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Dr. K. VIDYASAGARAN

Associate Professor and Head

Department of Forest Management and Utilization

College of Forestry , Kerala Agricultural University, KAU P.O., Thrissur, Kerala 680 656, India Phone (office) 0487-2370050; Fax [phone];

E-mail : vidyakattany @yahoo.com

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Date of birth : 31   05 – 1961 (Fifteenth, November, Nineteen fifty four)

Date of entry into KAU service : 1/1/1988

Educational qualifications

Ph.D. (Forestry)

State Forest Service

Teaching/research/extension experience

Assistant Professor - 8 yrs

Assistant Professor (SG) - 9 yrs

Associate Professor - 3 yrs

Total - 20 yrs

Seminar/symposium/conference attended - 23 Nos.

Specialized training/summer school/ winter school/workshop attended- 7 Nos.

Courses handled

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  B.Sc (Forestry) - 10
  
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  M.Sc (Forestry ) - 5
  

Students guided as chairman

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  B.Sc( Forestry) dissertation - 16 Nos.
  

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  M.Sc( Forestry) - 4 Nos.
  

Research

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  Externally funded AD-hoc research projects handled/being handled as principal Investigator- 5 Nos.
  

• KAU plan projects handled as principal investigator-1 Nos.

• KAU/externally funded research projects handled as associate – 3 Nos.

Publications

Research papers : 13

Books : 2

Popular articles : 15

Compilation /technical reports : 1

Membership/ Extension Activities

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  Task force member for Forest and Wildlife in the State Planning board
  
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  Task force member for Biomass energy in the State Planning board.
  
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  Member, Thrissur District committee for Eco clubs in schools.
  

• Member project team Centre for gender concerns in Agriculture, KAU, Vellanikkara.

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  Associated with tree seedlings production Programme in the college as office i/c, College tree nursery Membership in professional bodies and organizations
  

Dr. P.O. NAMEER

Associate Professor & Head

Dept of : Wildlife Sciences & Centre for Wildlife Studies College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU P.O., Thrissur, Kerala 680 656, India. Phone (office) 0487-2370050; Fax [phone]; Email : [e-mail]

Education

Degree	Specialisation	Year	University/Institute
Ph.D.	Zoology (Ornithology)	2005	University of Calicut, Kerala.
M.Sc. (Forestry)	Forestry	1993	Kerala Agricultural University
B.Sc. (Forestry)	Forestry	1990	Kerala Agricultural University

Short courses attended

25 national and international short training programmes attended

Teaching

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  Courses taught at the Undergraduate Level (B.Sc. Forestry):
  

Fundamentals of Wildlife

Ornithology

Wildlife management

Study Tour (All India and South India Tours)

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  Courses taught at the Graduate Level (M.Sc. Forestry) :
  

Mammalogy and Indian mammals

Ornithology and Indian birds

Herpetology and Ichthyology

Wildlife ecology

Quantitative Methods in Wildlife

Fundamentals of Conservation Biology

Wetland Ecology and Management

Principles and practice of ex situ conservation

Wildlife Seminar

Conservation biology Seminar

RESEARCH

• Completed 24 externally aided research project

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  Three externally aided research project are on going
  

Membership and service in Professional Organizations

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  South Asian coordinator, in situ, for the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, World Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland, since 2003.
  
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  Consultant to Govt. of Bangladesh on their project on “Encyclopaedia of the Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh” during 2006.
  
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  International trainer on Small Mammal field studies and conservation. Have been to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as trainer on small mammals.
  
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  International Waterfowl Census (IWC) Kerala State coordinator, since 1992. The IWC is organised by Wetlands International, U K and Asian Wetlands Bureau, Malaysia.
  
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  Kerala State coordinator of “Indian Bird Conservation Network” since 2000, which is a network of the birdwatchers of the country. IBCN is a collaborative project of Birdlife International, U K, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, U K and Bombay Natural History Society.
  
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  Member of Oriental Bird Club, U K.
  
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  Member Editorial Board, “Journal of Tropical Ecology” since 2008
  
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  Member Editorial Board, “Indian Birds” since 2008
  
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  Member Editorial Board, “Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences (JAPS), Pakistan” since 2008
  
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  Member Editorial Board, “Journal of Bombay Natural History Society” since 2008.
  
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  Member Editorial Board of the peer reviewed journal on South Asian natural History viz: “Zoos Print Journal”, published from Coimbtore, India since 2002.
  
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  Secretary of Nature Education Society, Thrissur (NEST) and Coordinator of bird projects, NEST, Kerala.
  
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  Member Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, IUCN, India.
  
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  Life Member Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore
  
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  Member Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai.
  
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  Member Chiroptera Conservation and Information Network, South Asia
  
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  Member Rodents, Insectivores, Scandentia and Lagomorpha Conservation and Information Network, South Asia.
  
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  Member of the “State Committee for the revision of Management Plans of Wildlife Sanctuaries, Kerala”
  
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  External Examiner of College of Forestry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Ponnmpet, Karnataka.
  
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  External Examiner of College of Forestry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Siris, Karnataka.
  
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  External Examiner of College of Forestry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu.
  
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  Resource person for the “Winter School on Health Care, Management and Diseases of Wild and Captive Animals”, organised by the “Elephant Study Centre”, Kerala Agricultural University in November 2002.
  
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  Resource person for the “Refresher course on Health Care, Management and Diseases of Asian Elephants” organised by the “Elephant Study Centre”, Kerala Agricultural University in February 2003.