Orus Ilyas

Biography

I have been involved in field research on mammals, specially the ungulates community in India since 1995. My doctoral research was on "Status and conservation of ungulates in the Kumaon Himalayas with special reference to aspect of ecology of barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) and goral (Nemorhaedus goral)". Prior to joining as Assistant Professor in Dept of Wildlife sciences, I worked in various project ranging from community participation to species conservation and ecology funded by many organisation i.e WSI, WWF India, CAPART, DANIDA, UGC, UPFD-TERI. I have also worked as young scientist under Fast Track Program of DST, and surveyed high altitude Himalayas for conservation status of musk deer in Uttrakhand Himalayas. I am also holding a post of "Asia Coordinator" of Deer Specialist group or SSC/IUCN. Currently apart from MSc teaching I am working on two major research project on 'Musk deer ecology in Kedarnath wildlife Sanctuary, Uttrakhand' funded by UGC, and "Resource partitioning among ungulate community in Pench Tiger Reserve" funded by DST- Govt. of India. My research interests include biodiversity conservation; population ecology, herbivore ecology, Wildlife policy and legislation quantitative ecology; human-animal conflict and animal behaviour.

Research Interest

Dynamics, Conservation biology; Human -Animal Conflict; Animal Behaviour and Socio economic aspects.