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Rahul Kaul
Dr. Rahul KaulAdjunct Faculty

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Former CEO, Wildlife Trust of India, New Delhi

An expert of international repute on pheasants, Dr Rahul Kaul was the chief ecologist at WTI. More than 10 projects on diverse subjects including species surveys and ecology, species and habitat recovery as well as wildlife trade, run under his calm and effective guidance.

M.Sc Zoology , University of Kashmir,

PhD Zoology university of Kashmir

He has been the Regional Coordinator of the South Asia Field Office, World Pheasant Association, for 12 years. He is a member of several national and international animal welfare/conservation bodies including the Central Zoo Authority, Government of India, Pheasant Specialist Group, IUCN/SSG, Partridge quail and Francolin Specialist Group.

He initiated field studies on the status, distribution, and ecology of Galliformes, along with about 15 other research and conservation projects across South Asia. He has designed and led numerous biodiversity and species-specific surveys both in India and internationally. His work includes studying the endangered swamp francolin in Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, and conducting rediscovery surveys for the critically endangered Himalayan quail in the western Himalayas. Internationally, he has carried out biodiversity monitoring in Nepal, developed conservation protocols for galliform birds in Sichuan, China, and conducted surveys for the grey partridge in Southern Ireland while collaborating with The Game Conservation Trust, UK. He has supervised many PhD students and regularly peer reviews papers for prestigious international journals. He is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Galliformes Conservation

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Creation of Kazinag National Park in Baramullah as an impact of WTI’s activities

  • Ghose D., Kaul R., Saha G.K. Status survey of the Blyth's tragopan in Blue Mountain National Park, Mizoram, India using call-count technique (2003) Current Science, 84 (1), pp. 95 - 97, IF 1.1
  • Bhadouria B.S., Mathur V.B., Kaul R. Monitoring of organochlorine pesticides in and around Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (2012) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 184 (9), pp. 5295 - 5300, IF 2.9, DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2340-z
  • Chatterjee M., Chatterjee N., Chandel P., Bhattacharya T., Kaul R. Predicting negative human-tiger (Panthera tigris) interactions in mosaic landscapes around Dudhwa and Pilibhit tiger reserves in India, (2022) Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3, art. no. 999195; Impact factor 1.9; DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2022.999195
  • Hilaluddin, Kaul R., Ghose D. Conservation implications of wild animal biomass extractions in Northeast India (2005) Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 28 (2), pp. 169 - 179, Scopus Record
  • Hussain M.S., Khan J.A., Ahmed A., Kaul R. Status and conservation of galliformes in the Kumaon Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh, India (1997) International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 23 (4), pp. 409 - 417, Scopus Record
  • McGowan P.J.K., Duckworth J.W., Xianji W., Van Balen B., Xiaojun Y., Khan M.K.M., Yatim S.H., Thanga L., Setiawan I., Kaul R. A review of the status of the Green Peafowl Pavo muticus and recommendations for future action (1998) Bird Conservation International, 8 (4), pp. 331 - 348, DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900002100
  • Bhatnagar Y.V., Ahmad R., Kyarong S.S., Ranjitsinh M.K., Seth C.M., Lone I.A., Easa P.S., Kaul R., Raghunath R. Endangered markhor Capra falconeri in India: Through war and insurgency (2009) ORYX, 43 (3), pp. 407 - 411, DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309001288
  • Kaul R., Jandrotia H.J.S., McGowan P.J.K. Hunting of large mammals and pheasants in the Indian western Himalaya (2004) ORYX, 38 (4), pp. 426 – 431, DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000808
  • Tiwari G., Pandey P., Kaul R., Lee H., Singh R. Comparison of point and roadside transect methods to evaluate the abundance and richness of diurnal raptors in the arid region of Rajasthan (2021) PLoS ONE, 16 (12 December), art. no. e0259805, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259805
  • Hussain M.S., Khan J.A., Kaul R. Aspects of ecology and conservation of Kalij Lophura leucomelana and Koklas Pucrasia macrolopha in the Kumaon Himalaya, India (2001) Tropical Ecology, 42 (1), pp. 59 - 68, Scopus Record
  • Kaul R., Kalsi R.S., Singh R., Basnet H., Awan M.N. Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) and the Conservation Paradox: Importance of Unprotected Areas (2022) Diversity, 14 (10), art. no. 785, DOI: 10.3390/d14100785
  • Kaul R., Chatterjee M., Bhattacharya T., Bodhankar S., Ahmad R., Sofi M.N., Charoo S.A. Conservation prospects of the Kashmir Red Deer (Cervus hanglu hanglu) beyond Dachigam National Park, in Jammu and Kashmir, India (2018) Current Science, 114 (10), pp. 2123 - 2130, DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i10/2123-2130
  • Tiwari G., Pandey P., Kaul R., Singh R. Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan (2023) PeerJ, 11, art. no. 15996, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15996
  • Ahmad R., Mishra C., Singh N.J., Kaul R., Bhatnagar Y.V. Forage and security trade-offs by markhor Capra falconeri mothers (2016) Current Science, 110 (8), pp. 1559 - 1564, DOI: 10.18520/cs/v110/i8/1559-1564
  • Garson P.J., Young L., Kaul R. Ecology and conservation of the cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii: Studies in the wild and the progress of a reintroduction project (1992) Biological Conservation, 59 (1), pp. 25 - 35, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(92)90710-5
  • Tiwari G., Pandey P., Kaul R., Lee H., Singh R. Time-of-day bias in diurnal raptors in arid region of Rajasthan (2023) Acta Ecologica Sinica, 43 (3), pp. 545 - 559, DOI: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2022.07.005
  • McGowan P., Ding C.-Q., Kaul R. Protected areas and the conservation of grouse, partridges and pheasants in East Asia (1999) Animal Conservation, 2 (2), pp. 93 - 102, DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000414
  • Dasgupta S., Bhattacharya T., Bhamburkar P., Kaul R. Role of anthropogenic drivers in altering the forest community structure in a prime tiger habitat in central India (2022) Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52 (3), pp. 406 - 415, DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2021-0108
  • Ahmad R., Sharma N., Pacchnanda U., Suhail I., Deb K., Bhatnagar Y.V., Kaul R. Distribution and conservation status of the western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus in Jammu and Kashmir, India (2017) Current Science, 112 (9), pp. 1948 - 1953, DOI: 10.18520/cs/v112/i09/1948-1953
  • Murthy K.K., Sinha S.K., Kaul R., Vaidyanathan S. A fine-scale state-space model to understand drivers of forest fires in the Himalayan foothills (2019) Forest Ecology and Management, 432, pp. 902 - 911, DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.009
  • Kaul R., Shah J.N., Chakrabarty B. An assessment of important physical traits shown by some captive red junglefowl in India (2004) Current Science, 87 (11), pp. 1498 - 1499
  • Basak K., Mandal D., Babu S., Kaul R., Ashraf N.V.K., Singh A., Mondal K. Prey Animals of Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in Dudhwa Landscape, Terai Region, North India (2018) Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 71 (1), pp. 92 - 98, DOI: 10.1007/s12595-016-0196-5
  • Hilaluddin, Kaul R., Hussain M.S., Imam E., Shah J.N., Abbasi F., Shawl T.A. Status and distribution of breeding cattle egret and little egret in Amroha using density method (2005) Current Science, 88 (8), pp. 1239 - 1243, Scopus Record
  • Dasgupta S., Bhattacharya T., Kaul R. Role of vegetation characteristics on the distribution of three hornbill species in and around Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India (2023) Current Science, 124 (5), pp. 617 - 625, DOI: 10.18520/cs/v124/i5/617-625
  • Khaling S., Kaul R., Saha G.K. Surveys of the Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra in the Singhalila National Park, Darjeeling, India using spring call counts (1998) Bird Conservation International, 8 (4), pp. 361 - 371, DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900002124
  • Menon V., Bhattacharyya K., Sinha S.K., Tiwari S.K., Kaul R. Shared Landscapes: Optimising Conservation Strategies Using Tiger and Elephant Sympatry in India (2022) Diversity, 14 (12), art. no. 1055, DOI: 10.3390/d14121055
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