{"id":422,"date":"2021-09-20T07:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T07:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-scf.org\/main\/?page_id=422"},"modified":"2024-03-19T07:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:05:37","slug":"deepak-apte-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-scf.org\/main\/about-us\/deepak-apte-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepak Apte, Phd"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"422\" class=\"elementor elementor-422\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7252193 envato-kit-141-top-0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"82511\" data-id=\"7252193\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-570f4dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"570f4dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f7e30a1 elementor-section-content-middle envato-kit-141-bottom-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"83658\" data-id=\"5f7e30a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:50}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eddfcd2\" data-eae-slider=\"98092\" data-id=\"6eddfcd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44854a01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44854a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b33d7a4\" data-eae-slider=\"13636\" data-id=\"3b33d7a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2323bebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2323bebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doctorate (Zoology: Marine Ecology),\u00a0Post-graduation degrees &#8211; University of Mumbai (Zoology), Integrated Coastal Zone Management &#8211; AIT, Bangkok and Marine Policy -Duke University, USA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5485ca elementor-section-content-middle envato-kit-141-bottom-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"75663\" data-id=\"b5485ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cd3b079\" data-eae-slider=\"97591\" data-id=\"3cd3b079\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27619921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27619921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Experience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12b0bcad\" data-eae-slider=\"13250\" data-id=\"12b0bcad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59bd943d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59bd943d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>His wildlife career spans over three and half decades and as a Principal Scientist, he has implemented over 50 major research projects and over 1000 training programmes, and written over 100 popular articles and editorials and 35 technical reports.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fd205e6 elementor-section-content-middle envato-kit-141-bottom-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-eae-slider=\"46048\" data-id=\"3fd205e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:250}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51b4201d\" data-eae-slider=\"35931\" data-id=\"51b4201d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3831767a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3831767a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Joined<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-31d034b2\" data-eae-slider=\"68174\" data-id=\"31d034b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41debfe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41debfe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>April, 2021<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7516f1cb\" data-eae-slider=\"12033\" data-id=\"7516f1cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2d49c6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a2d49c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deepak Apte, PhD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4298b8bc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4298b8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Managing Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32669ce elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"32669ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531a6514 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"531a6514\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:250}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Deepak is currently\u00a0<b>Managing\u00a0Director\u00a0<\/b>at\u00a0<em>Srushti Conservation Foundation<\/em>. His wildlife career spans over three and half decades.\u00a0 His key areas of expertise are Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Coastal Regulation Zone, Climate Change and Land Degradation and nature conservation related policies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8011e39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-accordion\" data-id=\"8011e39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-wrapper elementor-accordion \" id=\"accordion6a22214a41864\" data-accordion-id=\"accordion6a22214a41864\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\"   role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1341\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header active-default\" tabindex=\"1341\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1341\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Career<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1341\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content active-default\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1341\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><p>His wildlife career spans over three and half decades and contributed greatly to the conservation of nature and help develop several policies at national and international level. He has completed 28 years\u2019 service at Bombay natural History Society prior to the joining as Executive Director of SCF. As a Principal Scientist, he has implemented more than 50 major projects, over 1000 training programmes and written over 100 popular articles and editorials and 35 technical reports. Besides traversing length and breadth of India\u2019s wildlife landscapes and seascapes, he has also travelled to about 50 countries for scientific and academic work as well as presenting and participating in the international seminars and conferences. His work in Lakshadweep Archipelago has recently paved way to establish three community reserves under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 totalling 675 sq km of coral reef areas.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1342\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1342\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1342\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Key areas of work <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1342\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1342\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><ol><li>Extensive and deep knowledge on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, coral reefs, Inter-tidal areas, mangroves and seagrass<\/li><li>Extensive and deep knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystems of India spanning three decades<\/li><li>Integrated Coastal Zone Management<\/li><li>Coastal Regulation Zone<\/li><li>Climate Change, Elevated Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Reefs<\/li><li>Climate Change, Sea level rise and coastal inundation, land degradation and agrarian conflict<\/li><li>Central Asian Flyway: Mapping and planning impact mitigation<\/li><li>Sound knowledge of Conservation Policies like Wildlife Protection Act, Environmental Protection Act, Forest Conservation Act etc<\/li><li>Coastal Wetlands<\/li><li>Important Bird Areas and Key Biodiversity Areas<\/li><li>Convention on Migratory species (CMS) \u2013 Central Asian Flyway and Marine mega fauna<\/li><li>Worked across various landscapes in India from cold deserts of Ladakh, North-east India, Central India, and Islands<\/li><li>Marine fauna taxonomy (mollusca)<\/li><li>Biodiversity assessments of sectors like nuclear power plants, roads, hydropower, renewables (wind and solar), sea-links, airports and bird hazard, industrial estates and coastal regulation zone.<\/li><li>Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) &#8211; Marine and Coastal, EBSA, Post 2020<\/li><li>SDG Goal 14 \u2013 popularizing coastal and marine biodiversity, research, coastal and marine habitat restoration<\/li><li>Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework<\/li><li>UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)<\/li><li>Overseen species conservation \u2013 Vultures, Bengal and Lesser Florican, Finn\u2019s Weaver, Indian Skimmer, Forest Owlet, Great Indian Bustard, Pheasants and Finches at high altitude Himalayan Landscape<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1343\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1343\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1343\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Awards and Fellowships<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1343\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1343\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Awards<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Department of Ocean Development, GoI<\/li><li>Recipient of the prestigious Green Oscar \u2018Whitley Award\u2019 for his work on Coral Reefs and Giant Clams<\/li><li>Recipient of three Whitley Continuation Awards.<\/li><li>Global fellowship in Marine Conservation by the Duke University, USA.<\/li><li>Recipient of Kirloskar Vasundhara Green Teacher Award<\/li><li>Recipient of 2019 Taru Lalvani Rotary award for environmental conservation<\/li><li>Recipient of 2010 award from Rotary club of Thane for environmental conservation<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Fellow<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Fellow of LEAD-India<\/li><li>Fellow of International Visitors\u2019 Programme, USA under Indo-US Exchange Programme.<\/li><li>Fellow Smithsonian (Man and Biosphere &#8211; SI-MAB) Environmental Leadership Programme<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1344\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1344\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1344\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Publications<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1344\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1344\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><p>A well-received author, Deepak has to his credit five books and eighty-five scientific papers in the field of coastal and marine biodiversity with cumulative impact factor of 90 in the prestigious journals like Nature, Evolution, Ecological Indicators, Jour of Natural History, ZooKeys, Systematics and Biodiversity, Zootaxa, JMBA (UK), European Journal of Taxonomy, Marine Drugs, Journal of Conchology and JBNHS.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-scf.org\/main\/about-us\/deepak-apte-phd\/publications-deepak-apte-phd\/\">List of Publications\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1345\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1345\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1345\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Committees<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1345\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1345\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><p><strong>Present Member<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Chairman of Environmental Appraisal Committee on CRZ and Infrastructure (1), Ports, Harbours, Industrial Estates, and National Highway (Green Field Alignments) of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.<\/li><li>Chairman &#8211; Committee on National Highways, MoEFCC, GoI<\/li><li>Chairman &#8211; Committee on Ports at MoEFCC, GoI.<\/li><li><p>Member Society of National Council of Science Museums (4 year term starting Sept 2022)<\/p><\/li><li>Member of Monitoring Evaluation Committee of MoEFCC, GoI<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Task Force for Rationalization of EC for Industrial Estates at MoEFCC, GoI.<\/li><li>Convenor &#8211; Syllabus committee of M.SC. in Maritime Studies at the University of Mumbai.<\/li><li>Member \u2013 Committee for Powai Lake edge project<\/li><li>Member \u2013 National Jury for Blue Flag Programme<\/li><li>Empanelment as Assessor for the QCI-NABET Scheme for Accreditation of EIA Consultant Organizations Version 3.<\/li><li>Former member of Forest Advisory Committee of MoEFCC, GoI.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Former Member as Director \u2013 Bombay Natural History Society<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Member &#8211; National Board of Wild Life, MoEFCC, Government of India<\/li><li>Member &#8211; National Central Asian Flyway Action Plan Committee, MoEFCC, GoI<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Advisory Committee, ENVIS, MoEFCC, GoI<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board &#8211; Fauna Committee<\/li><li>Member &#8211; CRZ Committee, Mumbai District, Maharashtra<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Wetland Committee, Government of Maharashtra<\/li><li>Member &#8211; National Vulture Recovery Programme, Government of India<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Research Advisory Committee, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai<\/li><li>Executive Committee Member &#8211; S\u00e1lim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)<\/li><li>Vice Chair \u2013 BirdLife Asia Council<\/li><li>Governing Council Member &#8211; S\u00e1lim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)<\/li><li>Board Member &#8211; Wildlife Institute of India Society<\/li><li>Executive Committee Member \u2013 CAMPA &#8211; Maharashtra State<\/li><li>Member &#8211; State Wildlife Advisory Board of Maharashtra<\/li><li>Member &#8211; State Wildlife Advisory Board of Rajasthan<\/li><li>Member &#8211; State Wildlife Advisory Board of Madhya Pradesh<\/li><li>Member &#8211; State Wildlife Advisory Board of Andaman and Nicobar<\/li><li>Member &#8211; State Wildlife Advisory Board of Haryana<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Sarus Conservation Committee, Government of Utter Pradesh<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Wetland Authority Utter Pradesh, Government of Utter Pradesh<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Bird Control Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation,\u00a0Government of India<\/li><li>Executive Committee &#8211; Flamingo City Heritage Site, Gujarat State<\/li><li>Board of Governor &#8211; GEER Foundation, Gujarat<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Mangrove Conservation Committee, Government of Maharashtra<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Monitoring Committee for Girnar Ropeway Project, Gujarat State<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Supreme Court appointed committee on Great Indian Bustard<\/li><li>Member &#8211; Governing Body &#8211; Tiger Conservation Foundations, Maharashtra State<\/li><li>Governing Council Member \u2013 Mangrove Foundation, Government of Maharashtra<\/li><li>Executive Committee Member \u2013 Mangrove Foundation, Government of Maharashtra<\/li><li>Member \u2013 Committee on Mangrove and Coral Reef Action Plan, Gujarat State<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1346\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1346\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1346\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">PhD Guide<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1346\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1346\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><p><b>Three students <\/b>are currently pursuing PhD under his supervision at <i>University of Mumbai <\/i>and <b>one student<\/b> at <i>Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ms. Sayali Mavlankar: <b>Review of Genus <em>Nassarius<\/em> (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Indian Coast<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Ms. Monisha Bharate: <b>Review of Genus <em>Haminoea <\/em>Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Indian Coast<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Mr. Adwait Ghatpande: <b>Rock shells (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Family: Muricidae) of Alibag<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Ms. Pragati Kamble: <b>Review of subfamily&nbsp;Cerithiinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Indian Coast<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1347\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1347\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1347\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Species Described<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1347\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1347\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><ol><li><em>Stylostomum mixtomaculatum<\/em> Pitale and Apte, 2019<\/li><li><em>Cratena poshitraensis<\/em> Bharate, Padula, Apte, Shimpi, 2020<\/li><li><em>Cratena pawarshindeorum<\/em> Bharate, Padula, Apte, Shimpi, 2020<\/li><li><em>Nassarius arewarensis<\/em> Nerurkar, Shimpi, Apte, 2020<\/li><li><em>Dawkinsia uttara<\/em> Katwate, Apte, Raghavan, 2020<\/li><li><em>Cycloporus decorates<\/em> Pitale &amp; Apte, 2021<\/li><li><em>Eurylepta alicula <\/em>Pitale &amp; Apte, 2021<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"theplus-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1348\" class=\"elementor-tab-title plus-accordion-header no\" tabindex=\"1348\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1348\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i><i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i><\/span><span style=\"width:100%\">Species Named After<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1348\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix plus-accordion-content no\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1348\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plus-content-editor\"><ul><li><em>Haloa aptei<\/em> (Bharate, Oskars, Narayana, Ravinesh, Biju Kumar &amp; Malaquias, 2018)<\/li><li><em>Trachischium apteii<\/em> Bhosale, Gowande &amp; Mirza 2019<\/li><li><em>Nassarius deepakaptei<\/em> Nerurkar 2021<\/li><li><em>Platevindex aptei <\/em>Goulding &amp; Dayrat 2021<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect director@the-scf.org Follow deepak.apte.71 Dr. Deepak Apte deepaklovesocean Deepak Apte Education Doctorate (Zoology: Marine Ecology),\u00a0Post-graduation degrees &#8211; University of Mumbai (Zoology), Integrated Coastal Zone Management &#8211; AIT, Bangkok and Marine Policy -Duke University, USA Experience His wildlife career spans over three and half decades and as a Principal Scientist, he has implemented over 50 major&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":71,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"hide","_kad_post_layout":"fullwidth","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"unboxed","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"hide","_kad_post_feature":"hide","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deepak Apte, Phd - SCF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-scf.org\/main\/about-us\/deepak-apte-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deepak Apte, Phd - SCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Connect director@the-scf.org Follow deepak.apte.71 Dr. Deepak Apte deepaklovesocean Deepak Apte Education Doctorate (Zoology: Marine Ecology),\u00a0Post-graduation degrees &#8211; 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