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Education

Doctorate in Zoology from University of Mumbai, Post-graduation degrees in Zoology (Oceanography) from University of Mumbai.

Experience

Previous to this Vishal was working at Bombay Natural History Society for last 11 years.

Joined

May, 2021

Vishal Bhave PhD

Assistant Director (Marine Conservation)

Vishal is currently Assistant Director (Marine Conservation) at Srushti Conservation Foundation

Vishal has worked on various conservation and research projects of diverse nature since 2009.

  1. Habitat/ species inventories and Rapid biodiversity studied
  2. Habitat Restoration – Mangroves, Corals
  3. Marine Invertebrate Taxonomy – specialization in Mollusca
  4. GIS and remote sensing

He is interested in using technology to aid conservation and Decision making.

Awards

  • He is a recipient of Sanctuary-RBS’s ‘Young Naturalist’ Award in 2009
  • Received Species and Habitat Warriors Award – 2023 under “Young Researcher” category from Tarun Bharat, Mumbai and MahaMTB – In June 2023

He has published 20 scientific papers in the field of Taxonomy coastal and marine biodiversity in the prestigious journals like Current Science, Marine Biodiversity Records, Invertebrate Systematics, Journal of Threatened Taxa, Zoological Journal Of The Linnean Society, Journal Of The Bombay Natural History Society, ZooKeys, Journal Of Natural History, JMBA India and The Nautilus. He has also authored 8 technical reports especially on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity of Maharashtra.

List of Publications