User:Lalitganga

Dr. Lalit Kumar Sharma Scientist-C & Officer-in-Charge, Wildlife & GIS Section Zoological Survey of India Mew Alipore, Kolkata

Profile: Looking forward to challenging assignments in the field of Wildlife conservation and environment management where I can applying my experience, analytical skills and communication power to strengthen my understanding and the overall goal of biodiversity conservation. A capable wildlife biologist with 15 years of working experience in various agro-pastoral and ecological zones covering fragile ecosystem of India with leading research and conservation organizations of the country such as WII, Dehradun; ICFRE, Dehradun; FRI, Dehradun and World Bank, New Delhi. Keen interest in Climate Change and biodiversity conservation and landscape ecology. Taught Master level Forestry and Wildlife classes at FRI, Dehradun. Imparted training on wildlife monitoring and GIS at various levels of mixed professionals throughout the spatial extent of the Himalayan region of India, Bhutan and Nepal. Key Skills: 1.	GIS and Remote Sensing Software’s: Arc View, Arc GIS, ERDAS Imagine, DIVA-GIS, FRAGSTAT, SAGA, GME etc. 2.	Statistical Software: R-Software, Minitab, SPSS16.0, NCSS, FractalS, Scatman, Prefer, Distance, Density, Presence, PAST, Biodiversity Pro etc. 3.	Wildlife techniques: Camera trapping, conventional sampling techniques and Advance telemetry science etc. Education: PhD in Wildlife Sciences from WII, Dehradun; P.G Diploma in Bioinformatics from BII, Noida. P.G. Diploma in Geo-informatics, UT University, MSc Zoology from C.C.S.U, Meerut Publications: 1.	Per-reviewed Journal Articles: 42 2.	Popular Articles: 6 3.	Technical Report: 24 4.	Abstracts in International Conferences: 16 Academic Recognitions: 1.	IUCN-SSC bear-human conflict expert group member (BSG) 2.	Member of International Bear Association (IBA) 3.	Member of The Wildlife Society (TWS) 4.	Member of British Ecological Society (BES) 5.	World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) 6.	Member of Global Forest Fire Network & Representative of Indian Chapter

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