Zoological Survey of India
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| Abbreviation | ZSI |
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| Formation | 1 July 1916 |
| Type | Government agency |
| Purpose | Animal taxonomy and conservation |
| Headquarters | Kolkata |
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Region served | India |
Director | Dr. Dhriti Banerjee |
Parent organisation | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Website | zsi |
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), founded on 1 July 1916 by the
History
The annals of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
The genesis of Zoological Survey of India was in 1875 with the opening of the Indian Museum. The new museum on its inception comprised only three sections: the Zoological, the Archaeological and the Geological. The zoological collections of the Asiatic Society of Bengal were formally handed over to the board of trustees of the Indian Museum in 1875.
Zoological Section of the Museum during the period from 1875 to 1916 steadily expanded, growing to the greatest collection of natural history in Asia. By the care and activity of the Curators of the Asiatic society of Bengal and the Superintendents of the Indian Museum, viz.,
The Zoological Gallery at the Asiatic society Museum under the care and charge of Nathaniel Wallich served the impetus for the formation of the Zoological Survey of India, which was later born as an independent organization on 1 July 1916. The excerpt from the ‘Constitution of the Zoological Survey of India’, released by the Government of India, Department of Education, Resolution no. 19-Museum, dated Shimla, 20 June 1916, states: "In March 1913, the Chairman of the Trustees of the Indian Museum forwarded a representation from the Superintendent of the Zoological and Anthropological Section of the Museum regarding the recognition of the Zoological Section as Zoological Survey. The Government of India, who had already under consideration the desirability of establishing on a sound basis a Zoological Survey of India, informed the Trustees of the Museum that they would be prepared to consider a scheme for such a survey on lines somewhat similar to the existing Botanical Survey of India and asked to furnish with the necessary details. The trustees accordingly submitted their proposals at the end of September 1913."
Dhriti Banerjee became the very first women director of ZSI since its inception in 1916.
Divisions and sections at headquarters
Divisions & Sections
Regional Centers
- North Eastern Regional Centre (NERC), Shillong, Meghalaya (Estd. 1959).
- Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune, Maharashtra (Estd. 1959).
- Central Zone Regional Centre (CZRC), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (Estd. 1960).
- Desert Regional Centre (DRC), Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Estd. 1960).
- Northern Regional Centre (NRC), Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand (Estd. 1960).
- Southern Regional Centre (SRC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Estd. 1961).
- Gangetic Plains Regional Centre (GPRC), Patna, Bihar (Estd. 1965).
- High Altitude Regional Centre (HARC), Solan, Himachal Pradesh (Estd. 1968).
- Marine Biology Regional Centre (MBRC), Madras, Tamil Nadu (Estd. 1973).
- Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Port Blair (Estd. 1977).
- Freshwater Biology Regional Centre (FBRC), Hyderabad, Telangana (Estd. 1979).
- Sunderbans Regional Centre (SRC), Canning, West Bengal (Estd. 1979).
- Estuarine Biology Regional Centre (EBRC), Ganjam, Orissa (Estd. 1980).
- Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Kozhikode, Kerala (Estd. 1980).
- Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre (APRC), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (Estd. 1983).
- Marine Aquarium Cum Regional Centre (MARC), Digha, West Bengal (Estd. 1989).
National zoological collections
The Survey acquired the zoological collections of more than a century old from the former museum of the
Publications
- Records of the Zoological Survey of India[4]
- Memoirs of Zoological Survey of India[5]
- Occasional Papers[6]
- Fauna of British India[7]
- Fauna of India[8]
- Annual Report since 1961–62
- State Fauna Series (20 States)[9]
- Conservation Area Series[10]
- Ecosystem Series[11]
- Wetland Series[11]
- Estuarine Series[11]
- Marine Series[11]
- Himalayan Series[11]
- Animal Discoveries (New species and New records)
- Handbooks/Pictorial Guides[12]
- Special Publication Series[13]
- Status Survey of Threatened Animals[14]
- Bibliography of India Zoology (Discontinued)
- Zoologiana (Discontinued) Vol. 1–5[15]
- Technical Monograph (Discontinued) Vol. 1–17[16]
- Bulletin of ZSI Vol. (Discontinued) Vo. 1–8[17]
ZSI library
The library in Kolkata and regional centers have a total collection of approximately 1,35,000 volumes, which includes books, journals, monographs, reports of expeditions and fauna surveys, periodicals and other archaic literature on Zoology.[18] The Kolkata library has around 400 titles of rare books. Some of the notable documents include the original publications of Carl Linnaeus and Fabricius, original paintings and drawings of renowned scientists, biogeographers and naturalists.[19]
Gallery
Sir William Jones
John Anderson
Bust of John Anderson at Indian Museum
AlfredAlcock
Portrait of Nelson Annandale by ZSI Artist
Beetle specimens at Coleoptera Section, Kolkata
Idea sula sula specimen at Central Entomology Laboratory, ZSI, Kolkata
Coral at Marine Museum, ZSI, Chennai
ZSI Library collection:Painting of Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) by ZSI artist
ZSI Library collection: A view of manuscript collection
See also
- List of zoo associations
- Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
- Forest Survey of India (FSI)
- Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History(SACON)
- Survey of India (SI)
- Geological Survey of India (GSI)
- Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI)
References
- ^ Zoological Survey of India-History and Progress 1916-1990 (1990). Edited by Director, Zoological Survey of India. Published by ZSI, Kolkata.109pp.
- ^ India, Zoological Survey of (1977). Newsletter - Zoological Survey of India. Zoological Survey of India.
- ^ India, Zoological Survey of (1999). Annual Report on the Zoological Survey of India for the Year ... Manager of Publications, Civil Lines.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ a b c d e "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
- ^ WB Publinet[dead link]
External links
- at Wikimedia Commons
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