Faculty

Erach Bharucha
Dr. Erach BharuchaDirector

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Bio-diveristy management, land use planning, environment education, forestry, wildlife management, zoo planning and management

Present positions held

  • Member National Tiger Conservation Authority
  • Member, Governing Council, Wildlife Institute of India, since 2012
  • Member: Board of Trustees of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Delhi since 2006
  • Member: Advisory Board, Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Research Center, Pune, since 2003
  • Governing Council Member, SACON, Coimbatore since 2011
  • Member: Committee for Independent Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves for Cluster II i.e. Madhya Pradesh Region since 2010
  • Member : Committee for Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) for Protected Areas for Western Region of India since 2009
  • Member: Board of Wetland, Govt. of Maharashtra since 2010
  • Member: Central Zoo Authority, Government of India, New Delhi since 2007
  • Expert for the Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Protected Area Network, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India since 2006
  • Dean, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) 2011-2014
  • Chairman, Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board 2011-2014
  • Member Wildlife Advisory Board, Maharashtra State 2010

Bio-diveristy management, land use planning, environment education, forestry, wildlife management, zoo planning and management

  • Mahato, S.; Ghosh, T.; Sinha, S. K.; Yardi, K.; Bharucha, E., 2023, Jungle cat (Felis chaus) in farmlands: potential benefits of coexistence and human-wildlife conflicts in West Bengal, India. Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 35(5): 568-583. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 1.3, DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2022.2152102
  • Trivedi, S.; Bharucha, E., 2023, Identification, prioritization, and management of biodiversity hot specks: a case study of Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(4): 22990-23004. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.6, DOI: 10.11609/jott.8231.15.4.22990-23004
  • Rathod, G.; Bharucha, E.; Yardi, K., 2022, Population density and nesting behaviour of Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777) in Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 14(9): 21786-21796. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.6, DOI: 10.11609/jott.7816.14.9.21786-21796
  • Kagathara, T.; Bharucha, E., 2020, Building walls around open wells prevent Asiatic Lion Panthera leo persica (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) mortality in the Gir Lion Landscape, Gujarat, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(3): 15301-15310. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.6, DOI: 10.11609/jott.5025.12.3.15301-15310
  • Kharumnuid, W.; Bharucha, E., 2020, Management practices for biodiversity conservation through community conserved areas in Meghalaya, India. Indian Journal of Ecology, 47(1): 226-234. (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.43, DOI: 10.5555/20203137203
  • Yardi, K. D.; Bharucha, E.; Girade, S., 2019, Post-restoration monitoring of water quality and avifaunal diversity of Pashan Lake, Pune, India using a citizen science approach. Freshwater Science, 38(2): 332-341. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 2.35, DOI: 10.1086/703440
  • Trivedi, S.; Bharucha, E.; Mungikar, R., 2018, Rapid assessment of sacred groves: A biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(2): 11262-11270. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.5, DOI: 10.11609/jot.3412.10.2.11262-11270
  • Kroll, M.; Phalkey, R.; Dutta, S.; Bharucha, E.; Butsch, C.; Kraas, F., 2017, Urban health challenges in India - Lessons learned from a surveillance study in Pune. Erde, 148(1): 74-87. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed), IF: 1.5, DOI: 10.12854/erde-148-31
  • Butsch, C.; Kumar, S.; Wagner, P. D.; Kroll, M.; Kantakumar, L. N.; Bharucha, E.; Schneider, K.; Kraas, F., 2017, Growing 'Smart'? Urbanization processes in the Pune urban agglomeration. Sustainability (Switzerland), 9(12): 2335. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 3.6, DOI: 10.3390/su9122335
  • Kroll, M.; Phalkey, R.; Dutta, S.; Shukla, S.; Butsch, C.; Bharucha, E.; Kraas, F., 2016, Involving private healthcare practitioners in an urban NCD sentinel surveillance system: lessons learned from Pune, India. Global Health Action, 9(1): 32635. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 2.8, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.32635
  • Phalkey, R. K.; Kroll, M.; Dutta, S.; Shukla, S.; Butsch, C.; Bharucha, E.; Kraas, F., 2015, Knowledge, attitude, and practices with respect to disease surveillance among urban private practitioners in Pune, India. Global Health Action, 8(1): 28413. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 2.8, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.28413
  • Kroll, M.; Bharucha, E.; Kraas, F., 2014, Does rapid urbanization aggravate health disparities? Reflections on the epidemiological transition in Pune, India. Global Health Action, 7: 23447. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 2.8, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23447
  • Deshmukh, V. U.; Ketkar, M. N.; Bharucha, E. K., 2012, Analysis of Trauma Outcome Using the TRISS Method at a Tertiary Care Centre in Pune. Indian Journal of Surgery, 74(6): 440-444. (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.8, DOI: 10.1007/s12262-011-0404-5