Anual Research Seminar 2001

FIRST DAY Seminar Chairperson : Shri R. Rajamani, IAS (Retd.) & Chairman, TRAC
MONDAY, 8^th December, 2003
0900 - 1030 hrs		Registration
1030 – 1035 hrs		Welcome Address. - Shri S.Singsit, Director WII
1035 - 1040 hrs		Release of Conservation Education Poster Series ‘Hardy Mountains, Fragile Environments’ and opening of Seminar by the Chairman, TRAC
SESSION - 1 LANDSCAPE LEVEL STUDIES
Session Chairperson - Dr. Barry Noon, Visiting Professor, USA
Co-Chairperson - Dr. P.K. Mathur, Professor, WII
1045 - 1115 hrs	Tiger conservation in the Indian part of Terai Arc Landscape. - Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh
1115 -1135 hrs	The Landscape and Protected Areas Network in Western Meghalaya. - Ashish Kumar, B.G. Marcot, A.K. Gupta, P.S. Roy, Ajai Saxena & S.P. Singh
1135 - 1150 hrs	Tea
SESSION - 2 STUDIES ON LARGE CARNIVORES
Session Chairperson - Shri H. S. Panwar, Former Director, WII
Co-Chairperson - Dr. Y.V. Jhala, Senior Reader, WII
1150 - 1210 hrs	Prey selection by Tiger in Sariska Tiger Reserve. - D. Avinandan
1210 - 1230 hrs	Lion Sociality: Population Structure and Density. - V. Meena
1230 - 1250 hrs	Monitoring of predator-prey abundance in various leopard-human conflict zones in Pauri Garhwal. - Devendra Singh Chauhan
1250 - 1305 hrs	Food habits of leopard in Satpura Tiger Reserve - Advait Edgaonkar
1315 - 1415 hrs	Lunch
SESSION - 3 STUDIES on OTHER carnivores
Session Chairperson -
Co-Chairperson - Dr. S.P. Goyal, Senior Reader, WII
1415 - 1445 hrs	Conservation of Indian Wolf.- Dr. Yadavendradev V. Jhala
1445 -1505 hrs	Ecology of dholes in central India - An update. - Bhaskar Acharya
1505 - 1525 hrs	Habitat Use & Food Habits of Otters in Corbett Tiger Reserve – Asghar Nawab
1525 - 1550 hrs	Tea
SESSION - 4 WILDLIFE FORENSICS
Session Chairperson-
Co-Chairperson - Dr. A.K. Gupta, Professor, WII
1550 - 1620 hrs	Wildlife Forensic Facility: Aims, Achievements and Future Plans. - Dr. S.P. Goyal, Reeta Sharma & Vivek Sahajpal
1620 - 1645 hrs	Characterization of Asian and African elephant ivory using various morphometric and analytical techniques. - Rina Rani Singh
1645 - 1700 hrs	Discussion & Conclusions
2000 hrs onwards	Dinner (All are invited)
SECOND DAY, TUESDAY 9th December, 2003
SESSION - 5 MOUNTAIN MAMMALS AND HABITATS
Session Chairperson - Dr. A.J.T.Johnsingh, Dean FWS
Co-Chairperson -
1000 - 1030 hrs	Conservation status of flora and fauna in Nanda Devi National Park: An assessment of changes over two decades - Dr. S.Sathyakumar & Dr. B.S. Adhikari
1030 - 1050 hrs	Plant biomass availability and ungulate distribution in Tsokar Basin, Eastern Ladakh - Dr. Sanjay Kr. Uniyal & Dr. Anjali Awasthi
1050 - 1110 hrs	Ecological separation between livestock and Ladakh Urial - Bindu Raghavan, Yash Veer Bhatnagar & Qamar Qureshi
1110 - 1130 hrs	Habitat use by Himalayan Tahr in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary - Swati, K.
1130 - 1150 hrs	Tea
SESSION - 6 VEGETATION & FLORISTIC STUDIES
Session Chairperson -
Co-Chairperson - Dr. G.S.Rawat, Professor, WII
1150 - 1210 hrs	Effects of selective logging on vascular epiphyte diversity in a moist lowland forest of Eastern Himalaya, India. - Padmawathe, R.
1210 - 1225 hrs	Status, Distribution and Habitats of Orchids in Uttaranchal: Preliminary Findings. - Jeewan Singh Jalal
1225 - 1240 hrs	Status Survey of Orchids and Their Habitats in Jharkhand: Preliminary Findings. - Pankaj Kumar
1240 - 1300 hrs	The floristic composition of rainforest trees and saplings in forest fragments of the Anamalai hills. - Priya Balasubramaniam
1300 - 1400 hrs	Lunch
SESSION 7 AVIFAUNAL STUDIES
Session Chairperson -
Co-Chairperson - Dr. K.Sankar, Senior Reader, WII
1400 - 1425 hrs	Establishment of bio-acoustic analysis facility at Wildlife Institute of India: Acoustical studies on Pycnonotus bulbuls - Dr. Anil Kumar
1425 - 1445 hrs	Bird diversity in the Gori-Ganga Valley: Patterns, Mechanisms and Conservation Significance. Rashid Raza
1445 - 1505 hrs	Bird-Vegetation Associations in Central Indian Highlands. - R. Jayapal
1505 - 1520 hrs	Tea
Session – 8 STUDIES ON HERPETOFAUNA
Session Chairperson -
Co-Chairperson - Shri B.C.Choudhury, Senior Reader, WII
1520 - 1550 hrs	Modeling the Population Dynamics of a Declining Amphibian Using Mark – Recapture Methods. – Dr. Barry Noon
1550 - 1610 hrs	Jurassic frogs and the evolution of endemism in the Western Ghats. - M.S. Chaitra
1610 - 1630 hrs	Diversity of sea snakes and their mortality due to shrimp trawling along the coast of Goa, Western India. - Aaron Lobo
1630 - 1715 hrs	Comments on ARS, Presentation of Awards and Vote of Thanks
THIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY 10^th December, 2003
1000 hrs onwards	MEETING OF THE TRAINING, RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC COUNCIL