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STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO MCBT:CENTRE OF HERPETOLOGY , FOR STUDYING AND RESEARCHING ABOUT REPTILES .

 

                                 MCBT STUDENTS/RESEARCHERS (1984- 2002) :

 Name/Institution                                                             Funding Source                            Area of study

 

Rohan Arthur                                                        MCBT                                Corals & reef fishes

Steve Brown                                                         Oxford Univ                             Microhabitat

Oxford University                                                                                               Herp.survey

UK                                                                                          

R. Armugam                                                         MCBT                                       Mugger

Gene Backo                                                          St Olaf’s Univ.                         Education

St Olaf’s University

USA

N. Balachandran                                                  MCBT                                       Plants

Manish Chandi                                                       WWF                                       Water & land use

Mark Craig                                                              self                                          Crocodiles

UK

Shekar Dattatri                                                     MCBT                                       Reptiles

Mathew Dore                                        Jersey Wildlife Presv.                             Crocodilians

Nigerian Wildlife Dept                                              Trust

Jennifer Daltry                                                                 self                                          Monitor lizards

Univ. of Aberdeen,

 UK

Ranjit Daniels                                                     MCBT                                       Amphibians

Maryline Dujeantieu                                            Self                                           Mugger

Univ. of Paris

France

Jake Elster                                                            Oxford Univ                            Herp survey

Oxford University

 UK

Jim Foster                                                              self                                          Snakes

Univ. of Bristol, UK

Purnima Govindarajulu                                           self                                          Snakes

McGill Univ.

Canada

Elizabeth Gilmour                                                    Univ. of                                    Crocodiles

Univ. College of N. Wales                                     N.Wales

Yale University

 USA                                       

Jack Hedin                                                                        Univ                            Education & tribal development

Yale Univ.

USA                                                                                                                        

N M. Ishwar                                                           MCBT                                   Reptiles & Amphibians

Ravi Kailas                                                         MCBT                                    Crocodiles

S. Kumar                                                                AVC College                            Gharial

AVC College,

 T. Nadu

Prem Kishore                                                   Presidency College                  Freshwater turtles

Presidency College,

 Chennai 

Jeff  Klassen                                                        St Olaf’s Univ                         Crocodiles

St Olaf’s Univ.

USA

P V. Kumaraswamy                                             MCBT                       Tourism in the Andamans

Pondicherry Univ.

Gerard Martin                                                    MCBT                                       reptiles

Chandini Menon                                                  MCBT                                 freshwater turtles

Madras Christian College                                       

Michael Miller                                                                    self                                   Tribal development

Canada

Anita Malhotra                                                      Oxford Univ             .               Herp survey

Oxford Univ.

UK

B. Maheswaran                                                      MCBT                                       Plants

Edward O’Keefe                                                         self                                          Lizards

UK

Paul Pickett                                                             MCBT                                     Crocodiles

Univ. of North Dakota,                                            MCBT

USA        

Jayshree Ratnam                                                  World Cong of Herp                Lizards

Pondicherry Univ.

Jane Reeve                                                       Univ of Portsmouth               Ecotourism

Univ. of Portsmouth

Orit Skutelski                                                       IHIC,                                         Snakes

Israel Herp Info. Centre

Israel

Smita Satheesh                                                  MCBT                                       Mugger survey

Aurofilio Schiavina                                              MCBT                                       Lizards

Shri Arbunu Ashram

Kamlesh Shanker                                                    MCBT                       Tourism in the Andamans

Pondicherry Univ.

Shyam Sunder                                                     MCBT                                       Mugger

V.  Sekar                                                                           VC College                              Amphibians

Sohan Shetty                                                      MCBT                                       Sea snakes

Arjun Sivasundar                                                 MCBT                                       Sea turtles

Brent Stache                                                        St. Olaf’s University                                Crocodilians

St Olaf’s Univ.

USA

Brian Stacy                                                                          MCBT                                       Croc diseases

USA

Manjula Tiwari                                                    MCBT                                       Sea turtles

Farida Tampal                                                      MCBT                                       Snakes

Karen Tibbo                                                         Jersey WildlifePresv.              Mugger

Jersey Wildlife Presv. Trust

Channel Islands

Neil Thin                                                             Edinburgh Univ.                       Irulas

Edinburgh Univ

UK

K. Vasudevan                                                     WWF/MCB                  Freshwate.turtles & Mugger

J. Vijaya                                                                 MCBT                                         Freshwater turtles

Simon Wakefield                                                                 MCBT                                       Mugger

UK          

Paul White                                                             St. Olaf’s University                  Gharial

St Olaf’s Univ.

USA

Thilo Westhausen                                                   self                          Feasibility for croc farming

Macalaster College

USA                                                                                                        

  

                            LIST OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATES :  

Name and address                                         Area of study                        Period of association

 

Dr. Rauf Ali                                              ecology                                     since 1988

Aurodam

Auroville- 605 101

Tamil Nadu

 

Mr. D Basu                                               crocodilians/                              since 1975

Gharial Rearing Centre                                        freshwater turtles

Kukrail Picnic Spot

Lucknow

U P

 

Mr. B C Choudhary                                 crocodilians                               since 1975

Scientist

Wildlife Institute of India

PO Box 18, Chandrabani,

Dehradun 248 001

 

Mr. J.C. Daniel                                        crocodilians                               since 1975

Salim Ali Wild Wings Trust

16/186 Chandra Niwas

Sion (East)

Mumbai- 400 002

 

Debal Dey                                                              human ecology                          since 1997

Kolkatta

 

Dr. Sushil K. Dutta                                  amphibians                                since 1990

Lecturer

PG Dept of Zoology

Utkal University

Bhubaneshwar

Orissa- 751 005

 

Mr. Walter Gastamans                                      Plants                                       since 1995

Auroville Index Seminum

Auroville

Tamil Nadu

 

Dr Sudhakar Kar                                        crocodilians                               since 1976

Research Officer

315 Kharavel Nagar

Bhubaneshwar

Orissa

 

Dr.C. S. Kar                                             crocodilians                               since 1976

Bhitar Kanika National Park

Chandbali

(Park Bungalow)

Dist. Balasore

Orissa- 756 133

 

Dr. A K. Kumaraguru                              coral reefs                                 since 1990

Madurai Kamaraj University

School of Energy, Environment and

Natural Resources

Palkalainagar

Madurai- 625 021

Tamil Nadu

 

Dr. R J.  Rao                                              crocodiles,                                since 1983

School of Studies in Zoology                      freshwater turtles

Jiwaji University                                  

Gwalior

M.P. - 474 011

Dr. Lala A.K. Singh                                    crocodilians                               since 1975

Project Tiger

Simlipal Tiger Reserve

Khairi-Jashipur

Orissa- 757 091

 

FOREIGN

 

Dr. Aaron M. Bauer                                    snakes                                      since 1995

Villanovan University

USA                                                      

 

Dr. Roger Conant                                            snakes                                      since1983

Adjunct Professor                                                                                                              

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque,

USA

 

Dr. Peter P. Van Dijk                               freshwater turtles                        since 1991

Zoology Department

University College

Galway

Ireland

 

Dr. Carl Gans                                          reptiles and                                since 1980

The University of Michigan                               amphibians

Michigan 48109-1048,

USA

 

Dr. Maren Gaulke                                       monitor lizards                            since 1990

Forschungsinstitut und

 Naturmuseum Senckenberg

Senckenberganlage 25

Germany

 

Dr. Michael A. Ewert                                  freshwater turtles                         since 1986

Department of Zoology

Jordan Hall

Indiana University

 USA.

Dr. John J. Frazier                                  marine turtles                              since 1984

Cinvestav

Apartado Postal 73

“Cordemex”Yucatan, C.P. 97310

Mexico

 

Dr. Brian Groombridge                             Turtles & Red Data book               since 1978

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

219 (c) Huntingdon Road

Cambridge CB 3 ODL

U.K.

 

Dr. Fritz Huchzermeyer                            croc diseases                              since 1998

Onderstepoort Vet. Institute

Onderste Port - 0110

South Africa

               

Dr. M S  Khan                                          snakes                                        since 1991

Herp Laboratory

15/6 Darul Saddar North

Rabah

Pakistan

 

Dr. J.W. Lang                                          crocodilians                                 since 1979

Dept of Biology

University of North Dakota

Box 8238, Univ. Station

Grand Forks, ND

USA

 

 Dr. Harvey B  Lillywhite                              reptiles and                                since 1984

Dept of Zoology                                                  amphibians

University of Florida

223 Bartram Hall

Gainesville,

FlA 32611

USA

 

Dr. E.O. Moll                                            freshwater turtles                              since 1984

Dept of Zoology

Eastern Illinois University

Life Sciences Building

Charleston, Ill. 61920

USA

 

Dr. Peter C.H. Pritchard                           freshwater turtles                              since 1978

Florida Audubon Society

460 HWY, 436, Suite 200

Cassleberry

Fla. 32707-4939, USA

Dr. Charles A. Ross                                   crocodilians                                     since 1975

National Museum of Natural History

Div  Of  Reptiles and Amphibians

Washington DC 20560

USA

 

Dr. Grahame Webb                                     crocodilians                                      since 1978

Winnellie

NT 0821

Australia

 

Dr. Bruce Young                                             snakes                                               since 1997

Dept of Biology

Lafayette College

Easton

Pennsylvania 118042, USA