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ABOUT THE AUTHOR D K Belsare
Dr. D.K. Belsare, M.Sc. Ph.D., D.Sc., F.N.A. Sc., F.Z.S.I. is a retired Professor & Head of the department of Bioscience. Barkatullah (Bhopal) University, Bhopal. He is the first scientist to spread the message of environmental awareness & wild-life protection for the benefit of common man and their importance in human welfare and survival. He organized seminar/symposia/workshop from q1980 to 1985 for general awareness among the people and presented paper on wildlife conservation for ecological services. He has made significant contributions to Wildlife & Biodiversity Conservation in tropical region with reference to Indian sub-continent. He was awarded Visiting fellowship of United Nations Environmental Programme for delivering lectures on wildlife management and environment from 1980 to 1988 in various universities of Europe. During this programme, he delivered 20 lectures on tropical wildlife before the participants in ecosystem Management Programme held at Technical University Dresden (Germany) during this period. His gene pool fragmentation hypothesis is accepted as a cause of isolation of certain mammalian species like Asiatic lion, Barasingha and Wild Buffalo, which are on the brink of extinction. Dr. Balsare was awarded university merit Gold medal 1959, Zoological Society Gold medal 1985, 20 Century Gold Medal 1998 and Zoological Conference Gold medal 2000. he taught post-graduate classes for 30 years, did research for 35 years, and as Professor & head for 20 years. He was research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine USA for 3 years (1968-71), UNEP fellow Germany 1979, UNEP Visiting professor European university 10 years, Director, Environment Planning & coordination Oranisation, Government of Madhya Pradesh and now as Advisory Board member: ENVIS-Node DMI Bhopal. Dr. Balsare has published 160 papers in scientific journals and organized International Symposia in India, kaulalumpur (Malaysia) and Columbus (U..A.). 48 students obtained Ph.D. and two students were awarded D.Sc. under his supervision.
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