Rajesh KumarDr Rajesh Kumar born and grown in Himachal Pradesh, did his Masters and PhD in Zoology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P.) India. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (Himchal Pradesh) India. He has about 10 years of experience in teaching and research. His thrust areas of research are Animal Physiology and Applied Zoology. Dr Kumar has published about 102 Research Articles including 35 Book Chapters in indexed journals/publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Scopus, WoS, CRC Press, AAP etc, 10 Research Papers in Full Length Proceedings, 05 Books (CRC Press, Springer), 04 Monographs, 95 Abstracts by participating in more than 75 national/international conferences. He has earned 12 awards for his excellent research till date. Dr Kumar has successfully completed 02 Major Research Projects and 02 Startup Projects sponsored by Government agencies. He has successfully supervised 03 PhD, 01 MPhil, 43 MSc students for their research work and currently, 02 PhD candidates are working under his supervision. Dr Kumar has successfully organized about 20 seminars/conferences and delivered more than 25 invited talks/extension lectures in different institutions. He is life/fellow member of various prestigious scientific agencies like ISC, HBSRA, STRA, ISZS etc and also reviewer of several journals of national and international repute. Dr Kumar has h-index – 11, i10 index - 13, Vidwan score 9.7/10. Read More Read Less