LITERATURE GENERATED ON SCARABAEOIDEA (COLEOPTERA) (1986 - 2013)
DR. KAILASH CHANDRA *
SCIENTIST ‘F’ & ADD. DIRECTOR, Z.S.I., M-PLOCK, NEW ALIPORE, KOLKATA-700 035, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
After getting his Ph.D. from Krukshetra University in 1986, Dr. Kailash Chandra, started his career with Zoological Survey of India (Z.S.I.), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi and serving at Solan, Port Blair, Jabalpur as Scientist SD' finally settled at Jabalpur. While in Jabalpur Dr. Chandra promoted to Scientist ‘E’ & ‘F’ during 1911 till 2011. His lifelong period has been dedicated to a study of diversified & fascinating group of Scarabaeid Beetles. Although, during this tenure, he undertook 37 surveys to Wildlife sanctuaries, Biospheres & Reserve forests including to Antarctica during 2001-2002 and Asian Lepidoptera Conservation at Hongkong in 2006. Dr. Chandra guided several Ph.D. students and wrote 257 research papers, a few important recent papers published in the reputed entomology journals, are listed as under Chandra, K. 1986.