RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROFILE

1. South-East Asian Bat Conservation and Research Unit Workshop on Bat Taxonomy and Field Techniques sponsored by Texas Tech University, Austin, U. S. A. and held at the Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Thailand: 7th - 9th July 2012. 

2. UGC-NRCBS Summer School on Bioacoustics sponsored by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India and held at UGC-Networking Resource Centre in Biological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India: 14th March - 26th March 2011. 

3. Workshop on Methods in Behavioural Ecology sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India and held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India: 16th - 28th January 2006. 

4. Training Course on Introduction to GIS and its Applications, held at National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space, Government of India, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India: 12th September - 07th October 2005.

5. Training in Field Techniques for Ecological Studies, Captive Management and Public Education for Chiroptera Conservation Workshop, held at College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India: 28th July - 1st August 2003.

6. Conservation Assessment and Management Plan CAMP Workshop for South Asian Chiroptera held at the Department of Animal Behavior and Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India: 21st to 25th January 2002. 

7. Practical Workshop on Field Techniques, Taxonomy and Conservation of Bats of India and South Asia held at Department of Animal Behavior and Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India: 6th - 9th July 2000.       

Scientific Conferences attended abroad:

1.  5th International Southeast Asian Bat Conference - SEABCO 2024 held at the Hotel Nikko Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and organised jointly by the Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Endangered Species (CBES), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and South-East Asian Bat Conservation and Research Unit (SEABCRU) through 26 - 28 November 2024.

2. 18th International Bat Research Conference - IBRC 2019 held at Hotel The Slate, Phuket, Thailand and organised jointly by Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Thailand and Harrison Institute, Kent, United Kingdom (U.K.) through 28 July to 01 August 2019.

3. Student Conference on Conservation Science - SCCS 2006, held at Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom (U. K. ) through 28 - 30 March 2006.

Scientific Conferences attended in India:

4. Vulture Review Meeting sponsored by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), United Kingdom (U. K.) and organized by Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Mumbai, India at Parwanoo, India through 24 – 26 June 2008. 

5. International Conference on Vulture Conservation hosted by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, Delhi through 31st January –  1st February 2006. 

6. 91st Indian Science Congress hosted by Panjab University and Institute of Management and Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India through 3 – 7 January 2004.

7. 90th Indian Science Congress hosted by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Banglore University, Bangalore, India through 3 –7 January 2003.

8. National Conference on Environmental Biology held at Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India through  17 –18 October 2002.

9. 15th National Congress of Parasitology, held at Desert Regional Station, Zoological Survey of  India, Jodhpur, India from 1 to 3 October 2001.

1. Delivered invited online lecture entitled "Bats and their role in the emergence and spread of SARS COV - 2 that led to the Covid - 19 Pandemic" as invited Keynote Speaker in a "Weekly Seminar Lecture Series" organized by the Center for Environment and Marine Studies / Research Institute (VEMS / RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), P. O. Box Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 28 September 2022.

2. Delivered invited online lecture entitled "Biology of Bats and their role in the emergence and spread of SARS COV - 2 born Covid - 19 Pandemic" as invited Keynote Speaker in a National Webinar entitled "Wildlife Week Lecture Series" organized collaboratively by 1. Divisional Office, Forest Department, Udaipur Division, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan  India, 2. Wildlife Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, M. L. S. University, Udaipur, Rajasthan,  India, 3. Regional Office, World Wildlife Fund - India (WWF - India), Udaipur, Rajasthan,  India, 4. Green Peepal Society, Udaipur, Rajasthan,  India on the occasion of Wildlife Week 2021 (1 - 7 October 2021) through 1 - 6 October 2021.

3. Delivered invited online lecture entitled "Bats and their role in the emergence and spread of Covid - 19 Pandemic" as invited Keynote Speaker in an International Webinar entitled "Recent Pandemics, Environmental Consequences, Inter-relationship and Solutions in Jambhani Philosophy" organized by Guru Jambheshwar Environment Conservation Research Chair, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2021 (5 June 2021) through 4 - 5 June 2021.

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4. Delivered invited online lecture entitled "Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign - A community participation approach to protect bats in Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert, India" as invited Keynote Speaker in an International Webinar entitled "Bat Diversity and Conservation: Role in Ecosystem and Conservation Challenges" organized by Ecology, Rural Development and Sustainability Foundation - ERDS, Dwarka, New Delhi, India, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2020 i. e. 5 June 2020.

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5. Delivered online lecture entitled "Facts about the quoted role of bats in the emergence and spread of SARS COV - 2 born COVID - 19 Pandemic" as invited Keynote Speaker in a National Webinar entitled "Whether bats are responsible for the emergence and spread of Covid - 19 Pandemic ?" organized by Ecology, Rural Development and Sustainability Foundation - ERDS, Dwarka, New Delhi, India, on 2 June 2020.

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Research Paper published in Foreign Scientific Journals:

1. Taggart, M. A.; Senacha, K. R.; Green, R. E.; Cuthbert, R; Jhala, Y. V.; Meharg, A. A.; Mateo, R. and Pain, D. J. (2009): Analysis of nine NSAIDS in ungulate tissues available to critically endangered vultures in India. Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (12): 4561 – 6.

2. Pain, D. J.; Bowden, C. G. R.; Cunningham, A. A.; Cuthbert, R.; Das, D.; Gilbert, M.; Jakati, R. D.; Jhala, Y. V.; Khan, A. A.; Naidoo, V.; Lindsay, O.; Parry-Jones, J.; Prakash, V.; Rahmani, A.; Ranade, S. P.; Baral, H. S.; Senacha, K. R.; Saravanan, S.; Shah, N.; Swan, G.; Swarup,     D.; Taggart, M. A; Watson, R. T.; Virani, M. Z.; Wolter, K. and Green, R. E. (2008). The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures. Bird Conservation International, 18:S30–S48 (doi: 10.1017/S0959270908000324).

3. Taggart, M. A.; Senacha, K. R.; Green, R. E., Jhala, Y. V.; Raghvan, B.; Rahmani, A.; Cuthbert, R.; Pain, D. J. and Meharg, A. A. (2007): Diclofenac residues in carcasses of domestic ungulates available to vultures in India. Journal of Environment International, 33: 759 – 765 (doi:10.1016/j.envint.2007.02.010.).

4. Green, R. E.; Taggart, M. A.; Senacha, K. R., Raghvan, B.; Pain, D. J.; Jhala, Y.V. and Cuthbert, R. (2007): Rate of Decline of the Oriental White-Backed Vulture population in India estimated from a survey of diclofenac residues in carcasses of ungulates. Journal of Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 2(8):e686.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000686.

5. Purohit, A., Vyas, K. B., Senacha, K. R. (2006): Population dynamics of bats in and around Jodhpur of Great Indian Desert. Tiger Paper, 33 (3) July - September: 15 - 22.

6. Purohit, A. and Senacha, K. R. (2004): Distribution of bats in and around Jaisalmer of the Great Indian Desert, India.  Vespertilio, 8: 99 - 104.

7. Purohit, A. and Senacha, K. R. (2003): Distribution of chiropteran fauna in and around the Bikaner of Great Indian Desert. Tiger Paper, 30 (4) October - December: 3 - 8. 

Research Paper published in Indian Scientific  Journals:

1. Senacha, K. R. and Dookia, S. (2013): Geoffroy's Trident Leaf-nosed bat, Asellia tridens (Geoffroy, E., 1813) from India. Current Science, 105 (1) : 21 - 22.

2. Cuthbert, R.; Prakash, V.; Bowden, C; Das D.; Green, R.; Jhala, Y.; Pain, D.; Senacha, K. R.; Shah, N.; Taggart, M. A. (2009): Role of veterinary diclofenac in decline of vulture populations in South Asia. Indian J. Vet. Med., 29 (2): 80 – 85.

3.  Senacha, K. R.; Taggart, M. A.; Rahmani; A. R.; Jhala, Y. V.; Cuthbert, R.; Pain, D. J. and Green, R. E. (2008): Diclofenac levels in livestock carcasses in livestock carcasses in India before the 2006 “Ban”. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 105 (2): 148 - 161.

4. Senacha, K. R., Vyas, K. B. and Purohit, A (2006): New records of Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797) from Thar Desert, Rajasthan. Zoos’ Print Journal, 21(10): 2419 - 2420.

5. Purohit, A. and Senacha, K. R. (2004): Demographic changes among bats in and around Jaisalmer of Great Indian Desert. Cheetal- Journal of  wildlife preservation society of India, 42 (1 &2), 25 – 34.

6. Purohit, A.; Gaur, B. S.; Senacha, K. R.; Vantipalli, V. and Chhangani, A. K. (2002): Rare observation of puppies preying upon a greater mouse- tailed bat: Rhinopoma microphyllum kinneari. International Journal of Flora and Fauna, 8 (2): 77 - 78.

7. Purohit, A. and Senacha, K. R. (2002): A review of microchiropteran eco-status in Mandore garden, Jodhpur. Journal of Nature Conservation, 14 (2): 251 - 262.

Research notes published in foreign Scientific Journals / Newsletters:

1. Senacha, K. R. and Purohit, A. (2005): Partial albinism in the lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii. Bat Research News, 46 (3): 75 - 76.

2. Senacha, K. R. and Purohit, A. (2004): Possible twin birth in the Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus. Bat Research News, 45 (4): 199.

3. Purohit, A. and Senacha K. R. (2003): Electrocution of Indian Flying Foxes, Pteropus giganteus giganteus, in Jodhpur, India. Bat Research News, 44 (2), Summer: 63 - 64.

Research notes published in Indian Scientific Journals / Newsletters:

1.  Joshi, A.; Senacha, K. R.; Rawat, M.; Dookia, S. and  Dharmaraj, J.  (2022): Observation on peculiar roosting behaviour of Greater False Vampire Bat .  Small Mammal Mail,  Zoo's Print, Vol. 37 (1): 63 - 66.

2. Joshi, A.; Senacha, K. R.; Rawat, M.; Dookia, S. and  Bohra, M.  (2021): Roost and foraging behaviour of Fulvous Fruit Bat.  Small Mammal Mail,  Zoo's Print, Vol. 36 (11): 30 - 33.

3. Joshi, A.; Rawat, M.;  Senacha, K. R.; Bohra, M. and Dookia, S.  (2021): Juvenile feeding behaviour in Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat. TidBits, Zoo's Print, Vol. 36 (10): 10 - 11.

4. Senacha, K. R. (2012): Status survey and conservation education: A community participation to protect bats in Thar Desert. Small Mammal Mail, 2 (1): 24 - 30.

5. Senacha, K. R. (2010): Status survey and conservation education: community participation to protect bats in Thar Desert, India. Small Mammal Mail, 2 (1): 24 - 30.

6.  Senacha, K. R. (2008): First record of Blyth’s Horseshoe bat Rhinolophus lepidus (Blyth, 1844) from Western Gujarat, India. BAT NET  - CCINSA Newsletter, 9 (1): 3 - 4.

7. Senacha, K. R. (2007): First record of Lesser False Vampire Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758) in Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society,104 (3): 343 - 344.

8. Senacha, K. R. (2007): Survey of chiropterans in Kutch of Gujarat. BAT NET – CCINSA Newsletter, 8 (1-2): 32 - 33.

9. Senacha, K. R. (2006): Opportunistic survey of Indian flying fox Pteropus giganteus (Brunnich, 1782). BAT NET – CCINSA Newsletter, 7 (1-2): 27 - 29.

10. Senacha, K. R. (2005): A glimpse at the roosts of Indian Flying Fox: Pteropus g. giganteus from the train track. BAT NET - CCINSA Newsletter, 6 (1): 5.

11. Purohit, A.; Gaur, B. S. and Senacha, K. R. (2002): A note on Prosopis Juliflora: emerging threat for the microchiropterans of Thar desert. BAT  NET  - CCINSA Newsletter, 3 (2): 7 - 8.

12. Purohit, A.; Senacha, K. R. and Vantipalli, V. (2002): An observation on domestic cat preying upon few desert microchiropterans. BAT NET - CCINSA Newsletter, 3 (2): 12 - 13.

13. Purohit, A. and Kalu Ram (2001): Present population status of Rhinopoma microphyllum kinneari at JNV University, Jodhpur. BAT NET - CCINSA Newsletter, 2 (1).

Popular articles published in reputed Scientific Magazines:

1. Senacha, K. R. (2009): Baby bats of the Thar. Hornbill, January – March: 4 – 8.

2.  Senacha, K. R. (2007): Nightlife in the Thar. Srishti, VII (V): 66 - 72.

3.  Senacha, K. R. (2006): Your friendly neighbourhood bats. Science Reporter, 43(11): 27 - 29.

4.  Senacha, K. R. (2006): Desert bats of India. Sanctuary Asia, XXVI (4): 52 - 57.

5. Purohit, A. and Senacha, K. R. (2004): The misunderstood ally. Hornbill, January-March: 30 - 32.

6. Purohit, A. and Senacha, K. R. (2002): Prakriti kee anupam kriti chamagadaden. Vigyan Pragati, 12: 40 - 44.

Published Book Chapters:

1. Senacha, K. R. (2008): Bats of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan. In: Conserving Biodiversity of Rajasthan (with emphasis on wild fauna and flora) (Ed: Ashok K. Verma), Himanshu Publications, Udaipur, India: 22 - 24.

Compiled Scientific Research Project Reports:

1. Senacha, K. R. (2009): Status survey and conservation education campaign: a community participation approach to protect bats in the Thar Desert, India. Final Report, The Rufford Small Grants Foundation Project Ref. No. 06.08.07, 1 - 67.

2. Senacha, K. R. (2012): Status survey and conservation education campaign: a community participation approach to protect bats in Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert. Final Report, The Rufford Small Grants Foundation Project Ref. No. 8400 - 2: 1 - 91.

3. Senacha, K. R. (2014): Status survey and conservation education campaign: a community participation approach to protect bats in Jalore and Barmer districts of Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert. Final Report, RSG Booster Grant Bat Conservation and Awareness Project (Ref. No. 11950 - B), Rufford Small Grants Foundation, London, U. K., 1 - 60.

4. Senacha, K. R. (2016): Status survey and conservation education campaign: a community participation approach to protect bats in Pali district of Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert. Final Report, BCI Global Grassroots Bat Conservation and Awareness Project: (Reference No: GG13003), Bat Conservation International, Texas, U.S.A., 1 - 42.

 COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS: 

1. RSG 1st Bat Conservation and Awareness Project (Ref.: 06.08.07) entitled “Status survey and conservation education campaign: a community participation approach to protect bats in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert, India” of budget £ 5000 was sanctioned and fully funded in the year 2007 by  The Rufford  Small Grants Foundation (RSGF), based in London,  England, United Kingdom (U. K.), and executed through the years 2008-2009. Final Report of this project was submitted to RSGF in January 2010 (http://www.K. R. Senacha - Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign – A Community Participation Approach to Protect Bats in Thar Desert - The Rufford Foundation).

2.  RSG 2nd Bat Conservation and Awareness Project (Ref.: 8400-2) entitled “Status survey and conservation education campaign: a community participation approach to protect bats in Bikaner and Jaisalmer districts of Rajasthan parts of the Thar Desert” of budget £ 6000 was sanctioned and fully funded in the year 2010 by The Rufford  Small Grants Foundation (RSGF), based in London,  England, United Kingdom (U. K.), and executed through the years 2010-2011. The Final Report of this project was submitted to RSGF in March 2012 (http://www.K. R. Senacha - Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign – A Community Participation Approach to Protect Bats in Rajasthan Parts of the Thar Desert. - The Rufford Foundation).

3. RSG Booster Grant Bat Conservation and Awareness Project (Ref.: 11950-B) entitled “Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign: A Community Participation Approach to Protect Bats in Jalore and Barmer Districts of Rajasthan Part of the Thar Desert, India” of budget £ 6000 was sanctioned and fully funded in the year 2012 by The Rufford  Small Grants Foundation (RSGF), based in London,  England, United Kingdom (U. K.), and executed through the years 2012 - 2013.  The Final Report of this project was submitted in December 2014 to RSGF  ((http://www.K. R. Senacha - Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign: A Community Participation Approach to Protect Bats in Jalore and Barmer Districts of Rajasthan Part of the Thar Desert, India - The Rufford Foundation ).

4. BCI Global Grassroots Fund Bat Conservation and Awareness Project (Ref.: GG13003) entitled "Status Survey and Conservation Education Campaign: A Community Participation Approach to Protect Bats in Pali District of Rajasthan Part of the Thar Desert, India" of budget US $ 2250 was sanctioned and fully funded in the year 2012 by Bat Conservation International (BCI), based in Austin, United States of America (U. S. A.), and executed through the years 2012 - 2013. The Final Report of this project was submitted in July 2013 to BCI (http://www.batcon.org/index.php/what-we-do/grants/global-grass-roots).  

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS: 

• Since the Year 2021 I have been appointed and working until now as a Consultant Expert Bat Biologist for the Development of Regional Baseline Standards and Conduction of Surveys for NEOM Environment - An Environment Impact and Biodiversity Assessment Major Research Project (REP-100775): This is a collaborative research initiative of (i) Center for Environment & Marine Studies - Research Institute (CEMS - RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Website: http://cew.kfupm.edu.sa); (ii) Administration Authority of NEOM, a $500 Billion under-construction world’s most ambitious and top class Mega City, a dream project of Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, located at North - Western part of the Saudi Arabia and (iii) Crude Oil Excavation and Exploration Technology Global Consultant giant Wood’s regional office Wood - Saudi Arabia for undertaking Biodiversity and Environment Impact Assessment Study of the NEOM Region of North - Western Saudi Arabia. The Project is being funded by the Administration Authority of NEOM, whereas Wood - Saudi Arabia is the nodal agency for its coordination and the Centre for Environment and Marine Studies - Research Institute (CEMS - RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is the scientific authority of its successful execution and implementation.

• Life Member of Afro-Asian Taxonomic Network, London, United Kingdom (U. K.).

• Life member of Chiroptera Conservation and Information Network of South Asia (CCINSA), Coimbatore, India.

• Life member of Ecology and Rural Development Society, Jodhpur, India.

• Annual member of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.