S. Prasanth Narayanan

Research interests

Wetland ecology, biodiversity assessment and monitoring; avian ecology and behavior

Education

Ph. D. (in progress), School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India.

M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Management, Mahatma Gandhi University, India (2004)

B.Sc. in Zoology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India (2002)

Appointments and research experience

2009-Till date: Research Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.

2007-2008: Senior Research Fellow at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Deccan Regional Station, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

2005-2007: Junior Research Fellow in a combined project  titled "Structural and functional attributes of wetlands in Indo-Gangetic plains of India with reference to Uttar Pradesh" at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehardun, Uttarakhand,

2001-2008: Participated as a volunteer in various wildlife censuses, surveys and camps conducted by Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department, Karnataka Forest Department, WWF and various other nature societies.

• Vembanad Waterbird Count: 2001 to 2008. By Kottayam Nature Society and Kerala    Forest and Wildlife Department.

• Kole wetland bird survey: 2005. By Kerala Forest Department, NEST, and Forestry College, Thrissur.

• Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Bird Survey : 2003, Thattekkad. By Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department.

• Bandipur National Park Bird Survey : 2003, Bandipur. By Karnataka Forest Department.

• Annual Nilgiri Tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius) Census of Eravikulam National Park : 2003, Munnar. By Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department.

• Nelliyampathy Bird Survey : 2003.

• Meenachil Fish Count : 2003. By Kottayam Nature Society, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Kumarakom and Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department.

• Worked as a resource person in teachers training course in different districts of Kerala for C.P. Ramasamy Environmental Education Centre, Chennai.

Fellowships/awards/grants

2007-2008: Senior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, through SACON.

2005-2007: Junior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, through SACON.

Publications

Papers/articles:

Narayanan, S.P. and Sreekumar, B. Unusual food items in the diet of Oriental Magpie-Robin and Indian Pond-Heron. Blackbuck (Communicated).

Narayanan, S.P. and Sreekumar, B. Avifauna and its conservation in the Kuttanad wetlands: southern portion of Vembanad-Kol Ramsar site, India. Zoos Print Journal (Communicated).

Narayanan, S.P. and Vijayan, L. Major threats and needs for the conservation of Kumarakom heronry of Kerala, India. National Academy Science Letters (Communicated).

Narayanan, S.P. and Vijayan, L. 2008. Feeding rate and prey of diurnal ardeidae family birds at two selected paddy fields of Vembanad-Kol Ramsar site, India. Eco-Chronicle 3(3): 187-194.

Narayanan, S.P. and Bhaskar, S. 2008. Herpetofauna of the Kuttanad wetlands: southern portion of Vembanad-Kol Ramsar site (Kerala), India. Pp: 51-62. In: Rao, B.R., Prasad, S.N., Srinivasulu, C. and Judson, P. (Eds.). Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-being. Hyderabad, Department of Zoology, Osmania University. xviii+137.

Thapanjith, T., Narayanan, S.P. and Thomas, A.P. 2008. A study on the icthyofaunal diversity of Aymanam Panchayath, in Vembanad wetland, Kerala. Pp: 205-213. In: Kumar, M.S.B. and Gopalakrishnan, P.K. (Eds). Biodiversity Conservation. Jodhpur: Scientific Publishers. Pp: 244.

Narayanan, S.P., Sajith, K.M., Pillai, A.P., Narendran, M.M. and Sreekumar, B. 2008. Records of European roller Coracias garrulus from southern Peninsular India, including the first sighting from Kerala. Indian Birds 4(1): 2-5. pdf

Narayanan, S.P., Raju, D.V. and Manoj, P. 2008. Butterfly fauna of the Kuttanad wetlands of Kerala. Malabar Trogon 6(1): 7-12.

Narayanan, S.P. and Vijayan, L. 2007. Status of the colonial breeding waterbirds in Kumarakom heronry of Kerala, Southern India. Podoces 2(1): 22-29.

Narayanan, S.P., Anitha, K. and Prasad, S.N. 2007. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) - management of an invasive weed, the Indian scenario. Sarovar Saurabh - ENVIS Newsletter on Wetland Ecosystem 3(4): 3-7.

Narayanan, S.P. and Shirish, M. 2007. Sighting of the Malabar Whistling-Thrush from the Deccan. Malabar Trogon 5(3): 13.

Narayanan, S.P., Manoj, P. and Sreekumar, B. 2007. Avifauna of Kumarakom heronry, Kottayam, Kerala. Blackbuck 23(2&3): 1-14.

Sundar, K.S.G., Deomurari, A., Bhatia, S and Narayanan, S.P. 2007. Records of Black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus breeding pairs fledging four chicks. Forktail, 23: 161-163.

Narayanan, S.P., Boopal, A., Nanjan, S., Kurian, J., Dhanya, R., Gomathy, N., Dastidar, D. G., Rajamamannan, M. A., Venkitachalam, R., Mukherjee, D. and Eswaran, R. 2006. New site for the Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus from Tamil Nadu. Indian Birds 2 (6): 153-154. pdf

Narayanan, S.P., Sajith, K.M., Pillai, A. P., Sreekumar, B. Gopakumar, P.S. and Chandrasekharan, S. 2006. Sight record of Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus from Kayal land division of Kuttanad Wetland. Malabar Trogon 4(2,3&4): 29.

Narayanan, S.P. 2006. Invasive alien species; a fish scenario from Kerala. Malabar Trogon 3(4): 5-8.

Narayanan, S.P. and Vijayan, L. 2006. Minor vertebrate fauna of mangrove dominated Kumarakom heronry, Kerala, India. Annals of Forestry 14(2): 330-339.

Narayanan, S.P., Sreekumar, B. and Vijayan, L. 2006. Breeding of the Oriental White  Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus at Kumarakom heronry (Kerala, India). Indian Birds 2 (6): 152-153. pdf

Narayanan, S.P. 2005. A note on the Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) of Sabarimala. Malabar Trogon, 3 (2): 12.

Narayanan, S.P., Raju, D.V., Unnikrishnan, N., Vasan, S. and Sreekumar, B. 2006. Do Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo displace other colonial nesting waterbirds at Kumarakom heronry (Kerala)? Indian Birds 2(5): 138. pdf

Narayanan, S.P., Dipu, S and Vijayan, L. 2005. Breeding of Black-winged Stilt in Kumarakom part of Vembanad Lake, Kerala. Indian Birds, 1 (5): 116. pdf

Narayanan, S.P., Sajith, M.S., Dipu, S., Ajay and Sreekumar, B. 2005. Sightings of Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia from the Vembanad wetlands. Malabar Trogon, 3 (2): 13.

Narayanan, S.P., Thapanjith, T. and Thomas, A.P. 2005. A study on the icthyofauna of Aymanam Panchayath, in Vembanad wetland, Kerala. Zoos Print Journal 20(9): 1980-1982. pdf

Narayanan, S.P. 2004. Kuttanadan pakshinamamgal (Bird names of Kuttanad). Malabar Trogon, 2 (3): 2-3. (In Malayalam).

Narayanan, S.P., Manu, P and Sreekumar, B. 2004. Occurrence of Southern Green Calotes Calotes calotes in Vembanad region. Malabar Trogon, 2 (3): 2.

Raju, D.V. and Narayanan, S.P. 2008. Odonata fauna of Kanha National Park and surrounding areas, Madhya Pradesh, India. In Proc. of  the Eighteenth International Symposium of Odonatology, Nagpur. 05^th to 09^th Novemeber 2008.

Varghese, S., Narayanan, S.P., Raj, V.M.P., Prasad, V.H. and Prasad, S.N. 2007. Analyses of wetland habitat changes and its impacts on avifauna in select districts of Indo-Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh, India between 1972 and 2004. In Proc. of  TAAL 2007 - 12^th World Lake Conference, Jaipur. 28^th October to 02^nd November 2007.

Narayanan, S.P., and Vijayan, L. 2007. Feeding rate, rhythm and prey of egrets and herons at two selected paddy fields of Vembanad wetland ecosystem. In Proc. of  3^rd Kerala Environment Congress 2007, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 8^th to10th May 2007.

Narayanan, S.P., and Bhaskar, S. 2007. Herpetofauna of the Kuttanad wetlands: southern portion of Vembanad-Kol Ramsar site (Kerala), India. In Proc. of National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-being. Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 8^th to 10^th February 2007.

Rakesh, P.S., Narayanan, S.P., and Thomas A.P. 2004. A study on the avifauna of Aymanam Panchayath, in Vembanad wetland, Kerala. In Proc. of National Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation. Department of Botany, Sanadhana Dharma College, Alappuzha, Kerala. 8th to 10^th October 2004

Sreekumar, B. and Narayanan, S.P. 2004. A comparative study on the number of wetland birds in the KTDC Tourist Complex, Kumarakom during 2001-2004. In Proc. of National Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation. Department of Botany, Sanadhana Dharma College, Alappuzha, Kerala. 8th to 10^th October 2004.

Dissertation/reports:

Narayanan, S.P. and Vijayan, L. 2004. Status and ecology of the breeding wetlandbirds in the KTDC Tourist Complex, Kumarakom, Kerala. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Narayanan, S.P. 2004. Status and ecology of the breeding wetlandbirds in the KTDC Tourist Complex, Kumarakom, Kerala. M.Sc. dissertation. School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.