Research interests
Ecology
of mammals, birds and herpetofauna, Environmental Education,
Human-wildlife conflict issues, environmental economics and
community based conservation.
Education
Ph. D. (in progress), Department of Ecology and Environmental
Science, Assam University, India
M.Sc.
Ecology & Environmental Science,
School of Environmental Science,
Assam University, India (2007)
B.Sc.
in
Environmental Science,
Gauhati University,
India (2005)
Appointments and research
experience
2009-present:
Senior
Research Fellow,
G.B.
Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, NE Unit,
Itanagar in a project entitled 'Cultural Landscape: the basis for
linking Biodiversity conservation with sustainable Development of
Arunachal Pradesh, India'.
2008-2009:
Junior
Research Fellow, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and
Development, NE Unit, Itanagar in a project entitled 'Response
assessment and processing of knowledge base to serve long term
management and use of biodiversity in the Himalaya- focus on
representative protected sites'.
2008:
Education and Youth Programme Coordinator in ENVIRON, Guwahati,
Assam,
India.
2007:
Community Education Officer and Project Site Manager, Pigmy Hog Conservation Program (PHCP),
Manas National Park,
India.
2004-2009:
Participated as a volunteer in various wildlife research and
conservation education programmes:
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Assisted in various field research activities under Wetland and
Water Fowl Conservation Campaign 2003 of Nature's Foster and
continuously monitors the avian diversity and wetland status of
western Assam under Asian Waterfowl Census Programme.
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Worked
in various community conservation and outreach activities of ENVIRON
and volunteered as a coordinated the Youth mobilization wing of
ENVIRON, Guwahati.
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Assisted in a project on the documentation of Diversity and
Ecological status of Mammalian, Herpetofauna and Avifauna of
Different habitat types of Cachar District, Assam at the School of
Environmental Sciences, Assam University.
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Assisted in a project on the Ecology of Mammalian species with
special reference to Phayre's Leaf Monkey (Trachypithacus
phayrei) in the degraded forest habitats and Conservation
Education in nearby villages of Cachar District, Assam at the School
of Environmental Science, Assam University.
Fellowships/awards/grants
Senior Research
Fellowship from
UNESCO-Mac Arthur Foundation, through
G.B.
Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, during 2009-present
Junior Research
Fellowship from
G.B.
Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, during 200-2009
Publications
Papers/articles/abstracts:
Chaudary, S., Gopi G.V., Mazumdar, K. and Samal, P.K.
Conflict identification and prioritization in proposed Tsangyang
Gyatso Biosphere Reserve, Eastern Himalaya, India. J. Bom. Nat.
His. Soc. (in review).
Dollo,
M., Gopi G. V., Teegalapalli, K. & Mazumdar, K. Traditional
values and conservation of Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys
lokhriah) in Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. (accepted in
Oryx)
Soud, R., Mazumdar, K. and Talukdar, S. Note
on the defensive and burrowing postures of Kaloula
assamensis, Das
et. al. 2004 and Kaloula
pulchara, Gray
1831 (Microhylidae: Amphibia) (Submitted to the International
Journal of Threatened Taxa)
Mazumdar, K.,
Soud, R. and Gupta, A. 2008. Assessment of Anthropogenic threats
faced by Phayre's Leaf-Monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) in the
degraded forest habitat in and around Assam University Campus,
Cachar District, Assam. pp. 135-140. In: B. Raghvendra Rao,
S. Narendra Prasad, C. Srinivasulu and P. Judson (eds.),
Biodiversity Conservation and Human Wel-being, Department of
Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. xviii+137.
Soud
R., Mazumdar, K., Gupta, A. 2008. Preliminary observations on the
amphibian assemblage within the forest and tea agroecosystem of
Cachar district, Assam. Cobra (Vol II, issue 4). 10-13.
Soud,
R. and Mazumdar, K.J. 2007 observation on the movement of a
Red-necked Keelback Rnabdophix subminiatus (Schlegel, 1837)
Cobra (Vol. I, Issue I) 10-11.
Soud,
R., Mazumdar, K. and Gupta, A. 2007. Notes on the Feeding of
White-Lipped Pit Viper Trimeresurus albolabris Gray, 1842
Family: Viperidae Boie, 1827 in Captivity. Cobra (Vol. I
Issue 2) 37-38.
Soud,
R., Mazumdar, K. and Gupta, A. Mahony, S. Talukdar,S. 2007.
Observation on the Courtship of Fejervarya Cf. limnocharis (Gravenhost,
1829) (Anura: Ranidae). Cobra (Vol. I, Issue 3) 12-14.
Mazumdar, K.J.
2006.
A Visual Journey through the Ecoforest of Assam University Campus,
Cilchar, Assam, SOUVENIR: ICCTABU 2006. International
Conference on Current Trends in Algal Bioresource Utilisation, Assam
University, Silchar.
Mazumdar, K.J.
2006. Millennium Developmental Goals: How much we are aware.
Stork Vol.2, No.1, Natures Foster, Bongaigaon, Assam.
Mazumdar, K.,
Gupta, A. and Samal P.K. 2009. Human-animal interaction in Eastern
Himalaya: focus on the proposed Tsangyang Gyatso Biosphere Reserve.
Biodiversity and society: understanding connections,
adapting to change. DIVERSITAS OSC2. South Africa. (Accepted for
presentation)
Mazumder, K.,
Soud, R., Gogoi, L., Dutta, P.K., and Samal, P.K. 2009. Avifauna of
proposed Tsangyang Gyatso Biosphere Reserve: conservation
prospective of high altitude avifauna (Abstract) National Seminar on
Recent Trend in Biodiversity Conservation. Assam University, Silchar,
India.
Soud,
R., Mazumdar, K., Gogoi, L., Gupta, A. and Dutta, P.K. 2009.
Effect of forest fragmentation on the avifauna of the Important Bird
Areas along the Western part of Arunachal Pradesh, India (Abstract)
National Seminar on Recent Trend in Biodiversity Conservation. Assam
University. Silchar, India.
Mazumdar, K.J.,
Soud, R. and Gupta, A. 2007. Assessment of anthropogenic threat
faced by Phayre's Leaf-monkey Trachypithecus phayrei in the
degraded forest habitat in and around Assam University Campus,
Cachar district, Assam (Abstract), National conference on
biodiversity conservation and Human well-being. Osmania University,
Hyderabad.
Mazumdar, K.J.
2006. The Environmental Threats Faced by Deepor beel and
Conservation Approach, Kamrup Dist, Assam (Abstract) National
Seminar on biodiversity Conservation, the Post-Rio Scenario in
India. Assam University.
Soud,
R., Mazumdar, K.J. and Gupta, A. 2007. Ecological Status and
Habitat utilization pattern of serpent fauna of Cachar District,
Assam (Abstract). National level seminar on Biodiversity: Its
conservation, Management and Sustainable utilization with special
reference to North-East India. Bajali College, Barpeta, Assam.
Soud,
R., Mazumdar, K.J. and Gupta, A. 2007. A Comparative Study on
the Diversity and Species Richness of Fresh Water Amphibian Fauna in
Forest and Tea Agroecosystem of Cachar District, Assam (Abstract).
International Conference on Water Resource Management: Challenges
and Opportunities in the 21st Century. Assam University,
Silchar.
Dissertation/reports:
Mazumdar, K.J.,
Soud, R. and Dey, N.K. 2008. A rapid assessment and documentation of
the mammalian diversity of the Manas World Heritage Site, Assam,
India. Final Report. Nature's Foster and Department of Forest and
Tourism, Bodoland Teritorial Council (BTC), Assam.
Mazumdar, K.J.
2007.
Seasonal preference of Resting and roofing Trees of Phayre's
Leaf-monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), a note on the Social
Behavioral Pattern and Activity Budgeting with Special reference to
the Anthropogenic threats faced in the degraded forest habitat near
Assam University Campus, Cachar District, Assam. M.Sc.
Dissertation, School of Environmental Science, Assam University.
Mazumdar, K.J.
2006. A report on the status of water resource in the Greater
Borjalenga Area, Cachar District, Assam. Assam University, Silchar,
India. pp. 16. |
