Education
1. B.Sc. in Zoology ,
Pub Kamrup College (Gauhati University), Assam, 2016
2. M.Sc. in Life Science (Zoology),
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, Odisha , 2018
3. PhD: ATREE Bangalore & MAHE Manipal, Karnataka, Title:
Systematics of the select land snail genera of the Indian region, Ongoing
Professional Experience
- September 2022- onwards, Assistant Professor ,
Kamrup College , Chamata, Nalbari, Assam
- August 2020-January 2022, Senior Research Fellow ,
ATREE , Bangalore, Karnataka
- August 2018- July 2020, Junior Research Fellow,
ATREE , Bangalore, Karnataka
Research Interests
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Malacology (Non-marine), Taxonomy and Systematics, Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography, Ecology, Wildlife Biology
Memberships
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Student Member at the Malacological Society of Australasia (MSA); 2022- 2024
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Student Member at the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC); 2020-21, 23-24
Achievements
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2018: GATE (Life Sciences; AIR 1488) | 2017: Joint CSIR-UGC NET (Life Science; AIR 79, Lectureship) | 2016: IIT-JAM (Biological Sciences; AIR 482)
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New species described: 2 species of land microsnails
FIP/FDP/other courses
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12th Online One Month Faculty Induction Programme organized by the UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2023
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One Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) On Research Methodology and Academic Publication Organized By
Department of Education & Department of Economics In collaboration with IQAC, Kamrup College, Chamata, 2022
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One Week FDP On Research Methodology and Preparing a High Impact Research Paper Organized By IQAC, SSM in collaboration with ICT Academy., 2022
Research Grants/Travel Grants
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Early-Career Research Award 2022 from the Malacological Society of London, UK; (£1,500)
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ATBC Global Support Grants 2023 from The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)
Popular articles
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NK Das (2020). Invertebrates: High diversity but low on conservation agenda. ecoNE.
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A Roy, NK Das, N Malakar, DD Tamang (2020). Reciprocity in Research through Citizen Scientists’ perspective. Medium blog.
Research articles (Peer reviewed)
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NK Das, B Páll-Gergely, & NA Aravind. (2022). Redescription and range extension of two carnivorous micro-snail species of the genus Sinoennea (Gastropoda: Strepaxoidea: Diapheridae) from Northeast India. Journal of Conchology, 44(4): 397-405.
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NK Das, B Páll-Gergely, F Naggs, RC Preece, TS White & NA Aravind. (2021). Redescription of Acmella tersa (Benson, 1853), the type species of Acmella W.T. Blanford, 1869 (Gastropoda: Assimineidae), from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Molluscan Research, 41(4): 324-331.
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NK Das & NA Aravind. (2021). A new species from the Genus Georissa Blanford, 1864 (Gastropoda, Neritimorpha, Hydrocenidae) from a limestone cave of Meghalaya, Northeast India. Journal of Conchology, 44(2): 93-101.
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NK Das & NA Aravind. (2021). A new species of land snail from the genus Diplommatina Benson, 1849 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Diplommatinidae) from Sikkim Himalaya, North East India. Molluscan Research, 41(3): 262–268.
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A Jadhav, NK Das, M Sil, & NA Aravind (2023). Snails on the plate: Edible freshwater molluscs of Northeast India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 22(2): 409-419.
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BB Mahapatra, NK Das, A Jadhav, A Roy, & NA Aravind. (2023) Global freshwater mollusc invasion: pathways, potential distribution, and niche shift. Hydrobiologia.
Book Chapters
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NK Das, H Kakati, P Kalita & M Barthakur. (2015). Effects of Transfuthrin in olfactory memory of swiss albino mice using
Buried Food Test. In: Proceedings of national seminar on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research
in North East India, pp 238-244 (ISBN: 978-81-93152-50-8).
Semi-technical articles (Non peer reviewed)
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NK Das & NA Aravind. (2021). Bibliometric analysis on Indian non-marine molluscan research. The Malacologist, Bulletin of The Malacological Society of London, 76: 12 (ISSN 1759-1406)
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A Jadhav, NK Das & NA Aravind. (2020). Edible freshwater molluscs from Northeast India. Tentacle, 28: 3-4. (ISSN 0958-5079).
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NK Das (2023). Non-marine molluscs of anthropogenically impacted caves of Meghalaya: understanding diversity and threats for conservation. The Malacologist, Bulletin of The Malacological Society of London, 81 (ISSN 1759-1406)
