Dr. Nripendra Kumar Choudhury ( M.Sc., Ph.D )

Assistant Professor (HoD) Zoology

nripendrachoudhury@gmail.com

Specialization : Animal Ecology & Wildlife Biology

Publications:

1. Notes on the distribution on diet of Kachuga sylhetensis. Hamadryad 22(1):61-62. 1997.
2. Report on turtle of Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary. J. Natcon. 10: 209-210.(1998).
3. The brown roofed turtle Kachuga smithii pallidipes Moll. In the Brahmaputra drainage. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 95: 510-511(1998).
4. Diversity and Distribution of Kachuga in Kamrup District, Assam. Tiger Paper. 26: 27-29. (1999).
5. A note on reproduction in Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829). Hamadryad. 24: 44-45. (1999).
6. Size analysis and distribution of Jerdon’s bullfrog Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon 1835) in Assam. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 97: 286-288 (2000).
7. Diversity and distribution of turtle fauna in Kamrup District. Tropical Zoology. 2 &3 (2001).
8. Herpetological Investigation at Garbhanga Reserve Forest, Assam. J. Assam Sci. Soc. 41 (4): 372-378. (2000).
9. Geographic distribution. Chirixalus vittatus. Herpetological Review. 32(2):112-113. (2001).
10. Leptobrachium smithi Matsui, Nabhitabhata & Panha, 1999 (Anura: Megophryidae), A new record for India. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 98 (2): 289-290 (2001).
11. Amphibian fauna of Kamrup District, Assam, with notes on their natural history Hamadryad 26 (2) : 287 –293 (2001).
12. Distribution of Bufo stomatictus in Assam. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 98(3):457 –459. (2002).
13. Rana humeralis — A new record from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh India, with notes on its morphometry and natural history. Russian Journal of Herpetology Vol. 14, No. 3, 2007, pp. 167 – 171.
14. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Assam, North-Eastern India. Hamadryad Vol. 32 No. 1, 28 February 2008. pp – 5-12.
15. ‘A Preliminary Study on the Icthyofaunal Diversity on Kankati Beel of Biswanath District, Assam’ IJSRD, International Journal For Scientific Research & Development, Vol-5, Issue-6, in Aug, 2017.

Book Chapters :

‘Edible Phytoresources of North-East India’ Published in Environmental Science, A Multidisciplinary Branch’, published by Nitya Publications, Bhopal. 2021.

Conference/ Seminars :

1. National Seminar on Recent Trends in Environmental Science & Its Application and Ist Annual Conference of Society of Environment Health & Risk Assessment (SEHRA) Assam (Sponsored by UGC) at M.C. College Barpeta from 5th – 6th October, 1996 and presented a paper.

2. Assam Science Society , Annual Technical Session-1996 Organised by Assam Science Society, Jorhat Branch, December 21,1996 at Jorhat regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat, Assam, India.

3. National level Seminar On Science Awareness And Popularization organized by Indian Science Congress Association in Association with Indian Institute Of Engineers (India), Assam State Congress, Guwahati and Guwahati Chapter of the Indian Science Congress Association held on March 17th -2003.

4. Advance Technique Refresher Course Helping Hoolock Gibbon Hang On / teachers for Tiger held at Guwahati from 29-30 October, 2007. Organized by ZOO, WILD in collaboration with WWT, CEE (NE), Assam Forest Department, SANIZE Sponsored by US Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Ape Conservation Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA.

5. 19th All India Congress of Zoology ; National Zoology Congress Seminar on the Local theme “Biodiversity & Human Welfare” held at Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati from 29th to 31st December, 2008.
6. ‘Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Use of Locally Available Medicinal Plants by the People of Assam’ at Northeast Green Summit, 2021 organised By National Institute of Technology, Silchar and Vibgyour NE Foundation, at NIT, Silchar, 16-18 November, 2021.

Workshop :

Helping Hoolock Gibbon Hang On: An effort to make very teacher a conservationist and every conservationist a teacher held at Guwahati from 1-3 February, 2007. Organized by ZOO, WILD in collaboration with WWT, CEE (NE), Assam Forest Department, WCS, Sponsored by US Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Ape Conservation Fund.
Ist School in Herpetology: at North Orissa University Sponsored by DST, Govt. of India, from 27th December 2007 to 8th January 2008.

Research Projects :

1. Study on the amphibian fauna of Assam, Sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Govt. of India(as co Investigator at A.V. College).
2. Amphibian fauna of paddy field and their role in biological control of agricultural pests. University Grants Commission