Dr. Bhoj Kumar Acharya
  Designation: Professor
  Date of Joining: 05.05.2014
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Academic record & distinction

M.Sc in Zoology (2001) - University of North Bengal, India (1st class with distinction marks and have obtained University Medal).

Ph D in Zoology (2008) - Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History, Coimbatore (Centre for Excellence of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and Recognized research institute under Bharathiar University, Coimbatore).

*PhD Thesis Title “Bird Communities and their Distribution Pattern along the Elevation Gradient of Teesta Valley, Sikkim”.

Areas of Specialization

Conservation Biology, Biogeography, Ornithology, Ecology, Insect Ecology

Awards and Recognition

Student award for best presentation: Society for Conservation Biology, USA

Commendation Certificate: Government of Sikkim

Member: National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)

Life Member: Indian Ecological Society

Member: Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)

Member: Sikkim State Biodiversity Board

Chairperson: Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC), Sikkim University

Member: National Coordination Committee for Transboundary Landscape Initiatives in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India

Latest Publications

1. Acharya, B.K., Thakuri, B., Dewan, S., Jins, V.J. and Chettri, N. (2024) Birds of the Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot: diversity, distribution and conservation. In: Biodiversity Hotspot of the Himalaya (T. Pullaiah ed.), Apple Academic Press, distributed by CRC Press (Tylor & Francis group) (ISBN: 978-1-77491-354-3). Pp. 293-318.
2. Dewan, S., Chettri, I.K., Limboo, A.H.S. and Acharya, B.K. (2024) Butterflies of the Indian Himalaya along with Nepal and Bhutan. In: Biodiversity Hotspot of the Himalaya (T. Pullaiah ed.), Apple Academic Press, distributed by CRC Press (Tylor & Francis group) (ISBN: 978-1-77491-354-3). Pp. 271-292.
3. Thakuri, B. and Acharya, B.K. (2024) Multifunctional high elevation agropastoral ecosystem of Eastern Himalaya complements primary forest in bird conservation. Community Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-024-00229-y.
4. Rawat, N. and Acharya, B.K. (2024) Rediscovery of rare Anisoptera, Camacinia Harterti, Karsh 1890 (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Sikkim Himalaya, India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 44:989-993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01182-z.
5. Lepcha, D.T., Dewan, S., Chettri, I.K. and Acharya, B.K. (2024) Understanding life cycle and identification of larval host plant of lesser-known butterfly Truncate Imperial Cheritrella truncipennis from Sikkim Himalaya, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 27: 102342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102342.
6. Dewan,S. and Acharya, B.K. (2024) Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient. Biotropica, 56: e13311. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13311
7. Tamang, R., Jins, V.J., Dewan, S., Chaudhry, S., Rawat, S. and Acharya, B.K. (2023) Ecological niche modelling of two water-dependant birds informs the conservation needs of riverine ecosystems outside protected area network in the Eastern Himalaya, India. PLoS One 18(11): e0294056.
8. Gurung, A.,  Limboo, A.H.S.,  Acharya, B.K. and Prajapati, D.A. (2022) First record of the jumping spider Pancorius changricus Żabka, 1990 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(4): 20939–20942.
9. Dewan, S.,  Sanders, N.J. and Acharya, B.K. (2022) Turnover in butterfly communities and traits along an elevational gradient in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Ecosphere 13(3): e3984. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3984.
10. Chettri, A., Thakuri, B. and Acharya, B.K. (2022) Foraging strategy and guild structure of Avifauna in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society 75(1): 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-021-00396-0.
11. Dewan, S., Acharya, B.K., Vetaas, O.R. and Ghatani, S. (2021) Do sub-groups of butterflies display different elevational distribution patterns in the Eastern Himalaya, India? Frontiers of Biogeography 13(3): e49643, http://dx.doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG49643. 
12. Chettri, B. and Acharya, B.K. (2020) Distribution of amphibians along an elevation gradient in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Basic and Applied Ecology 47:57-70.
13. Dhakal, P., Chettri, B., Lepcha, S. and Acharya, B.K. (2020) Rich yet undocumented ethnozoological practices of socio-culturally diverse indigenous communities of Sikkim Himalaya, India. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 249: 112386.
14. Sharma, K., Acharya, B.K., Sharma, G., Valente, D., Pasimeni, M.R, Petrosillo, I. and Selvan, T. (2020) Land use effect on butterfly alpha and beta diversity in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Ecological Indicators 110: 105605.
15. Dewan, S., Darnal, N., Acharya, B.K., Subramanian, K.A., Chettri, B. and Jins, V.J. (2019) Effectiveness of organic terrace rice cultivation in conservation of odonates in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. International Journal of Odonatology 22: 207-222.
16. Dewan, S., Acharya, B.K. and Ghatani, S. (2018) A new record of the lesser-known butterfly Small Woodbrown Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887 (Lepidop¬tera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10: 11775-11779.
17. Acharya, B.K.  and Vijayan, L. (2017) Vertical stratification of birds in different vegetation types along the elevation gradient in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Ornithological Science 16:131-140.
18. Acharya, B.K.  and Vijayan, L. (2015) Butterfly diversity along the elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India. Ecological Research 30:909-919.
19. Acharya, B.K., Sanders, N.J. Chettri, B., and Vijayan, L. (2011) Elevational gradients in bird diversity in the Eastern Himalaya: an evaluation of distribution patterns and their underlying mechanisms. PLoS One 6:e29097.
20. Acharya, B.K., Chettri, B., and Vijayan, L. (2011): Distribution pattern of trees along an elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India. Acta Oecologica 37:329-336.