NAME WITH DESIGNATION Dr. Rahul Kumar Datta ;

                                               Associate Professor & HOD, Dept. of Zoology, JRC

 Contact:dattarahulkumar@gmai.com

Teaching Experience : 26 years (22 years in WBES)

Teaching interest- Non chordate, Vertebrate, Evolution, Mendelian Genetics, Ecology, Economic Zoology including fisheries

Research interest- Ecology & Fishery

Work experience 

Professional Recognition / Award / Prize / Certificate, Fellowship received by the applicantPublications:

Books/ Reports/ Chapters/ General articles etc

 Completed Projects

Administrative Experience, Membership & Training :  Acting as Head, Department of Zoology, ABN Seal coochbehar (2009-2011), Bethune College (2013) & Jhargram Raj college (2019- till date), IQAC coordinator, Jhargram Raj College(2021 July- till date)

Member/Advisory board (if any)

1. Life Member- The Zoological Society, Kolkata [35, B.C. Road, Kolkata- 700 019]
2. Life Member- Indian Science News Association [92, A.P.C. Roy Rd., Kolkata-700 009]

Participation, Presentation, Chaired Technical Session on Seminars, Conferences, Symposia, Workshop etc.

1. Attended & presented more than 30 Seminars/conferences/Symposia/workshops including 1 OP, 2 RC & 1 STC
2. Chaired technical session in seminar as Rapporteur 4 Invited lectures 
3. Invited speaker at 5 days Training on Intensive Aquaculture & Hatchery Management under NFDB for year 2011-12 (Duration of Training 3.9.12-7.9.12) under Govt. of West Bengal at Meen Bhavan Training Hall, Cooch Behar. Topic –food, feeding habit & Induced breeding of Indigenous Species of North Bengal. Dated 06.09.2012
4. Invited speaker on “Ecological Principles from organism to population : an overview” on 26.8.2017 at Durgapur Government College, Durgapur
5. Invited speaker on “Effects and Management of Domestic and Biomedical Wastes: A Glimpse” on 28.8.2018 at UGC sponsored one day seminar on   “Environmental Hazards and Waste Management’’ organized by Department of Zoology, Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya, Purba Medinipur
6. Invited speaker on  “Present environmental scenario: where are we heading with wastes” in webinar on World environment day, on 5.6.2021, organized by MRGHS, Gobardanga Renaissance Institute, BNHS, SGBV

Major Publications: 13

1. Datta, R.K. and Mandal, D.R., 2004. Global warming, climate change and aftermath-Procedings: Impact of Civilization on Environment. Published by Jhargram Raj College, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur. 86-88
2. Datta, R.K., Sengupta, M., Das, P., Patra, B. and Mandal, D.R., 2008. A simple device for sampling of Benthic fauna in shallow water body: Zoological Research in Human Welfare (49) : 467-472
3. Mukherjee, A., Datta, R. K., Sharma, M., Sengupta, M., Das, P., Chatterjee, R., Sikdar, S., Biswas, T. and Mandal D.R. 2009. Zooplankton diversity of selected sewage fed & fresh water Fishery ponds in East Kolkata wetland. Recent Advances in Animal Science Research. Vol V. 626 [ISBN 81-88094-19-9]
4. Datta, R.K., Sengupta, M., Das, P., Sikdar, S., Kundu, I. Mandal, D. and Chatterjee,  R.2009. A Study  on Community Composition and Species Diversity of Gastropods of Sewage Fed & Fresh Water Fishery ponds (bheri) around  Kolkata. Recent Advances in Animal Science Research. Vol V. 627    [ISBN 81-88094-19-9]
5. Biswas, R., Sarkar, A., Sarkar, S., Datta, R.K. and Jha, P. 2010. Aquatic macrophytes of Cooch Behar’s Reservoirs. Trends in Biosciences 3(1): 86-87 [ISSN: 0974-8431 (Print) 0976- 2485 (Online)]
6. Chakraborty, R., Dey, D., Pal, D., Adhikary, P., Pande, P., Datta, R.K., Biswas, R.and Majumdar, M. 2010. A Review on Aquatic Macrophytes and its effects on Fish in Wetlands of West Bengal, India. BN Seal J.Sci. Vol 3. 71-79 [ISSN 0975-5624]
7. Datta, R.K., Majumdar, M., Das, A., Mitra, E., Chakraborty, S. and Das, K. 2011. A study on diversity of fishes from different water bodies around Cooch Behar.  ABN Seal J.Sci. Vol 4. 46-49 [ISSN 0975-5624]
8. Datta, R.K., Mukherjee, A., Saha, S. and Chatterjee, A. 2013. Histological study of   gut structure in herbivorous and omnivorous fish. Indian journal of social & natural science, Vol. 2(1) : 61-68 [ISSN 2277-6177]
9. Datta, R.K., Saha, S., Das, K. and Banerjee, A. 2014. An observation of different Physico-chemical parameter of water and some avifauna at Rasik Bill, Cooch  Behar. Heritage. Vol. 1. 95-98 [ISSN 2349-9583]
10. Datta, R.K. 2015. Fish diversity around Cooch Behar: A brief account.  Heritage. Vol. 2. 138-140 [ISSN 2349-9583]
11. Paul, S., Raha, P. and Datta, R.K. 2016. Evolution of Innate Immune system from  invertebrates to vertebrates. Heritage. Vol. 3. 138-140 [ISSN 2349-9583]
12. Lahiri, A., Mukhopadhyay , T. and Datta, R.K. 2016.  Effect of Water Pollution in Bringing Histopathological Changes in Liver of Fish Around Barrackpore    Dupleix Journal of Basic and Applied Science. Vol. 1(1). 1-9
13. Kar, A., Dey, A. and Datta, R.K. 2017. Effect of surrounding environmental conditions on the soil of Bethune college campus. Heritage. Vol. 4. 179-184 [ISSN 2349-9583]

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1.  Bengali Text book for class IX (Published in 2014)
2.  English Question-Answer book for B.Sc. General Zoology (Published in 2015)