Rohan Bhagat

Expert biodiversity professional with skills in natural resource protection and conservation. Highly adept in devising plans to conserve flora, fauna and other resources, monitoring field work for adherence to procedures and laws and evaluating project progress and success. Accomplished in meeting goals in established timeframes through communication with teammates and by solving problems independently.

• Invited for training workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) by The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds & BirdLife International at their Headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom & The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, United Kingdom from 6th to 17th February 2017
• Attended and successfully completed a training workshop on CSR Funding Training organized by iVolunteer, Vile Parle on 22nd October 2016
• Successfully completed two-week training in Bioacoustics at IISER, Tirupati organized by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Wildlife Acoustics Inc in March 2019
• Successfully completed International Workshop on Techniques for Bat Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation jointly organized by Department of Zoology, Osmania University & Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies and School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom from 13th – 17th January 2020
• Participated in Envirotech Asia- Online Exhibition & Conference 2021- Theme: Water & Waste Management Technology from 7th -13th March 2021
• Successfully completed online IUCN Red List training course: "Assessing Species' Extinction Risk using IUCN Red List Methodology and completed the exam for being recognized Global and Regional accessor for IUCN Red List on March 2020
• Successfully completed 5- module online course on Lean Data Approaches to Measure Social Impact, provided by +Acumen through NovoEd on 25th November 2019
• Successfully completed six-week project based online course om Designing for Environmental Sustainability and Social Impact provided by Acumen+ through NovoEd on 31st March 2019
• Attended Workshop Training on PCR At N. Shankaran Nair Research Centre, Ambernath in Jan 2011
• Successfully completed Annual Biotechnology Training Program (ABT 2011) From 30th May 2011 to 10th June 2011 at Haffkine’s Institute, Parel, Mumbai
• Successfully completed the following Online National Geographic Courses
• Introduction to Conservation
• Conservation Project Planning
• Understanding Illegal Wildlife Trade
• Prioritizing Species and Spaces
• Scientific Expeditions for Conservation.

• Achievements , Won 1st Prize in 21st All India Forest Sports Meet, Goa 2014 In Shot put Throw Men’s event on 7thNovember 2014
• Won Special Mention prize for 4 photographs in Photography Competition organized by Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board, Government of Maharashtra held on the eve of World Biodiversity Day
• Won Special Mention prize in 2nd State Level Wildlife Photography Competition organized by NEST India in Dec 2017.
• Member of Softball & Baseball Team of Thane District National Service Scheme (NSS) from August 2011- June 2013.

State Eligibility Test (SET) for Assistant Professor, Maharashtra (Environmental Sciences)

Presentation

Research Paper

• Bhagat, R., Karkare, S., Dande, S., & Kadu, G. (2016). Opportunities of Habitat Connectivity for Tiger (Panthera tigris) between Pench Tiger Reserve and Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, India. Annals of Applied Bio-Sciences, 3(4), A273-278. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12576746
• Bhagat, R. (2020). Occurrence of the Malabar Lark on Kulang Fort in Maharashtra, India Bird-o-soar #38, In: Zoo’s Print 35(1): 19–20
• Bhagat, R. (2020). Checklist of Butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera) From Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan., BIONOTES, Vol. 22 (2), June, 2020, pp. 50-54. https://doi.org/10.13140/rg.2.2.15029.09442
• Rohan Bhagat. (2020). Impacts of Artificial Light on Wildlife and Environment. Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits. 2020; 10(2): 8-11p. https://doi.org/10.37591/joeecc.v10i2.3795
• Rohan Bhagat and Dr. Sushilkumar Chaudhari. 2020. Understanding the Association of Heavy Metal Contamination Between Vegetables and Its Growing Soil. International Journal of Current Research Vol. 12, Issue, 02, pp.10034-10040, February, 2020. https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.37885.02.2020
• Rohan Bhagat. (2020). Linking Livelihood and Conservation: Studying the Correlation Between Livelihood Option & Anthropogenic Pressure in Buffer of Tadoba-Andhari, Tiger Reserve. Annuaire Roumain d'Anthropologie, Vol. 57, pp. 74-81. 2020.
• Rohan Bhagat, Sushilkumar Chaudhari (2020). Contamination of copper in leafy vegetables grown near Kalyan Railway Track, Maharashtra, India. Asian Toxicology Research 2020, 2 (4): 143-150. https://doi.org/10.12032/ATR20201002
• Rohan B, Bhavita P C, Ashwini A V, Avinash R, Mayur S, Shreya Patil, Bhupesh T, Manish A (2020). Conservation of Some Natural Resources in Ganeshpuri, Thane, Maharashtra, India. Int J Environ Sci Nat Res. 2020; 24(5): 556146. https://doi.org/10.19080/IJESNR.2020.24.556146
• Omkar Nar, Sagar Mahajan, Rohan Bhagat, Prathamesh Joshi. (2022). Predation by a Giant Spotted Gecko, Hemidactylus maculatus Duméril and Bibron 1836, on an Indian Violet Tarantula, Chilobrachys fimbriatus Pocock 1899. REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS. 2022; 29 (2): 231–232. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v29i1.16370

Popular Article

• Girish Jathar, Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi, Biswajit Chakdar, Harshak Bhosale, Mandar Sawant, Rohan Bhagat. (2020). Biodiversity Hotspeck vs a Hydropower Plant. Hornbill April-June 2020, pp- 26-40.
• Rohan Bhagat. (2020). Maldhok- Namshesh honya pasun ek paool dur. Sahyalok. July 2020, pp 17-20

Presentations

• Oral Presentation on “Building Capacity for Spatial Conservation Planning: Data to Support Regional Priorities.” at Capacity Building for Conservation in Asia, International Conference in Pune, India on 18th -21st March 2017
• Poster Presentation on “Anthropogenic pressures acting on Tadoba- Andhari Tiger Reserve: Socio-economic Study of the Villages in Western Periphery of Tadoba, Chandrapur, Maharashtra”, at Research Scholars Meet 2013 held at The Institute of Science, Mumbai on 28th February 2013.
• Oral Presentation on “Conservation of Some Natural Resources in Ganeshpuri, Thane, Maharashtra”, at International Management Research Conference 2012 held at Sterling College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Nerul, Navi Mumbai on 28th December 2012.
• Poster Presentation on “Anthropogenic pressures acting on Tadoba- Andhari Tiger Reserve: Socio-economic Study of the Villages in Western Periphery of Tadoba, Chandrapur, Maharashtra”, at Young Ecologist Talk and Interact (YETI) National Conference 2012 at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun between 5th December – 7th December 2012
• 2. Rohan Bhagat. (2020). माळढोक- नामशेष होण्यापासून एक पाऊल दूर. सह्यलोक. July 2020, pp 17-20

• Won 1st Prize in 21st All India Forest Sports Meet, Goa 2014 In Shot put Throw Men’s event on 7thNovember 2014
• Won Special Mention prize for 4 photographs in Photography Competition organized by Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board, Government of Maharashtra held on the eve of World Biodiversity Day
• Won Special Mention prize in 2nd State Level Wildlife Photography Competition organized by NEST India in Dec 2017.
• Member of Softball & Baseball Team of Thane District