DR. ARUN M. KHURAD
DIRECTOR

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
 

B.SC. BIOLOGY NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR, INDIA 1972
M.SC. ZOOLOGY (ENTOMOLOGY) NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR, INDIA 1974
PH.D. ZOOLOGY (INSECT ENDOCRINES) NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR, INDIA 1979
PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
PROFESSOR - DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR 2000-TILL DATE
READER - DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR 1991-2000
LECTURER - DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR 1977-1991
EXPERIENCE:
 

TEACHING: 34 YEARS
RESEARCH: 36 YEARS
 

RESEARCH INTEREST: INSECT PEST CONTROL, SERICULTURE, INSECT CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE, INSECT PATHOLOGY, BUTTERFLY BIODIVERSITY
RESEARCH GUIDANCE:
40 M. SC. STUDENTS
13 M. PHIL. STUDENTS
PH. D. AWARDED- 13 STUDENTS, 03 SUBMITTED, AND 02 WORKING
POST DOCTORAL STUDENT: 01-WORKED IN DST PROJECT- SR/WOS-A/LS-154/2004 (2004-

2007)

ADMINISTRATIVE:
COORDINATOR- CENTRE FOR SERICULTURE & BIOLOGICAL PEST 1995-2009
(ADDITIONAL CHARGE) MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (CSBR),
RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR
HEADSHIP - DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY,
RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR 2009-TILLDATE
DIRECTOR- BOARD OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 23 APRIL-29 MAY, 2010,
(ADDITIONAL CHARGE) DEVELOPMENT (BCUD), 06 JUNE-07JULY, 2010,
RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR 04 AUG -22 DEC 2010
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS/HONOURS:
JR. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP UGC, NEW DELHI 1974-1977
PRE PROJECT TRAINING AWARD, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE, (IDRC) CANADA MARCH-SEP 1984
A GROUP AWARD OF UNITED STATE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) AS CERTIFICATE FOR APPRECIATION ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PL-480 (US AID) PROJECT 1990
BEST TEACHER AWARD OF RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR, AUGUST 2011

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
MEMBER OF TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION, USA (1984-85)
MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF PROTOZOOLOGISTS, USA (1990-1991)
LIFE MEMBER OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF SERICULTURE, BHUBANESHWAR, ORISSA, INDIA
LIFE FELLOW OF MADHAWI SHAYAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST (FMSET) AND INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGISTS, RANCHI, JHARKHAND.
PRESIDENT OF ZOOLOGISTS WELFARE ASSOCIATION.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:
LOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER CONTROL USING MICROSPORIDIAN UNDER BIOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT PROJECT, IDRC, CANADA, PHASE-I (3-P-82-0154)1984-87 (ASSTT. SCIENTIST) COMPLETED.


LOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER CONTROL USING MICROSPORIDIAN UNDER BIOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT PROJECT, IDRC, CANADA, PHASE-II (3-P-86-0233)1987-90 (ASSTT. SCIENTIST) COMPLETED.
BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF CITRUS BLACK FLY ALEUROCANTHUS SP. BY HYMENOPTERAN PARASITES IN VIDARBHA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA, US AID PL-480-ICAR, NEW DELHI (GRANT NO. FG-IM-634) (PROJECT NO. IN-ARS-230) 1985-1988 (CO-INVESTIGATOR) COMPLETED.
RESEARCH PROJECT TO ESTABLISH CENTRE FOR SERICULTURE AND BIOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (CSBR). UGC MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT (F-11-4/88 (SR)-I (1988-1995) (CO-INVESTIGATOR) COMPLETED.
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SILKWORM CELL LINES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POTENTIAL INSECT BACULOVIRUSES. UGC MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT (F. 31-222/2005(SR) 2006-2009 (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR) COMPLETED.

LIST OF SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
(IN PEER-REVIEWED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS WITH HIGH IMPACT FACTORS)
TIPLE, A.D., KHURAD, A.M., DENNIS, R.L.H. (2011). BUTTERFLY LARVAL HOST PLANT USE IN A TROPICAL
URBAN CONTEXT: LIFE HISTORY ASSOCIATIONS, HERBIVORY, AND LANDSCAPE FACTORS. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE 11:65 AVAILABLE ONLINE: INSECTSCIENCE.ORG/11.65 (IMPACT FACTOR= 1.0)
JADHAO, M. F. AND KHURAD, A. M. (2011). COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POPULATION BUILD UP OF RICE
PLANT HOPPERS, NILAPARVATA LUGENS AND SOGATELLA FURCIFERA. PESTOLOGY 35(10): 57-64
KHURAD, A. M., BAHEKAR, R. S., TIPLE, A. D., ZHANG , ZHANG C. X AND KUSAKABE, T. (2011). EXPRESSION OF LUCIFERASE AND GREEN FLUORESCENCE PROTEIN IN NEWLY ESTABLISHED
AND OTHER BOMBYX MORI CONTINUOUS CELL LINES BY USING RECOMBINANT BMNPV BACMID.
(SUBMITTED TO TISSUE AND CELL).
WAZALWAR, S. M., RATHOD, M. K., RAI, M. M. AND KHURAD, A. M. (2010) MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE OVIPOSITOR SENSILLA OF TASAR SILKWORM, ANTHERAEA MYLITA D. (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIDAE). INT. J. WILD SILKMOTH & SILK 15: 83-86.
KHURAD, A. M., ZHANG, M. J., DESHMUKH, C. G., BAHEKAR, R. S., TIPLE, A. D. AND ZHANG C. X. (2009) A NEW CONTINUOUS CELL LINE FROM LARVAL OVARIES OF SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI. IN VITRO CELL.DEV.BIOL.—ANIMAL 45: 414-419. (IMPACT FACTOR= 1.6)
TIPLE, A.D., KHURAD, A.M. AND DENNIS, R.L.H. (2009) ADULT BUTTERFLY FEEDING–NECTAR FLOWER ASSOCIATIONS: CONSTRAINTS OF TAXONOMIC AFFILIATION, BUTTERFLY, AND NECTAR FLOWER MORPHOLOGY. J. NATURAL HISTORY 43, (13–14): 855–884. (IMPACT FACTOR=1.0)

TIPLE1, A. D., KHURAD, A. M. AND PADWAD, S. V. (2009) GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SOME LYCAENIDAE BUTTERFLIES AS REVEALED BY RAPD ANALYSIS. CYTOLOGIA 74(2): 165–169.
TIPLE, A. D., AGASHE, D.KHURAD, A. M. AND KUNTE, K. (2009). POPULATION DYNAMICS AND SEASONAL POLYPHENISM OF CHILDES PANDAVA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE) IN CENTRAL INDIA. CURRENT SCIENCE 97 (12), 1774-1779. (IMPACT FACTOR=1.0)
WAZALWAR, S. M. AND KHURAD, A. M. (2009). THE MOUTHPARTS SENSILLAE IN THE LARVAE OF TASAR SILKWORM, ANTHERAEA MYLITTA. SERCOLOGIA 49 (1): 47-57. (IMPACT FACTOR=1.0)
TIPLE, A.D., KHURAD, A.M. AND DENNIS, R.L.H. (2007). BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO A HUMAN IMPACT GRADIENT ON AN INDIAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. NOTA LEPIDOPTEROLOGICA. 30 (1): 179-188. (IMPACT FACTOR=1.0)
KHURAD, A. M., KANGINAKUDRU, S., QURESHI, S. O., RATHOD, M. K., RAI, M. M. AND NAGARAJU, J. (2006). A NEW BOMBYX MORI LARVAL OVARIAN CELL LINE SUSCEPTIBLE TO NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS. J. INVERTEBRATE PATHOL. 92 (2): 59-65. ( IMPACT FACTOR=1.6 )
KHURAD, A. M., MAHULIKAR, A., RATHOD, M. K.AND RAI, M. M. (2005). INFECTION OF NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS IN THE LARVAL RUDIMENTS OF GONADS OF SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI L. INDIAN J. SERIC. 44(2), 159-164.
KHURAD, A. M., MAHULIKAR, A., RATHOD, M. K., RAI, M. M., KANGINAKUDRU, S. AND NAGARAJU, J. (2004). VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS IN THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI L. J. INVERTEBRATE PATHOL. 87(1) : 8-15. (IMPACT FACTOR=1.6 )
RAI, M. M., RATHOD, M. K. AND KHURAD, A. M. (2002). IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIC CHARACTERS OF SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI L. BY FOLIC ACID ADMINISTRATION. ENTOMON 27 (1) : 99-104.
RAI, M. M., RAINA, S. K. AND KHURAD, A. M. (2002). FIELD TRIALS OF NOSEMA LOCUSTAE FOR CONTROL OF PADDY GRASSHOPPER, HIEROGLYPHUS SPP. IN VIDARBHA OF INDIA. ENTOMON. 28(3) : 207-214.

 

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