Faculty

Kranti Yardi
Prof. Dr. Kranti YardiAdjunct Faculty

Experience 20

Profile

Conservation Biology, Natural Resource Management, Bat Ecology, Impact Assessment, Environment Education, Environment Interpretation

  • 20 years of teaching at postgraduate level and 5 years at undergraduate level.
  • Principal Investigator: An environment education program for sustainable development for schools in the Maval and Mulshi Taluka, Pune district funded by the Tata Power Companies (2018-2020)
  • Principal Investigator: Marine environment education program for schools in Mithapur, Gujarat, funded by Tata Chemicals (2018-2021)
  • 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 & Evolution 35 (5), 568-583, 2023 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 1.77 https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2022.2152102
  • Thakur, R.; Yardi, K.; Ahuja, M.P.V., 2022, Feeding ecology of the endangered Himalayan gray langur Semnopithecus ajax in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14 (10), 21918-21927, 2022 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.48 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8120.14.10.21918-21927
  • Rathod, G.; Bharucha, E.; Yardi, K., 2022, Population density and nesting behaviour of Indian Giant squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxlebeln, 1777) in Bhimashankar wildlife sanctuary, Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14 (9), 21786-21796, 2022 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.48 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7816.14.9.21786-21796
  • Chakraborti, S.; Yardi, K.; John, S.; Chakraborty, P., 2022, Notes on the threats to the endemic Bengal mongoose from the Nalban fisheries complex in West Bengal, India. Ecological Questions 33 (3), 51-58, 2022 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.79 https://doi.org/10.12775/EQ.2022.023
  • Patil, S.; Yardi, K., 2022, Distribution of Smooth-coated Otters Lutrogale perspicillata (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae): in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14 (1), 20511-20516, 2022 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.48 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7652.14.1.20511-20516
  • Mishra, S.S.; Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K., 2021, New record of white-spotted pufferfish Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from West Bengal, India, compared with other Arothron species. Journal of Fisheries 9 (3), 93401, 2021 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.68 https://doi.org/10.17017/j.fish.332
  • Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K., 2021, Abnormal Individual Of Setipinna Tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848)(Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) From Sundarban, West Bengal, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc 118, 2, 2021 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.62 10.17087/jbnhs/2021/v118/148267
  • Chakraborty, P.; Mishra, S.S.; Saren, S.C.; Sengupta, A.; Yardi, K., 2021, Ichthyofaunal integrity, hydrological and environmental features trade-off in the Sunderbans, India. Ecological Questions 32 (2), 7-25, 2021 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.79
    https://doi.org/10.12775/EQ.2021.010
  • Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K.; Sindha, P., 2020, New record of two Combtooth blennies, Omobranchus zebra (Bleeker 1868) and Omobranchus smithi (Rao 1974) (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) from West Bengal, India with a key to. FishTaxa-Journal of Fish Taxonomy 18, 2020 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.72
    https://fishtaxa.com/menuscript/index.php/ft/article/download/40/43
  • Chakraborty, P.; Mishra, S.S.; Yardi, K., 2020, Notes on the occurrence of a rare pufferfish, Chelonodontops leopardus (Day, 1878) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), in the freshwaters of Payaswini River, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 (11), 16628-16631, 2020 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.48
    https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8445.12.11.16628-16631
  • Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K., 2020, First record of leucism in the long whiskers catfish Mystus gulio (Hamilton 1822) (Siluriformes: Bagridae). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 8 (5), 226-228, 2020 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.67
    https://doi.org/10.22271/fish.2020.v8.i5c.2328
  • Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K.; Mukherjee, P., 2020, Channa brahmacharyi sp. nov., a new species of dwarf snakehead from Meghalaya, North-East India (Teleostei: Channidae). License The Author 21 (67), 101-108, 2020 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.72
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lta.2020.67
  • Chakraborty, P.; Chakrabarti, S.; Mukherjee, P.; Yardi, K.; Das, S., 2020, Notes on the discovery and ecology of the invasive armoured catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) and the exotic cichlid Amphilophus trimaculatus (Gunther, 1867). Ecological Questions 31 (1), 7-13, 2020 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.79
    https://doi.org/10.12775/EQ.2020.019
  • Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K.; Mukherjee, P.; Das, S., 2020, First record of two species of fishes from West Bengal, India and additional new ichthyofaunal records for the Indian Sundarbans. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v 7 (3), 449-452, 2020 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.68 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tni.2020.7.3
  • 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, 2019 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 2.78 https://doi.org/10.1086/703446
  • Yardi, K.; Jayasuriya, R.; Gurav, K., 2012, Heavy Metals accumulation in fish species of Savitri River in Raigad district of Maharashtra. Indian Journal of Science and Technology 5 (10), 3519-25, 2012 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.65 https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2012/v5i10.18
  • Bharucha, E.K.; Kumar, S.; Khatawkar, P.; Shinde, A.; Yardi, K.; Prabha, J., 2010, Current ecological status and identification of potential ecologically sensitive areas in the Northern Western Ghats. Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune, 2010 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.72 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ioeer.2010.01.002
  • Khan, A.N.; Yardi, K., 2009, Interpretation Plan for Ecological Awareness in Selected Areas of Kashmir. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 1 (2), 101, 2009 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 1.05 https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v01i02/37038
  • Korad, V.; Yardi, K.; Raut, R., 2007, Diversity and distribution of bats in the Western Ghats of India. ZOOS'PRINT JOURNAL 22 (7), 2752-2758, 2007 (Scopus and Web of Science Indexed) IF: 0.65 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zooprint.2007.7.2
  • Korad, V.S.; Gaikwad, M.C.; Yardi, K.D., 2005, Extension in the Distribution of Burmese Whiskered Bat Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874) in the Northern Western Ghats Range Maharashtra, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 91-97, 2005 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.50 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rzsi.2005.91
  • Korad, V.S.; Yardi, K.D., 2004, Ecological study and faunastic survey of bats from Pune Corporation limits, Maharashtra state, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 115-136, 2004 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.50 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rzsi.2004.115
  • Korad, V.S.; Yardi, K.D., 2004, New records of bats from Central Western India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 171-177, 2004 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.50 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rzsi.2004.171
  • Korad, V.S.; Yardi, K.D., 2004, ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA 1916. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 103 (1-2), 171, 2004 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.50 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rzsi.2004.103
  • Korad, V.S.; Yardi, D., 2004, ZOOLWSURVEY. RECORD, S, 171, 2004 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.50 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rs.2004.171
  • Yardi, K.D.; Korad, V.S., 2001, Bat fauna of Pune city. Journal of Ecological Society 13 (1), 71-73, 2001 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.58 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2001.13.1
  • Chakraborty, P.; Yardi, K., 2020, First Record of Partial Xanthism in Bronze Featherback Notopterus synurus (Osteoglossiformes: Notopteridae). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 8 (5), 226-228, 2020 (Scopus Indexed) IF: 0.67 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfas.2020.8.5

Book Chapters

Woiwode, C.; Schneider, L.; Bharucha, E.; Kumar, S.; Lay-Kumar, J.; Madhale, A., 2022, Indo-German Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Sharing Experience and Co-creating Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Livelihoods Design. Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods, 107-132, 2022 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-8452-4