Education
BSc in Zoology, Dive Master (PADI)
Experience
Previous to this Salahuddin was working at Bombay Natural History Society for last 15 years.
Joined
May, 2021
Salahuddin
Project Officer (Lakshadweep)
Salahuddin is a native of Lakshadweep islands and currently working as a Project Officer for SCF field station at Lakshadweep.
Career
He has worked on various conservation and research projects in coastal and marine biodiversity since 2006.
Key areas of work
- He is Dive Master (PADI) and an Underwater photographer.
- Coral reefs ecology/ biodiversity
- Socio-economics of Lakshadweep
Publications
- APTE, D.A. & SALAHUDDIN V.K. (2010). Record of Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart 1828) from Lakshadweep Archipelago, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. 107 (3), 261-262.
- APTE D.A, SALAHUDDIN V.K & BHAVE VISHAL (2016). Three new records of Opisthobranchs (Mollusca) from Lakshadweep Islands, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 112 (3), 19-22, Sept-Dec 2015. doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i3/114437.
- SUMANTHA NARAYANA, DEEPAK APTE AND V.K. SALAHUDDIN (2019): First record of Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) from Lakshadweep Islands, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 116. doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/139524