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Prof . Jharna Chakravorty

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Professor, Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University

scopus 24460705800 researcher KBR-0616-2024

Expertise

Publications

Total Articles 32
Books 1
Proceedings 0

Publications 1992-2022

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Citations 759
h-index 14

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Citations 216
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Honours and Awards

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Professional Recognition

2023

Institutional Animal Ethical Committee, Rajiv Gandhi University

Member
2016

Finance Committee, Rajiv Gandhi University

Member
2015

Faculty of Life Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University

Dean
2009

Dept. of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University

Head of the Department
2009

Dept. of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University

Head of the Department
2009

Academic Council, Rajiv Gandhi University

Member
2009

Academic Council, Rajiv Gandhi University

Member

Senkenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Chairperson of International Conference on Biodiversity

Bio

Applied entomology

Personal Details

  • Female
  • Rajiv Gandhi University
  • Doimukh - 791112
Ph.D.
Other Institute 1991
Post Doctoral Fellow
Other Institute 1991
Professor 1999 – Present
Rajiv Gandhi University
Research Associate 1998 – 1999
Madurai Kamraj University
Research Associate 1996 – 1998
Madurai Kamraj University
Visiting Faculty 1995 – 1996
Madurai Kamraj University

Related Profiles

Organisations (32+)

Bomken Kamdak

Rajiv Gandhi University

Avicha

Dr Avicha Tangjang

Rajiv Gandhi University

Dr Kakali Goswami

Rajiv Gandhi University

Dr Jumyir Basar

Rajiv Gandhi University

Jyoti

Dr Jyoti Jaiswal

Rajiv Gandhi University

Dr Jharna Chakravorty

Rajiv Gandhi University

Dr Dharmeshwari Lourembam

Rajiv Gandhi University

Prof Elizabeth Hangsing

Rajiv Gandhi University

Duyi

Dr Duyi Samyor

Rajiv Gandhi University

Prof Elizabeth Hangsing

Rajiv Gandhi University

Scholarly Work

Documentation of ethnic food resources and evaluation of nutritional content of wild animal food resources and their role in primary health care of Arunachal Pradesh North East India

Funding Agency: IFS (Sweden)

PI

10000$/year

2003 - 2006

Completed
Documentation of ethnic invertebrate food resources and evaluation of nutritional content and their role in primary health care of selected tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Funding Agency: GBPIHED

PI

Rs. 399000

2005 - 2008

Completed
Biosystematics of Thrips (Thysanoptera: Insecta) with special reference to agriculture and forest habitats of West Kameng , East Kameng and Papumpare districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India

Mentor

Rs. 1162000

2008 - 2011

Completed
Studies on Edible Insects of Arunachal Tribe (In Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany)

Funding Agency: Ministry of Science & Technology, Dept. of Biotechnology

Overseas short term Associateship

USD 2400/pm (Fellows

2010 - 2010

Completed
Diversity, abundance of edible Coleoptera and Orthoptera among the Arunachal tribe and evaluation of nutritional, antinutritional components of selective species

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

PI

500000

2012 - 2015

Completed
Chemical Ecology of North-East Region (NER) of India: A Collaborative Programme linking NER and Bangalore Researchers

Funding Agency: DBT

PI

Rs. 33454000

2015 - 2020

Completed
Sequencing Genome of Apis laboriosa with special focus on chemosensory receptor and circadian clock gene

Funding Agency: DBT

PI

Rs. 3535000

2015 - 2018

Completed
Predator Prey Interaction: Chemical Defense in Hemiptera: Pentatomidae bug (the gondhi bug) and its glandular secretions

Funding Agency: DBT

PI

Rs. 11521000

2021 Present

Working
Historical Account of Entomophagy among the Ethnic communities of Arunachal Pradesh

Funding Agency: INSA

PI

400000

2021 Present

Working

Impact of Industrial Effluents on the Water Quality and Planktonic Diversity of Disan River at Namrup in Assam.

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2011

Studies on Nutritional and Nutraceutical Potential of Selected Edible Entomofauna Among the Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2013

Documentation and Biochemical Studies on Edible Entomo-fauna of Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2017

Assessment of nutritional and anti-nutritional components in edible silkworm species from Dhemaji district of Assam, India

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2018

Assessment of nutritional potential of Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) from Arunachal Pradesh: Perspective on Seasonal and altitudinal variation

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2018

Biochemical Composition of Some Selected Terrestrial and Aquatic Edible Insects of Arunachal Pradesh: A Perspective on Nutritional Value.

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2019

Studies on Biochemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity in Food Insects of Arunachal Pradesh

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2022

Edible Insects of Arunachal Pradesh: Perspective on Chemical Composition and Immunomodulatory Effects of Insects on Animal Model.

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2023

Biomonitoring of Edible Insect of Arunachal Pradesh in vivo: Perspective on Biochemical and Cytogenic study

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2023

Comparative morphological and genomic studies on the two giant honey bee Apis laboriosa (Smith, 1871) and Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) with a focus on population in the Eastern Himalayas

University Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills
Year 2023
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Scholarly Publications

Zootherapeutic uses of animals and their parts: an important element of the traditional knowledge of the Tangsa and Wancho of eastern Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India

 Article
2020 Volume: 22, Issue: 5, Pages: 4699-4734.
Authors: Jharna Chakravorty , Jharna Chakravorty
DOI 10.1007/s10668-019-00404-6
30 citations

Arunachal's Adi and Apatani tribes' traditional knowledge of harvesting and using edible insects

 Serial
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed · 2019 Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-135.
Authors: Jharna Chakravorty , Jharna Chakravorty
DOI 10.3920/JIFF2018.0019
14 citations

Species composition and elevational distribution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille) In The East Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Open Access
 Serial
ZooKeys · 2019 Volume: 2019, Issue: 851, Pages: 71-89.
Authors: Himender Bharti , Jharna Chakravorty , Jharna Chakravorty
DOI 10.3897/zookeys.851.32956
28 citations

An ethnographic account of the role of edible insects in the adi tribe of arunachal pradesh, North-East India

 Book Chapter
2018 Pages: 35-54.
Authors: Jharna Chakravorty , Jharna Chakravorty
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-74011-9_3
15 citations
1 citation

Nutritional and anti-nutritional composition of Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Odontotermes sp. (Isoptera: Termitidae): Two preferred edible insects of Arunachal Pradesh, India

 Article
2016 Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 711-720.
Authors: Jharna Chakravorty , Jharna Chakravorty
DOI 10.1016/j.aspen.2016.07.001
102 citations
24 citations