooprintjournal/2006/

september/2410.pdf

11. Das K.S.A and Mukherjee D. (2006). Sighting record of rare Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) at Anaikkatty, Palakkad District, Kerala, Malabar Trogon Vol (4), 16