Conservation Biology Department

RESEARCH

 

Research Centre

  • The institution was affiliated to The University of Burdwan since its inception to June 23, 2015. Department of Conservation Biology was recognized research study centre  under the University of Burdwan
  • Six research scholars of Department of Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College were awarded Ph.D. by The University of Burdwan under the sole supervision of Dr. Debnath Palit, the then faculty member of Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College
  • Subsequently, the institution became affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol since June 24, 2015. The institution received approval from Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol to offer Ph.D. programme in Conservation Biology in the academic session 2020-21
  • Presently, total 21 research scholars are enrolled/registered for Ph.D. programme in Conservation Biology

 

Research Scholars

Research Scholars presently enrolled/registered for Ph.D. Programme in Conservation Biology offered by Durgapur Government College under  the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University

Sl No. Name of research Guide Designation and Affiliation Sl No. Name of Student Registered for Ph.D.
1 Dr. Debnath Palit Principal, Durgapur Government College 1 Nazma Khatun
2 Subhra Banyopadhyay
3 Priyaranjan Mondal
4 Trinankur Bhattacharjee
5 Kajori Mondal
6 Animesh Karmakar
7 Chittaranjan Naskar
8 Anamika Pandey
2 Dr. Moitreyee Chakraborty Assistant Professor and Head, Department of  Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College 9 Sanchari Sarkar
10 Sanghamitra Sanyal
11 Sharmila Soren
3 Dr. Tapajit Bhattacharya Assistant Professor, Department of  Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College 12 Neha Majumdar
13 Agni Mitra
14 Debayan Gayen
15

 

 Manti Barma Dutta
4 Dr. Sandip

Majumder

 Assistant Professor, Department of  Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College 16 Anita Chattoraj
17 Padmini Baruah
5 Dr. Rajib Biswas Assistant Professor, Department of  Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College 18 Abhidip Hazra
19 Morali Biswas
20 Namrata Ghosh
21 Sandipa Saha

 

Research Scholars of Department of Conservation Biology, Durgapur Government College who have been awarded Ph.D. Degree (The University of Birdwan)

  1. Santanu Gupta (Year of award of Ph.D. Degree: 2016, The University of Burdwan )

Title of Thesis: Assessment of Ecological and Socioeconomic Valuation of Wetlands in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India for conservation and sustainable use

Research Guide: Dr. Debnath Palit, Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College

  1. Aparajita Mukherjee (Year of award of Ph.D. Degree: 2016, The University of Burdwan Title of Thesis: Studies on the ecological and socio-economic services of wetlands to the rural people of Bankura district, West Bengal, India

Research Guide: Dr. Debnath Palit, Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College

  1. Debalina Kar (Year of award of Ph.D. Degree: 2016, The University of Burdwan)

Title of Thesis: Phytoremediation of some selected wastelands in colliery belt of Raniganj, West Bengal, India

Research Guide: Dr. Debnath Palit, Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College

  1. Shiboram Banerjee (Year of award of Ph.D. Degree: 2020, The University of Burdwan) Title of Thesis: Air Quality Monitoring Using Available Plant Species of Durgapur Industrial Township, West Bengal

Research Guide: Dr. Debnath Palit, Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College

  1. Payel Majumder (Year of award of Ph.D. Degree: 2020, The University of Burdwan) Title of Thesis: Studies in microbial diversity through time of coal mine generated wastelands of West Bengal in understanding their role in soil reclamation. Research Guide: Dr. Debnath Palit, Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College
  2. Babli Garai (Year of award of Ph.D. Degree: The University of Burdwan)

Title of Thesis: Succession of Plant Diversity based on selected pit lakes of Raniganj Coal fields, India

Research Guide: Dr. Debnath Palit, Department of Botany, Durgapur Government College

 

Research Projects

  • Assessment of the environmental Stress and Biochemical effects on selective plant species and algal population due to pollution in Durgapur Industrial Belt; Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West Bengal, Tenure-3 years, Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 15,50,000/-; Commencement: March 2019; PI: Dr. Moitreyee Banerjee Chakraborty, Department of Conservation Biology,
  • Assessment of current conservation prospects of two endangered pangolin species in West Bengal and preparation of future conservation plan in the context of illegal trade; Funding Agency: West Bengal Zoo Authority, Government of West Bengal, Tenure: 4 years, Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 18,37,000/-; Commencement: August 2021; Co-PI: Dr. Tapajit Bhattacharya (Co-PI), Department of Conservation Biology,
  • Effects of density and limnological parameters on the life history traits of freshwater soft-shelled turtle at Garhchumuk Mini Zoo: Implications for management; Funding Agency: West Bengal Zoo Authority, Government of West Bengal, Tenure: 4 years, Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 14,06,000/-; Commencement: August 2021; Co-PI: Dr. Tapajit Bhattacharya (Co-PI), Department of Conservation Biology,

 

Research Publications (in Journals indexed in SCOPUS/WEB OF SCIENCE)

(Publications of Dr. Debnath Palit, Principal, Durgapur Government College and registered guide of Conservation Biology listed under Department of Botany)

NO. Title of paper Name of the author/s Department of the teacher Name of journal Year of publication ISSN number
1 An approach towards quantification of ecosystem trophic status and health through ecological network analysis applied in Hooghly-Matla estuarine system, India Joyita Mukherjee, Samya Karanb, Moitreyee Chakrabarty, Arnab Banerjee, Nabyendu Rakshit, Santanu Ray Conservation Biology Ecological Indicators 2019 1872-7034
2 Environmental factors as indicators of dissolved oxygen concentration and zooplankton abundance: Deep learning versus traditional regression approach Arnab Banerjee, Moitreyee Chakrabarty, Nabyendu Rakshit, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick,Santanu Ray Conservation Biology Ecological Indicators 2019 1872-7034
3 Ecological intensification for feeding rohu Lobeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822): A review and proposed steps towards an efficient resource fishery Sandip Majumder, Surjya K. Saikia Conservation Biology Aquaculture Research 2020 1365-2109
4 Diet Overlap Between Livestock and Wild Herbivores in the Greater Himalaya Lisa Jeanne Koetke, Tapajit Bhattacharya and Sambandam Sathyakumar Conservation Biology Mountain Research and Development 2020 0276-4741
5 Forecasting environmental factors and zooplankton of Bakreswar reservoir in India using time series model Arnab Banerjee, Moitreyee Chakrabarty, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Priti Kumar Roy, Santanu Ray Conservation Biology Ecological Informatics 2020 1574-9541
6 Mammals of the Bhagirathi basin, Western Himalaya: understanding distribution along spatial gradients of habitats and disturbances Ranjana Pal , Shagun Thakur , Shashank Arya, Tapajit Bhattacharya and Sambandam Sathyakumar Conservation Biology Oryx 2020 0030-6053
7 Study of biochemical factors in assessing air pollution tolerance index of selected plant species in and around Durgapur industrial belt, India Sanchari Sarkar, Kajori Mondal, Sanghamitra Sanyal and Moitreyee Chakrabarty Conservation Biology Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2021 0167-6369
8 The Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons in West Bengal Debayan Gayen, Sanchari Sarkar and Moitreyee Chakrabarty Conservation Biology Indian Birds 2021 0973-1407
9 A rare photographic record of Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra with a note on its habitat from the Bhagirathi basin, Western Himalaya, India Ranjana Pal, Aashna Sharma, Vineet Kumar Dubey, Tapajit Bhattavharya, Jeyaraj Antony Johnson, Kuppusamy Sivakumar and Sambadam Sathyakumar Conservation Biology Journal of Threatened Taxa 2021 0974-7907
10 Using distance sampling with camera traps to estimate the density of group-living and solitary mountain ungulates. Ranjana Pal, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Qamar Qureshi, Stephen. T. Buckland and Sambadam Sathyakumar Conservation Biology Oryx 2021 0030-6053
11 Suitability Estimation of some Bioengineered Grass. Misra T.K., Bhutia T.T., Biswas R. and Mandal P. Conservation Biology Indian Forester 2022 0019-4816
12 Zooplankton community of Bakreswar reservoir: Assessment and visualization of distribution pattern using self-organizing maps Arnab Banerjee, Nabyendu Rakshit , Moitreyee Chakrabarty, Swagata Sinha, Sinchan Ghosh, Santanu Ray Conservation Biology Ecological Informatics 2022 1574-9541
13 Study of winter avifauna diversity from a man-made reservoir in the West Bengal, India Debayan Gayen, Biswajit Mukherjee, Sanchari Sarkar, Bappa Goswami, Sagar Adhurya and Moitreyee Chakraborty Conservation Biology Journal of Animal Diversity 2022 2676-685X
14 Role of anthropogenic drivers in altering the forest community structure in a prime tiger habitat in central India Soumya Dasgupta, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Prafulla Bhamburkar, and Rahul Kaul Conservation Biology Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2022 0045-5067
15 Time series analysis of groundwater quality at selected sites of Purba and Paschim Burdwan, West Bengal, India Sanghamitra Sanyal, Sanchari Sarkar, Moitreyee Chakrabarty Conservation Biology Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2023 0167-6369
16 Acute and sub-acute toxic effects of cadmium to freshwater tropical oligochaete Tubifex tubifex with special reference to oxidative stress and behavioural biomarkers Neha Majumdar, Nimai Chandra Saha, P Banerjee, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Subhajit Saha Conservation Biology Chemistry and Ecology 2023 0275-7540
17 Role of vegetation characteristics on the distribution of three hornbill species in and around Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India Soumya Dasgupta, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Rahul Kaul Conservation Biology Current Science 2023 0011-3891
18 Wild felid diversity, space use and activity patterns in the Eastern Himalaya, India Tawqir Bashir, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Kamal Poudyal, Sambandam Sathyakumar Conservation Biology Ecologies 2023 2673-4133
19 A study of avian diversity in Durgapur Government College Campus, West Bengal, India Sagar Adhurya, Debayan Gayen, Moitryee Chakraborty, Utpal Singha Roy Conservation Biology The Holistic Approach to Environment 2023 1848-0071
20 PHRYNODERMA HEXADACTYLUM (Indian Pond Frog). PREDATION Debayan Gayen, Sanchari Sarkar, Moitreyee Chakrabarty, Rajib Biswas, Tapajit Bhattacharya Conservation Biology Herpetological Review 2023 0018-084X
21 Prediction of Fatty Acid Profle of Fish Skin from the Fish Flesh Fatty Acid Composition: A Regression Modelling Approach Indrani Banerjee, Tithli Sadhu, Sanghamitra Sanyal, Jitamanyu Chakrabarty Conservation Biology Proceedings of Zoological Society 2023 0373-5893

 

 

Book Chapters

(Books and Book Chapters of Dr. Debnath Palit, Principal, Durgapur Government College and registered guide of Conservation Biology listed under Department of Botany)

 

Faculty as Reviewers of International Journals

 

  • Moitreyee Chakraborty, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Conservation Biology
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (Springer)
  • Water, Air and Soil Pollution(Springer)
  • Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology
  • Asian Journal of Environment and Ecology

 

  • Tapajit Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Conservation Biology
  • Datasheet 80375-ISC-20230711-IUCN23 entitled “Hemitragusjemlahicus” for the CABI Compendium.17-Mar-2024
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLOS ONE
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Zoological Society
  • Wetlands
  • Proceedings of the Zoological Society
  • Mammal Study

 

Research Collaborations:

 

 

Research Collaboration with Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta