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Karthikeyan Vasudevan

Chief Scientist
Email:  karthik@ccmb.res.in
Phone: +91-040-24006443

Research Interests
  • Disease ecology - understanding dynamics of chytridiomycosis in amphibian populations
  • Conservation biology - studying reproductive ecology of a long-lived riverine specialist reptile - gharials (Gavialis gangeticus)
  • Toxinology of venoms - understanding envenomation in humans by snakes and address human-snake conflict
Selected Publications

Gayathri S., Y.S. Panwar. S. Murthy, K. Klop-Toker, R. Ibáñez, E. E. Illueca, R. Webb, V. Govindappa, B. Subba, H. Segu, K. P. K. Komanduri, K. Vasudevan. 2023. A universal and efficient detection of chytridiomycosis infections in amphibians using novel quantitative PCR markers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, vol. 2023, Article ID 9980566, 9 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9980566

Raj, P., K. Vasudevan, R.K. Agarwal, S.K. Dutta, G. Sahoo, S. Mahapatra, R. Sharma, J. Janani, N.B. Kar. A. Dubois. 2023. Larval morphology of selected anuran species from India. Alytes, 2023, 39–40: 1–140.

Komanduri, K P K, G. Sreedharan, K. Vasudevan. 2023. Abundance and composition of forest-dwelling anurans in cashew plantations in a tropical semi-evergreen forest landscape. Biotropica 55(3): 594-604. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13210

Bhatia, S. Blotra, A. K. Vasudevan. 2022. Evaluating antivenom efficacy against Echis carinatus venoms—screening for in vitro alternatives. Toxins 2022, 14, 481. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14070481

Jha, A., S Sevirathne, HS Prayag, K. Vasudevan. 2021. Phylogeny identifies multiple colonisation events and Miocene aridification as drivers of South Asian Bulbul (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) diversification. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. Evolution 21, 783–794 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00506-y

Srivastava, T. & K. Vasudevan. 2021. Conservation of hangul, Cervus hangulu – Paving the way ahead. Current Science 121(40): 485-489. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/121/04/0485.pdf

Education & Experience

Publications

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Karthikeyan Vasudevan

Chief Scientist

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karthik@ccmb.res.in

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B Sambasiva Rao

Principal Scientist

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sambasiva@ccmb.res.in

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Rajya Lakshmi K

Sr. Technical Officer(1)

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rajyalakshmi@ccmb.res.in

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Segu Harika

Sr. Technical Officer(1)

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harika.katakam@ccmb.res.in

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Afsar Soghra

Lab Assistant

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soghra@ccmb.res.in

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Gayathri Sreedaran

Junior Research Fellow

gayathris@ccmb.res.in

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Yashwant Singh Panwar

Junior Research Fellow

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yashwantsingh@ccmb.res.in

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Alka Sahu

Senior Research Fellow

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alka@ccmb.res.in

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Ravi Kumar Singh

Junior Research Fellow

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singhravi@ccmb.res.in

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Avni Blotra

Senior Research Fellow

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avni.blotra@ccmb.res.in

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Dr. Ranjit Sahoo

DST-Inspire Fellow (Project)

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sahoork@ccmb.res.in

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Mubashir Dar

Junior Research Fellow (Project)

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mubashir@ccmb.res.in

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Akash

Junior Research Fellow (Project)

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akashm@ccmb.res.in

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Naveen Kumar C

Junior Research Fellow (Project)

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naveenkumar@ccmb.res.in

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Swapnil Kiran

Junior Research Fellow (Project)

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Siripuram Srinivas

Field Assistant (Project)

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