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Mandar has been working in the field of wildlife conservation for the last eleven years. Mandar has also been an active part of organizations working for animal welfare and rehabilitation.

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January, 2023

Mandar Anil Sawant

Programme Officer- Environment

Mandar is Programme Officer- Environment at Srushti Conservation Foundation. He has been working in the field of wildlife conservation since the last eleven years and actively working for animal welfare and rehabilitation. 

Mandar has worked on various research, conservation and education projects. He has been working in the field of wildlife conservation since the last eleven years. Mandar has also been an active part of organisations working for animal welfare and rehabilitation.

  1. Biodiversity Assessment surveys
  2. Natural History Documentation
  3. Exploring new habitats
  4. Taxonomy
  5. Capacity building

Awards

  • Won ‘Best Volunteer of Year’ Award in 2011 from PAWS for ‘Dedication in rescues & fulfilling organizational objectives.
  • Wildlife Crime Control Bureau card holder since 2013 for the position of WCCB Special officer.
  • Won ‘Hero to Animals’ Award from PETA India in 2012.

He has published 8 research papers along with two short notes on various taxa. He has also published number of articles in the Hornbill magazine by BNHS. The research he has published and been a part of was published across national and international journals with significant impact factors such as Biodiversity Data Journal, Zoosyst. Evol., European Journal of Taxonomy, Evolutionary Systematics, Herpetozoa and The Xazvier’s Research Journal.

List of Publications 

  • Trimeresurus Salazar, genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal S. Bhosale, Pushkar U. Phansalkar , Mandar Sawant , Gaurang G. Gowande & Harshil Patel.
  • Pareas kaduri, genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes) Harshal Bhosale, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang Gowande, Harshil Patel, and Zeeshan A. Mirza.
  • Cyrtodactylus arunachalensis, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal Bhosale, Faizan Ansari, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang Gowande, Harshil Patel.
  • Cyrtodactylus kamengensis, genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 Zeeshan A. Mirza, Harshal S. Bhosale, Tejas Thackeray, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel.
  • Lepidagathis mahakassapae, (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) Sushant More, Sharad Kambale, Mandar Sawant, Rohit Mane and Harshal Bhosale.