Swami Mahaprajnananda

Personal Details & Contact:

1. Monastic member of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission  2. Presently Serving at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira as  Vice Principal (Offg.)  Hostel Superintendent  Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty, Department of Zoology  3. Belur Math, Howrah – 711202, West Bengal Landline: 033 2645 9181/ 2654 9632 Mobile: +91 9831098740 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]  Academic Qualification: M.Sc. (C.U.), B.Ed. (C.U), Ph.D (RKMVERI)

Teaching Experience:

1. Undergraduate Level: 7 years (Zoology, Environmental Science) 2. Post Graduate Level: 2 years (Environmental Science)

Area of Interest:

1. Molecular Genetics 2. Biodiversity, Conservation Biology 3. Biocontrol of Pests & Agricultural Arachnology

Research Activities:

1. Ph.D Thesis title: “Riceland Spiders (Araneae: Arenidae) of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India”. Supervisor: Prof. D. Raychaudhuhri, RKMVERI & Former Head, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta.

2. Worked as a Research Student in the Project (UGC) “Diversity & Threats to the Migratory Birds in some Important Wetlands of South Bengal” under the supervision of Prof. T.N. Khan, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata.

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Paper Presentation:

1. Presented paper entitled “Araneidae: A Remarkable Orb-Weaving Group in the Riceland Ecosystem of South 24- Parganas, West Bengal, India” in the UGC sponsored National Seminar “Biodiversity: Exploration, Exploitation, Conservation & Management – Vision & Mission” Organised by Barasat Govt. College in collaboration with the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) & West Bengal Biodiversity Board (19th – 20th November, 2016)

Training Programmes/Conferences/Seminars attended:

1. One-day International Seminar on “Recent Trends in Microbiology” Organised by - Department of Microbiology, RKM Vidyamandira (14th January, 2017).

2. “Consultation Programme on Reviewing Teacher Education Programme Based on National Curriculum Framework, 2005” Organized by - Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira & State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), WB (19th January, 2007)

3. “Symposium on Molecular Medicine & Health (9th ADNAT Convention: 30th ISHG Conference)” organized by - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India (20th – 23rd February, 2005)

4. “Mangrove Based Aquaculture / Agriculture / Ecology Training” Organized by - Central Indian Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), Kolkata Centre & National Fellow Scheme, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) (14th – 23rd September, 2004 )

5. “Training Workshop on Faunal Biodiversity of India” (November’2003) Organized by – the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), ENVIS-EMCB Centre; Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India & Maulana Azad College, Govt. of West Bengal 21st January,

List of Articles Published:

1. Neoscona Simon, 1864, the ‘True Orb Weavers’ in Ricelands of Gangetic Delta, South 24- Parganas, West Bengal, India, Debarshi Basu, Tapan Kumar Roy and Dinendra Raychaudhuri, Species, Vol. 18, No. 59, (April – June, 2017) 62 – 76. ISSN: 2319 – 5746, IF: 1.40

2. Rice Land inhabiting Long Jawed Orb Weavers, Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Tetragnathidae: Araneae) of South 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India, Debarshi Basu and Dinendra Raychaudhuri, World Scientific News, Vol. 55 (2016) 210-239. EISSN: 2392 – 2192, IC Value (2015): 90.87

3. Araneidae: A Remarkable Orb-weaving Group in the Rice Land Ecosystem of South 24 - Parganas, West Bengal, India, Debarshi Basu and Dinendra Raychaudhuri, Proc. UGC Nat. Sem. Barasat Govt. College, Kolkata, India, 19-20th Nov., 2016. World Scientific News, Poland, Vol.71 (2017):138 – 144. ISSN: 2392 – 2192, IC Value (2015): 90.87

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4. Importance of Spiders in Riceland Ecosystem: A Brief Review, Debarshi Basu and Dinendra Raychaudhuri, BIONOTES, Vol. 17(3), Sept, 2015, 61-65. ISSN: 0972 – 1800.

5. The Genetics of Rarity and Extinction, Debarshi Basu, S.C. dasgupta, S,K. Das and T.N. Khan, Tribal World, Vol.1(2011), Orion Press International. ISBN: 81 – 88094 – 12 – 9.

6. A preliminary observation on diversity and threats to the survival of migratory waterfowls in Santragachhi -Wetland- an avian abode near Kolkata, T.N. Khan, A. Sinha, Debarshi Basu and S. Chakraborty, Journal of Natural History,Vol.1(2005), No. 1., 56-67.

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