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The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago comprises of 572 islands extending over 800 km in Bay of Bengal. These islands were once a part of the Asian mainland but got detached some 100 million years ago during the Upper Mesozoic Period due to geological upheaval. The existing groups of islands constitute the physiographic continuation of the mountainous ranges of Naga and Lushai Hills and Arakan Yoma of Burma through Cape Negrais to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and southeast of Achin Head in Sumatra. The chain of these islands are in fact the camel backs of the submerged mountain ranges projecting above the sea level running north to south between 6° 45´ N and 13° 30´ N latitudes and 90° 20´ E and 93° 56´ E longitudes. Andaman Islands are separated from Nicobar by a 160 km wide channel known as Ten Degree Channel. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an internationally acknowledged biodiversity hot spot, off the Indian mainland and lying isolated is 8249 km2 areas. These islands encompass a very high degree of endemism in especially plants, reptiles, insects, birds and mammals. Geographically these islands falls under Indo-Malayan biogeographic regime in which Andaman bears close biogeographical affinities with Myanmar and Thailand while Nicobar has affinities with Indonesia and South-east Asia. The notified forest area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7171 km2 in which 105 protected areas including 96 sanctuaries, 9 national parks and one biosphere reserve have been declared.
Office Address
Zoological Survey of India
Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre
Haddo, Port Blair – 744 102
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Phone No: 03192 - 233148, 242390, 237582
Fax: 03192 - 230115
E-mail: anrszsi[at]gmail[dot]com
Officers Details
| Sl. No |
Name |
Designation |
Email Id |
Phone No. |
| 1. |
Dr. C. Raghunathan |
Officer-in-Charge |
- |
230115
233148 |
| 2. |
Dr. C. Sivaperuman |
Scientist – C |
- |
233148 |
| 3. |
Smti. Kamla Devi |
Assistant Zoologist |
- |
233148 |
Major Projects
- Gall causing insects and mites of Andaman Islands
- Bio-ecological studies on insect woodborers of Andaman
- Survey of the faunal resources of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Fauna associated with corals in Andaman Islands
- Studies on the poisonous and venomous fishes of Andamans
- Studies on commercial fishes of Andamans : Carangide and Lethrinidae
- Ichthyofauna of mangrove ecosystem of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Corals and coral associates of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Corals of protected areas of Andaman and Nicobar
- Fauna of Inglis Island Sanctuary
- Coral and coral Associated fauna of Rutland and Great Nicobar Islands
- Birds of Rutland and Dugong Creek of Andaman
- Fauna of Saddle Peak National Park
Achievements
- New record to Indian fauna: Over 500 species including scleractinian, corals, echinoderms, gorgonids, sponges, ascidians, opisthobranchs, polyclads, fishes gastropods, butterflies and moths identified from Andaman and Nicobar Islands were new to the country.
- National Coral Reef Research Institute: Monitoring the health of corals and coral associated faunal communities are being undertaken.
- Lead Institution: Serving as a lead institution for undertaking research in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR) towards the recognition of GNBR under UNESCO – Man and Biosphere Programme Network.
- Status Survey: Conducted the status survey on Schedule-IV gastropod Trochus niloticus in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and submitted recommendations to Government of India to delist the species from Schedule category as their wild population increased considerably. Presently status survey for Schedule-I holothurians is underway.
- EIA studies: Conducted for construction of marine jetties in Katchal and Teresa Islands in Nicobar. EIA studies for the alignment of road in Great Nicobar Island, extension of airstrip in North Andaman are presently being undertaken.
Head Quarter
The Director
Zoological Survey of India
Prani Vigyan Bhawan
535, M-Block
New Alipore
Kolkata – 700 053
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