Dr. R M Sharma

Trustee

Dr. Sharma was a scientist in Zoological Survey of India throughout his career and retired as Deputy Director from Western Regional Centre at Pune. Dr. Sharma obtained his Ph.D. degree on the study of gall midges from Marathwada. He also worked on other branches of insects throughout his career. He described several new species of gall midges from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana and eriophid mites from Andaman Islands. He studied butterflies from various protected areas in Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Madhya Pradesh. He prepared 21 online checklists of Indian Fauna. He has published more than 200 research papers in reputed National and International journals. He has also studied vertebrate species including Himalayan Wild Ass, Marmot and Edible Nest Swiftlet. He has written several articles in Hindi and Marathi and written several books. He has delivered several talks on All India Radio. He has been associated with several universities and colleges as a Ph.D. examiner. He has participated in several National / International Training Programmes, Workshops, Symposia and Seminar and Chaired /Co-chaired sessions. Worked in different capacities at PortBlair (Andamans), Solan (Himachal Pradesh) Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) and Pune centres of Zoological Survey of India. He has travelled extensively from Cold Desert of Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir to inaccessible islands in Andaman & Nicobar Region and studied the faunal diversity of the regions by conducting faunistic and status surveys. He is working as Subject Editor for online International journals.