C.V. of Professor Dr. Ganesh N. Vankhede

Name: Ganesh Nanu VankhedeDate of Birth: 17th August, 1951 at Raver in Jalgaon district of old Khandesh, India (Passed on 1st July 2016, Amravati, India)

Scientific degrees:B.Sc in 1972 in ZoologyM.Sc in 1974 in Cell Biology and FisheriesPh.D. in 1990 in “degradation and accumulation of pesticides in freshwater ecosystem and its effect on oxygen consumption by some indicator species”

Title of Post: Professor and Ex. Head of Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati-444-602

Permanent Address: Jawade Residency, in front of State Bank of India, Camp, Amravati - 444 602e-mail: vganeshan2001@rediffmail.comWeb: indianarachnology.comPhone: 91-721-2553521 (R) 09822227738

Academic Qualification: Ph.D.; M.Sc.(First class); B.Sc.(Hons.)

Experience in the field of Higher Education Teaching and Research: 40 Years

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No. of Research Publications: 40 i) National: 32 ii) International: 08 iii) Participation in International Conferences: 04 (in Japan, Poland, Laos, Thailand) iv) Participation in National Conferences: 56 Symposia/Seminars v) Invited Talks: 43 vi) Chairing of sessions: 52

Research projects completed (own + in Collaboration): 08

No. of Students awarded Ph.D. under the Supervision: 25

Books Published: 14

Awards/Honors: (i) Sanctuary-Royal Bank of Scotland Wild Life service Award – 2010

(ii) Kirloskar Vasundhara Sanman Award by International Film Festival 2012

Organization of Conferences / Training Courses:International: 2 (20 days training course in Environmental Education as tool for wild life

conservation); 3rd Asian Conference of Asian Society of ArachnologyNational: 3 (Recent Trends in Life Sciences, Stem cell convention and 30 years of

Project Tiger)Workshops: 6 National workshops on spider taxonomy

Research Projects completed: 09 a. Major Research Projects completed: 1. Macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of pollution in rivers from Satpuda 2. Spider diversity in agroecosystems of Vidarbha 3. Diversity and microhabitats used by spiders in dry deciduous forests of central India.

b. Experience to lead important research projects in collaboration:(1) Parasites of wild animals in Melghat Tiger Reserve : a coprological survey (Dept.

of Forest)(2) Prey-predator relationship in wild animals from Melghat (Deptt. of Forest)(3) Environment Impact Assessment of the proposed Upper Tapi Project - stage-II

(in collaboration with Satpuda Foundation)-2002-2005(4) Environment Impact Assessment of the proposed minor irrigation project on

Bhadak Nalla in Yawal Sanctuary (in collaboration with BNHS, Mumbai)- 2005-2006

(5) Environment Impact Assessment of the proposed major irrigation project

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on Human River near Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Project (in collaboration with BNHS,Mumbai) 2004

(6) Environment Impact Assessment of iron ore mining at Surjagad, Itapalli. Membership of National and Internationals Research Associations:

(i) Life Member of International Society of Arachnology, USA (ii) Life member of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai(iii) Life Member of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology

and Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Japan (iv) Life member of Academy of Environmental Biology, Lucknow(v) Life Member of Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkatta and Convener of

Indian Science Congress Association Amravati Chapter(vi) Life Member and Director of Asian Society of Arachnology(vii) President, Indian Society of Arachnology(viii) Life member, Asian Society of Arachnology

Membership of University Bodies:(i) Member, Management Council, SGB Amravati University 2005-2008)

(ii) Member, Senate, SGB Amravati University (2005-2010) (iii) Co-ordinator, IQAC, SGB Amravati University

(iv) Member, Board of Studies in Zoology, Amravati University(v) Member, Board of Studies in Biotechnology, Amravati University(vi) Member, Research Recognition Committee for the subject Environmental

Science, SGB Amravati University and North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon(vii) Member, Research Recognition Committee for the subject Zoology, SGB

Amravati University and Nagpur University (viii) as Member, Management Council, and Finance Committee Government

Engineering College, Amravati (2009-2016) (ix) Council member, Asian Society of Arachnology

Worked as subject Expert: Worked as member of selection committee to select Professor of Zoology in Central University, Sagar (MP) and in Marathwada University, Aurangabad.

Major Extracurricular Activities:(i) Member-in-Charge, University Employment Information, Self-Employment

and Guidance Bureau, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University(ii) Coordinator, Pre-examination Coaching Centre, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati

University (iii) Coordinator, NAAC Committee, SGB Amravati University-2010

(iv) Looked after the State Eligibility Test for lectureship from 1996 to 2013 as contact person

(v) In Charge Ph.D. Aptitude Test (2004 to 2013)(vi) Convener, Indian Science Congress Association Amravati Chapter

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Major achievements:1. Recorded 68 new spider species from India and a collection of 1569 spider species

from Central India.2. Member to assess the status of coal mines and thermal power station establishment

and their effects on wild life. Through National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), New Delhi

3. Consultancy of 6.8 lakh for the year 2012-2013, in the field of Environment Impact Assessment.

4. Received Sanctuary-Royal Bank of Scotland award for wildlife services (2010).5. Received KirloskarVasundhara international award 2012.6. As a council member on Asian Society of Arachnology.7. Worked as host scientist under the DST scheme, “CV Raman scholarship for African

Researchers”.

Papers published in last years:1. Vankhede, Ganesh Nanu (2011). Conservation of spiders in India In: Arthropods and their

Conservation in India (Insects & Spiders) 14: 54.2. Bodkhe, A.K. and G.N. Vankhede (2012). On two new species of spiders of the genus

Oxyopes Latreille from central India (Arachnida: Araneae: Oxyopidae). Indian J. Arachnol, 1(1): 150-155.

3. Seema Keswani and Ganesh Vankhede (2012). Redescription of little known Theraphosid spider, Chilobrachys assamensis Hirst, 1909. Indian J. Arachnol, 1(2): 24-29.

4. Priyanka Hadole and Ganesh Vankhede (2012). Spiders for erradication of vector borne diseases. Indian J. Arachnol, 1(2): 59-62.

5. Ganesh Vankhede, Seema Keswani and Anuradha Rajoria (2013). A New Species of the Spider Genus Hygropoda (Araneae: Pisauridae) from India. Indian J. Arachnol, 2(1): 52-60.

6. Seema Keswani and Ganesh Vankhede (2013). Lipocrea epeiroides (O. P. Cambridge,1872), a new record (Araneae : Araneidae) from India. Indian J. Arachnol, 2(2): 66-72.

7. Seema Keswani and Ganesh Vankhede (2014). Diversity, population and habitat used by spiders in banana agro-ecosystems. Indian J. Arachnol, 3(1): 22-27.

8. Seema Keswani and Ganesh Vankhede (2014). Description of one new species of the genus Clubiona (Araneae: Clubionidae) from India. Indian J. Arachnol, 3(2): 35-40.

9. Ganesh Vankhede, Priyanka Hadole and Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy (2016). Spiders: Diversity, distribution and conservation. In: Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics. Springer Singapore, pp. 139-164. DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1518-2

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Encouragement of young researchers is one of his unforgettable characters. Professor Ganesh Vankhede encouraged them to study and to be scientists for the sake of both, their country India, and the whole world. (Hisham El-Hennawy 2016)