Ants of India  


About (Dr Himender Bharti)

"yeh jafae-gham ka chara, woh najate-dil ka aalam,
tera husan daste eesa, teri yaad ru-ae-mariyam,
   lo suni gai hamari, yun phire hein din ke phir se,
vahi gosh-ae-qafas hei, vahi fasle gul ka matam."
                                                                                                                      Faiz Ahmed Faiz  

Focal Interest:Evolutionary Biology

Research Group: Ants (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation)

Education: M.Sc. M.Phil. Ph.D.

Hobbies: Trekking; Reading quality literary works and any work related with natural history;Urdu poetry; Interest in Ecology, Evolution, Physiology and Genetics

Favourite Language: Urdu (can read and write)-
talakh(h) kar di hei jisne zindagi,                                                                                                       
kitni meethi zuban hei pyare!
Favourite Poets and Singers: Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmed Faraz, Mirza Ghalib, Mehdi Hassan, Farida Khanum, Nayyara Noor, Iqbal Bano, Abida Parveen and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Favourite places: Himalaya, Natural History Museum, London and Harvard University, Boston
Present Address: Department of Zoology, Punjabi University Patiala , Punjab , India , 147002

"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
                                                                                                                                      Dobzhansky
Research Collaborations/Associations

President ANeT(International network for study of Asian ants) 

Database of Indian Ants (California Academy of Sciences)

Ants of India (Harvard University)

Red listing of Ants

Pheidole working group

Global Ant Project

DNA barcoding with Dr Carsten Bruhl, University of Landau, Germany and Dr. Noriko Azuma Division of Marine Life Science Faculty and Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences Hokkaido University 3-1-1 Minato Hakodate 041-8611 JAPAN

Insect Biodiversity Network for Asia


Organisation for Conservation and Study of Biodiversity(NGO)

Editor(Halteres and Asian Myrmecology)


Taxon Editor


ANTS IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN ASIA


Mountain Forum


Antbase.org 

Research Projects (Already completed)
>Young Scientist project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 1999 to study diversity of ants from North-Western India
>Second Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2001 to study diversity of ants from India
 >Third Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2005 to study Ant Diversity of Himalayas : A Fragile Ecosystem
 Research Projects (ongoing)
a)Social Parasitism in Himalayan Ants and their Speciation Patterns (Major Research Project sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi) 
b)Study of ant species abundance and composition with respect to functional groups from lower Siwalik range of North-west Himalaya (Major Research Project sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi)
c) ICAR Network Project on Insect Systematics (Major Research Project sanctioned by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi)
d)Evaluation/trials on Imidacloprid 0.03% Ant Gel-Maxforce Quantum (Research Project sanctioned by Bayer Crop Science limited) 

 

 

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