DR. MRIGANKA SHEKHAR SARKAR

Ecology:Population ecology, Landscape ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Animal movement, Radio telemetry, Spatial statistics, Reintroduction biology

Genetics: Population genetics, Conservation genetics, Landscape genetics

• B.Sc. in Genetics from Indian Academy Degree College (Bangalore University), Bengaluru, Karnataka in 2004.
• M.Sc. in Applied Genetics from M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts Science and Commerce(Bangalore University), Bengaluru, Karnataka in 2007.
• Post graduate diploma in bio-techniques from Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengaluru, Karnataka in 2009.
• Ph.D. (Zoology) from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand and University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal in 2017.

• Turkey (Istanbul)   United Kingdom (Lancaster, London)   Italy (Rome)

National Scholarship on merit (Madhyamic Pariksha), West Bengal, India, 2002.

M.S Ramaiah Prize for Academic Excellence, 2006 and 2007, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Certificate of appreciation by Former Environment & Forest Minister: Dr. Jayram Ramesh, for participation in Tiger Reintroduction programme at Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya- pradesh, New Delhi, India, 2011.

Achieved Honorary Certificate and Gold Medal given by Madhya-pradesh Forest Department for participation and contribution in Tiger Reintroduction programme at Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya-pradesh, India, 2014.

UGC – International travel grant offered by Calcutta University |Rs. 50,000/-| for presenting paper “Colonization pattern and growth of Reintroduced Tiger (Panthera tigris) population at Central India” in an International Conference ICWERC 2016 : 18th International Conference on Wildlife Ecology, Rehabilitation and Conservation held in Istanbul, Turkey during February, 15-16, 2016.

Early career international travel grant– offered by Science Engineering Research Board – DST |Rs. 83,066/-| for presenting paper “Multiscale statistical approach to assess habitat suitability and connectivity of Common Leopard (Panthera pardus) in a part of Kailash Sacred Landscape, Western Himalaya, India” in an International Conference ‘Spatial Statistics 2017: One World: One Health’ during 04 th July -7 th July in Lancaster, United Kingdom.

National Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Offered by Science Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

CSIR- International travel grant – June 2018 (Not availed).

NACCB 2018 – Society for Conservation Biology North America: Financial Assistance Award – June 2018 (Not availed).

Italian Government Scholarships (2018-2019): Visiting post-doctoral fellow at Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin"(La Sapienza - Università di Roma) during October 2018- March 2019.

Broad Subject Area	Specialization	Sector
Ecology, Genetics	Population ecology, Landscape ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Animal movement, Radio telemetry, Spatial statistics, Reintroduction biology, Population genetics, Conservation genetics, Landscape genetics	Biodiversity conservation

Sl.No.	Category	Numbers
	Peer reviewed report	5
	Peer reviewed papers	12
	Book chapter	1
	Book/Ph.D. Thesis	2

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Technical Skills

Instruments : PCR, Gel electrophoresis, Genetic analyser, GPS, Instruments of radio-telemetry, Camera traps. Softwares : Remote sensing and GIS tools, Programming in R

• Hobbies:    : Fine Arts (Painting)
• Sports:    :Badminton, Chess