Ph.D Students Registered in 2025

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Amirtha Balan R.	-	Dr. Abhijit Das
2-	Anubhuti Krishna	-	Dr. Bilal Habib
3-	Aritra Roy	-	Dr. Bilal Habib
4-	Himanshu	-	Dr. Amit Kumar
5-	Sajid Reza	-	Dr. Bilal Habib
6-	Saurav Das	-	Dr. Anukul Nath
7-	Tribhuwan Singh	-	Dr. Bilal Habib

Ph.D Students Registered in 2024

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Ajay M. Gaikwad	River Characteristics and Biodiversity with Socio-economic Dependency: Pattern and Processes.	Dr. Ruchi Badola
2-	Anshuman pati	-	Dr. Sutirtha Dutta
3-	Ayushman Singh Naruka	-	Dr. Samrat Mondol
4-	Himangshu Borah	-	Dr. J.A.Johnson
5-	Merin Jacob	Acoustic characteristics of Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica)	Dr. Vishnupriya Kolipakam
6-	Neelamadhab Sahu	-	Dr. Ruchi Badola
7-	Rajit Jana	-	Dr. Amit Kumar
8-	Tannu	Conservation Ecology of Reticulated Python	Dr. C. Ramesh
9-	Vyshnavee Sneha Jaijar	-	Dr. Parag Nigam
10-	Anand Sharma	-	Dr. S.K.Gupta
11-	Ashim Biswas	-	Dr. Ashish Jha
12-	Bhaskar Bhandari	-	Dr. Parag Nigam
13-	Kirti Rani	-	Dr. Ruchi Badola
14-	Koushik Rajbongshi	-	Dr. Anukul Nath
15-	Purohit Meghavi Shailesh	-	Dr. J.A.Johnson
16-	Samridhi Gururani	-	Dr. Ruchi Badola
17-	Shailendra Kumar Yadav	-	Dr. Bivash Pandav
18-	Soumya Sundar Chakraborty	-	Dr. Bivash Pandav

Ph.D Students Registered in 2023

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Shrewshree Kumar	Demographic history and social organization in Indian one-horned rhinoceros of India	Dr. Samrat Mondol
2-	Swati Nawani	Evolution and Population Genetics of Genus Nanorana in Indian Himalayan region	Dr. Samrat Mondol
3-	Ashish Kumar Panda	The effect of feeding regimes and environmental enrichments on the welfare of captive-reared turtles	Dr. Ruchi Badola
4-	Bhawna Pant	Revisiting phylogeny	Dr. Vishnupriya Kolipakam
5-	Kumar Ankit	Ecology of Leopards in the Human-Dominating Landscape of Junnar Forest Division, Pune, Maharastra	Dr. Bilal Habib
6-	Mohib Uddin	Seasonal habitat use and migration of the critically endangered lesser florican	Dr. Sutirtha Dutta
7-	Deepali Bansal	Effects of Experimental Warming on Respiration Rates and Plant Productivity in Alpine Meadow of the Western Himalaya	Dr. Gautam Talukdar
8-	Debranjan Laha	Evaluation of human impact and protection on occurrence and abundance of ungulates and carnivores	Dr. Y.V.jhala
9-	Advaita Ravindran	Understanding large carnivore conflict issues across Vidarbha Landscape, Maharashtra, India"	Dr. Bilal Habib
10-	Ritesh Vishwakarma	Sociality and Fission Fusion Dynamics in Gaur Bos gaurus gaurus in Central Indian Landscape	Dr. Parag Nigam
11-	Srabani Bose	Persistent organic pollutant in seagrass ecosystem of Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu and its effect on the associated fauna	Dr. J.A.Johnson
12-	Shagun Thakur	Community ecology of mammals in a multi-use landscape of a biodiversity hotspot, Eastern Himalaya, India	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
13-	Rohit Ravindera Jha	Assessment of afforestation activities in Chotanagpur plateau and its alignment with India's biodiversity conservation, and carbon storage & sequestration goals	Dr. Gopi GV
14-	Kainat Latafat	Population Assessment and Ecological Aspects of Striped Hyena	Dr. Bitapi C. Sinha
15-	Alex Jacob S.S	Impact of Colonial Nesting Waterbirds on Wetland Nutrient Dynamics and Agricultural Productivity in Tamil Nadu, India	Dr. Gopi GV
16-	Sultan	Movement and feeding ecology of leopard in Kuno National Park	Dr. Y.V.jhala
17-	Gaurav P.J.	Assesment of Ecology of Mishmi Takin in Arunachal Pradesh	Dr. Gopi GV
18-	Asha	Study of distribution, host diversity, and extraction pattern of Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Uttarakhand, India	Dr. K. Ramesh
19-	Pooja Kumari	Ecology of Red Panda in North Bengal landscape	Dr. Gopi GV
20-	Meghna Limboo	Assessment of species diversity, occupancy, habitat use and conservation threats of Small Carnivores in the Neora valley National Park, Eastern Himalayas.	Dr. Gopi GV
21-	Ankita Sharma	Road Ecology	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
22-	Kanishka	Land tenure system of leopards across Vidarbha landscape	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
23-	Jayadeep C. Patil	Understanding coexistence patterns between three sympatric large carnivores in the Vidarbha landscape, Maharashtra, India	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
24-	A.Krishan	Study of land tenure system and demography of tigers in a high tiger density central Indian protected area (Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve)	Dr. Bilal Habib
25-	Yomto Mayi	Ecological Assessment and Conservation Strategies for Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor (Mishmi Takin) in the Face of Anthropogenic and Environmental Challenges in Yordi-Rabe Subse Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India	Dr. Salvador Lyngdoh
26-	Suman Koley	Understanding distribution pattern and evaluation of population estimation techniques for ungulate species in Vidarbha Landscape, Maharashtra	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
27-	Ramesh Pandey	Evaluation of human elephant conflict in India : Conservation status, Corridors and Management Strategies	Dr. Parag Nigam
28-	Saket Badola		Dr. S.K.Gupta
29-	Neha Yadav	Road Ecology	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
30-	Manisha	To study and assess the habitat connectivity of select wildlife species in context to linear infrastructure in transboundary Indo-Nepal Terai Arc Landscape	Dr. Bilal Habib

Ph.D Students Registered in 2022

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Mariyam Nasir	Understanding the human-wild boar conflict in human dominated landscapes, India.	Dr. Bitapi C. Sinha
2-	Indranil Paul	Seasonal and behavioural space use of Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) females using telemetry in Thar desert	Dr. Sutirtha Dutta
3-	Amar Paul Singh	Habitat ecology of sympatric carnivores emphasizing human-bear interactions in Himachal Pradesh	Dr. Salvador Lyngdoh
4-	Junngam Khiham	Ecology of the hillstream fish species in Tissa river basin of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya	Dr. J.A.Johnson
5-	Mujahid Ahamad	Status of the corridor forests linking Kaziranga Tiger Reserve with adjoining wildlife habitats in Assam	Dr. Ruchi Badola
6-	J. Haritha	Assessing climate vulnerability of terrestrial ecoregions in India	Dr. Gautam Talukdar
7-	Tushar P. Parab	Spatial trajectories of geographic ranges, behavioral complexities, song variability and genetic diversity of genus 'Phylloscopus' from Western Himalayas	Dr. Salvador Lyngdoh
8-	Manisha Mathela	Understanding Plant Strategies and Response through Their Functional Traits	Dr. Navendu Page
9-	Parul Sen	Ecology of Golden jackal (Canis aureus) in the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh	Dr. Y.V.Jhala
10-	Vinita Sangela	Insights into Ecology, Evolution and Ecosystem Health: Tiger beetles as Bioindicators in Ramganga Catchment, Uttarakhand	Dr. V.P.Uniyal
11-	Basavaraj	Ecology of the Indian grey wolf in a human dominated semi-arid landscape of Northern Karnataka	Dr. Bitapi C. Sinha
12-	Priyanka Justa	Carnivore interactions in a trans-Himalayan landscape	Dr. Salvador Lyngdoh

Ph.D Students Registered in 2021

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Aimon Bushra	Patterns of plant species diversity across Environmental Gradients in Western Ladakh, Indian Trans-Himalaya	Dr. Amit Kumar

Ph.D Students Registered in 2020

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Gargi Roy Chowdhury	Abundance and behaviour of Ganges dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetics) in relation to varying degree of boat traffic	Dr. Bitapi C. Sinha
2-	Renu Bala	Evolutionary history of an avian synanthrope : The House Sparrow Passer Domesticus in the Himalaya	Dr. R. Suresh Kumar
3-	Thangsuanlian Naulak	Occupancy nad resource use by mammals in the Socio-ecological production landscapes of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
4-	Akoijam Santikumar Singh	Assessment of select provisioning and cultural ecosystem services of Loktak Lake with special reference to Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur	Dr. Ruchi Badola
5-	Kamana Pokhariya	Assessment of above ground carbon stock in tropical dry deciduous forest of Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India	Dr. C. Ramesh
6-	Praveen Kumar	Wintering Ecology of Migratory Shorebirds in the Saltpans dominated Coastline of the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India	Dr. Dhananjai Mohan
7-	Deepika	Abundance estimation and understanding intra, inter troop relatedness of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) using molecular tools	Dr. Vishnupriya Kolipakam
8-	Deepesh Saini	Molecular Phylogeny and population Genetics of Himalayan Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur) in Himalayan Region	Dr. Vishnupriya Kolipakam
9-	Sipu Kumar	Impact of habitat degradation and invasive species on plant-frugivore communities in the Shivalik Hills, India	Dr. Amit Kumar
10-	Uddalak T. Bindhani	Discerning the `Anthropogenic' Monkey : Ecological and behavioural characteristics of the synanthropic Rhesus macaque (Macaca Mulatta) along a human-dominated landscape gradient	Dr. Bitapi C. Sinha
11-	Ajay Singh	Effect of Anthropogenic disturbances on Vegetation Communities in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh	Dr. Navendu Page
12-	Dimpi Anilkumar Patel	Community structure of Lizards in Trans Himalayan Region of Ladakh with Major emphasis on the Microhabitat and behaviour of Agamid Lizards	Dr. C. Ramesh
13-	Gaurav Sirola	Fluctuating resources drives space-use : Investigating how food availability influences spatio-temporal distribution of a specialized filter feeder	Dr. R. Suresh Kumar
14-	Shravana Goswami	Demography of Spotted Deer (Axis axis) in Kanha Tiger Reserve	Dr. Anju Baroth
15-	Sagar Vilas Rajpurkar	Estimating population habitat use and threats to Dugong dugon in Andaman Islands	Dr. K. Sivakumar
16-	Baraiya Harindrabhai Laxmirambhai	Cranes in a multi-use landscape : Investigating the factors influencing spatial use by wintering crane species in the arid plains of Gujarat	Dr. R. Suresh Kumar
17-	Abha Purohit	Species diversity and molecular study of Bees (Bombus and Xylocopa) in Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India	Dr. V.P.Uniyal
18-	Jayanta Kumar Bora	Land tenure dynamics of Tiger and Leopard in Kanha Tiger Reserve	Dr. Y.V. Jhala

Ph.D Students Registered in 2019

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Sneha Pandey	Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Forests of Dehradun	Dr. Gautam Talukdar
2-	Ritesh Kumar Gautam	Plant-insect pollinator interactions along the elevational gradient in different habitat types of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand	Dr. V.P.Uniyal
3-	Rumana Maheen	Phylogeny and genetic diversity of Sinica Species group of macaques from Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India	Dr. Gopi, G.V.
4-	Ekta Sharma	Assessment of Challenges and incipient solutions to the plastic waste issues in the communities of the lower stretch of the Ganges	Dr. Ruchi Badola
5-	Ruchika Verma	Habitat use and vigilance of Gazelle bennetti (Chinkara) across different land use types in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan	Dr. Sutirtha Dutta
6-	Ankita Sharma	Ecology of Four-Horned Antelope	Dr. Y.V. Jhala
7-	Huidrom Bablin Singh	Ecology of major invasive alien plant species (IAPs) across various habitats in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh	Dr. B.S. Adhikari
8-	Nishant Verma	Management of habitat, its connectivity and human-large carnivore conlfict in Western Terai Arc Landscape (TAL)	Dr. Bivash Pandav
9-	Jignasu Dolia	Distribution and Nesting Ecology of the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)	Dr. Abhijit Das
10-	Niazul Hassan Khan	Ecology of Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) in the Trans-Himalayan region, Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmr), India	Dr. Bivash Pandav
11-	Aksheeta Mahapatra	Population Dynamics and Breeding Habitat use by Colonial Waterbirds Nesting at Kokkare-Bellur Community Reserve, Southern Karnataka	Dr. R.Suresh Kumar
12-	Amarjeet Kaur	Ecological and Phylogenetic Aspects of an Avian Aerial Insectivore : The Barn Swallow in the Himalaya	Dr. R.Suresh Kumar
13-	Rahul Rana	Ecological and landscape factors structuring fish assemblages in upper-middle reach of Ganga River	Dr. J.A.Johnson
14-	Naitik Patel	Systematics and Ecology of (Amolops monticola) Species Complex of Himalaya	Dr. Abhijit Das
15-	Malyasri Bhattacharya	An ecological study on nesting patterns and behavioural dynamics of Vultures in Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh	Dr. Gautam Talukdar
16-	Goura Chandra Das	Spatio-temporal distribution, abundance and habitat use patterns of Gangetic River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Lower Ganga River, India, with respect to its conservation	Dr. S.K.Gupta
17-	Anindita Debnath	Study of ecosystem services provided by mountain watersheds	Dr. Gautam Talukdar
18-	Bitupan Boruah	Systematics and Biogeography of Bush frogs (Anura : Rhacophoridae) of Northeast India	Dr. Abhijit Das
19-	S.K. Zeeshan Ali	Assessment of altered land use pattern on the Middle Ganga River hydrodynamics using geospatial modelling	Dr. S.A.Hussain
20-	Aftab	Study on Waterbird assemblages of the Middle Ganga River	Dr. V. B. Mathur

Ph.D Students Registered in 2018

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Rajesh Kumar Gupta	Relocation as conservation tool : A study of Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan	Dr. V.B.Mathur
2-	Surender Mehra	Status of Wildlife Forensics reporting in Law Enforcement and its impact on success of prosecution under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and related laws in State of Uttarakhand with special reference to case studies from Corbett Tiger Reserve and Adjoining Landscape	Dr. S.K.Gupta
3-	Bipin C.M.	Behaviour and habitat use by great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) in Thar Desert, Rajasthan: Implications for conservation management	Dr. V.B.Mathur
4-	Chinmaya Deepak Ghanekar	Ecology of seagrass associated fin fish and conservation perspectives of seagrass ecosystems in palk bay and gulf of Mannar , Tamil Nadu	Dr. J.A.Johnson
5-	D.P. Srivastava	Can Tigers (Panthera Tigris) survive in human dominated landscapes of india? A case study of human-tiger interaction around Bhopal City, Madhya Pradesh	Dr. B.S. Adhikari
6-	Moumita Chakraborty	Ecological and Anthropogenic correlates of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Sikkim Himalaya	Dr. K. Ramesh
7-	Pankaj	Landscape-scale Abundance and Ecological aspects of Snow leopard and their prey in Trans- Himalayan region of Ladakh	Dr. Y.V.Jhala
8-	S. Deepan Chackaravarthy	Patterns and determinants of mammalian assemblage in an Eastern Himalayan Landscape unit	Dr. Gopi, G.V.
9-	Sayli Suresh Sawant	Food matters: Does peripatetic provisioning affect resource utilization and social relationship patterns in Rhesus macaques?	Dr. S.Sathyakumar
10-	Shuvendu Das	Diversity and distribution of dragonflies and damsel flies(Insecta: Odonata) Assemblages Along Altitudinal Gradient In Bhagirathi And Teesta River Landscape	Dr. V.P.Uniyal
11-	Arpita Singh	Kanha-Pench Corridor: Connectivity And Co-Existence	Dr. B.S. Adhikari

Ph.D Students Registered in 2017

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Priti kumari	Effects of Habiat Heterogeneity and Anthropogenic Activities on Faunal Assemblage in Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Haryana	Dr. S. A. Hussain
2-	Sumedha Korgaonkar	A study of the behaviour and conservation perspectives of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) from West Coast of India	Dr. K. Sivakumar

Ph.D Students Registered in 2016

Sl. no.	Name of the student	Title of Thesis	Supervisor
1-	Sakshi Rana	An Assessment of Ecosystem Services of the Western Shivalik Landscape	Dr. S.A.Hussain
2-	Tanvi	Landscape Characterization in the Context of Ecosystem services and Spatial Conservation Prioritization in the Ganga River Catchment, Western Himalaya	Dr. K.Ramesh
3-	R.Rajasekar	Aspects of ecology of tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in Sanjay Tiger Reserve, Central India	Dr. K.Ramesh

Last updated 07-08-2025