B. Anjan Kumar Prusty
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Designation: Professor
Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Phone No.: 8780978137
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9917-1672
VIDWAN ID: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/295862
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Dr. B. Anjan Kumar Prusty, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environment Studies, and presently the Head of the Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences for his works on environmental biogeochemistry with emphasis on heavy metal speciation in wetlands from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore....
His areas of research interests include conservation ecology, wetlands, contaminant transfer models, river basins (environmental flow and contaminant budgeting, aquatic ecosystem health), environmental impact assessment (monitoring and planning and eco-sensitive areas), ecotoxicology (contaminants in matrices such as water and soil and environmental health implications). He has served in different capacities (Scientist/Senior Scientist) in different research Institutions in the country, viz., Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History and Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, and has also worked in collaboration with different research groups from other countries including Mexico, Spain, Tunisia. He has been in the field of Research for more than 20 years. He is involved in designing and teaching modules in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability Studies in various universities including Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India. He is a member of academic, scientific and professional bodies such as UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP), IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group (WHSP) and IUCN Goose Specialist Group (GSP), Life Member of Ethological Society of India (ESI), and a former EIA Coordinator and Functional Area Expert for carrying out EIA and Environmental Auditing projects. He has successfully completed more than 20 R&D projects funded by various Indian and International Funding agencies (SERB-DST, CSIR, MoES, MoEF&CC, Planning Commission of India, Forest & Wildlife Dept. of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharasthra; UNICEF, UNESCO), and Environmental Consultancy Projects sponsored by various industries and state government departments including UT Administration of Puducherry, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, till date. Currently, he has one ongoing R&D project funded by the Science & Technology Dept. of Govt. of Odisha. He has published more than 50 research articles in Journals of repute, more than 20 book chapters and several papers in conference proceedings. Dr Prusty has participated and develived talks in more than 20 international conferences held in India and other countries such as China, Thailand, Mexico, Sweden. His student supervisions include 03 PhD scholars (01 completed, 02 ongoing) and around 30 MSc and BTech dissertations.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecotoxicology and Conservation Ecology
Research Publications citations
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Dissertations/Theses Supervised:
Completed – 01
Mr. Soumya Ranjan Mishra removal of metals from contaminated soil through phytoextraction: Impact of amendments, metal concentrations and soil fractions. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KSKV Kachchh University, Bhuj.
Ongoing – 03
Mr. Sakti Prasad Pattnayak population dynamics and ecology of White-bellied Sea Eagle at selected locations in the coastal region of Odisha. Subject – Environmental Science, Department of Natural Resources Management and Geoinformatics, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha (Funding: Odisha State Higher Education Council (OSHEC) Research Fellowship, Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, and UGC-JRF, New Delhi).
Mr. Ashis Kumar Das Nesting Beach fidelity and Habitat utilisation of olive Ridley sea turtles along Rushikulya Rookery of Odisha coast, India. Subject – Environmental Science, Department of Natural Resources Management and Geoinformatics, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha (Funding: Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India, New Delhi)
Ms. Priyanka Jena Non-invasive biomarker development for assessment of Organochlorine pesticide contamination in Blackbuck. Subject – Environmental Science, Department of Natural Resources Management and Geoinformatics, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha (Funding: INSPIRE Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi)
Completed – 32; Ongoing – 02
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Professional Accreditations/recognitions:
Member, Emerging Pollutants in Water and Wastewater; UNESCO – International Hydrological Programme
Member, IUCN – Species Survival Commission, Wildlife Health Specialist Group & Goose Specialist Group IUCN: Commission on Ecosystem Management
NABET (National Accreditation Board for Education and Training) approved
Life Member, Ethological Society of India
Member, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai