Department of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources
About the Department:
The Department of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources under the School of Biodiversity and & Conservation of Natural Resources (School of BCNR) was established in the year 2011-12. Presently the School offers M.Sc. courses in Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources. Research Programme (M.Phil and Ph.D.) was initiated from the academic session 2014-15.
Biodiversity Conservation and threats to biodiversity, cultural biodiversity, sustainable development, climate change, marine biodiversity, man-animal conflict, eco-physiology, remote sensing and bioinformatics are thrust areas.
The Department is carrying out research activities in collaboration with different academic institutes, industries and different government bodies.
Vision of the Department :
- To develop the Department into an Advanced Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity and Natural Resources.
- To prepare policy relating to biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources.
- To create scientific manpower for biodiversity assessment and bio-prospecting as well as management of bio-resources.
Mission of the Department :
- Undertaking research on Biodiversity and its conservation aspects.
- Undertaking studies on Biodiversity Assessment and Resource Mapping with reference to the conservation of endangered and endemic species.
- To undertake the carbon sequestration studies of the forests in and around Koraput.
- To undertake studies related to extraction of bioactive substances from the existing flora and fauna and its possible use in the livelihood up-gradation of society at large.
- To undertake the documentation and dissemination of Tradition Related Biodiversity Knowledge System (TRBKS) for the preservation of Natural Resources.
Courses offered with Syllabus :
- M.Sc. in Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources (2 yrs)
- M.Phil. in Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources (1 yr)
- Ph.D. in Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources
Laboratory :
- There are two laboratories, a Wet Laboratory with facilities for and a Remote Sensing Laboratory.
Facilities :
The laboratory facility in the School include PCR machine, Gel electrophoresis, High Speed Refrigerated Centrifuges, Spectrophotometer, Gel Documentation System, Chlorophyll Fluorescent Metre, Infra-red Gas Analyser etc. The Remote Sensing Laboratory has facility of ERDAS Imagine Software and Arc Imagine Software.
Achievement :
Research Projects
Competed Projects :
- Dr. S.K. Palita, Head, DBCNR supervised a minor
Project entitled "Study of Biodiversity in Bidaghati
preservation plot of Koraput Research Range" during
January 2017
- Dr. S.K. Palita, Head, DBCNR supervised a Orissa
Biodiversity Board Funded Project entitled "Faunal
Diversity Assessment of Invertebrates and Lower
Vertebrates of Deomali Hills of Western Ghats, Koraput,
Odisha, India" from March, 2015 to February 2016.
Ongoing Projects :
- Dr. Kakoli Banerjee, Asst. Professor, DBCNR is
supervising a Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt.
of India funded Project entitled "Study on carbon
cycling in mangrove ecosystem of Bhitarkanika, Odisha"
(2016-2019)
- Dr. Kakoli Banerjee, Asst. Professor, DBCNR is
supervising a National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC),
Hyderabad funded Project entitled "Measurement of
Vegetation and Biomass parameters under Vegetation
Carbon Pool Assessment (VCP)" (A sub project of ISRO
Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP)-National Carbon
Project (NCP)] (2015-2018)
- Dr. Kakoli Bnaerjee, Asst. Professor, DBCNR is
supervising a EUPHRATES PROJECT of University of
Santiago de Compostela, Spain as Principal Investigator
& Coordinator of the Project for Central University of
Orissa (2013-2017)
- Dr. Debabrata Panda Asst. Professor, DBCNR is
supervising a Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of
Odisha funded Project entitled "Molecular
characterisation of selected indigenous rice landraces
of Jeypore tract of Odisha in relation to drought stress
tolerance (2017-2020)
Workshop & Seminar :
- Department of BCNR organised a Seminar on "Biodiversity and Conservation Initiatives in Koraput Region" with financial support from Foundation for Ecological Security (Anand, Gujarat) during 28th-29th March, 2015.
- Department of BCNR organised a Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India sponsored National Seminar on Climate Change and Biodiversity during 23rd -24th November 2013 at CUO, Koraput.
Faculty of
Department of Biodiversity and
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Name: Prof. (Dr.) Sharat Kumar Palita Designation: Professor and Head, Dean, School of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources Qualification: M.Sc. (Zool.), M.Phil. (Zool.), Ph.D. (Zool.)
Research Area: Conservation
Biology/ Behaviour and demographic
analysis of Captive Population, Diversity and distribution studies
of mangrove fauna (Amphibians,
Mudskippers, Brachyuran Crabs),
Faunal Diversity, Distribution and
Ecology in Forest Ecosystem, Ethnozoological studies Phone No. : 06852-288220, +91 9438132897 (M) E-mail Id:
[email protected]
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Name: Dr. Kakoli Banerjee
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Sc. Marine Science, University of Calcutta; Ph.D (Science), Jadavpur University
Research Area: Marine
& Coastal Biodiversity, Coastal
Zone Management, Climate Change and
Carbon Sequestration
Phone No.: 9433305844 / 9439185655
E-mail Id:
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Name: Dr. Debabrata Panda
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: MSc., MPhil., Ph.D., NET
Research Area: Molecular
mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in
plants., Anti-oxidative defence
mechanism in plants., Biodiversity
assessment of floral groups.,
Phytochemical analysis of Medicinal plants.
Phone No: 9437511187
Email Id:
[email protected] |
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