Bannoth Reddya Naik
Professor
Zoology
Osmania University
India
Biography
Professor of Zoology and heading Medical Entomology Laboratory. Joined the University in 1997 as Assistant Professor. Post-Doctoral Research Awardee of UGC Selection and Award Bureau New Delhi. 33 Research papers were published in peer reviewed journals. Guiding eight research scholars for their PhD work and four of them were awarded with degrees. Attended/Participated/presented research findings in 37 National seminars/International Seminars / Conferences / workshops. Organized 26 Seminars / Symposium / Workshops / Conference / Training Programmes in the respective Professional / Research field. Has been a resource person to Academic Staff College OU/ SERB school of Insect Biology, DST/ School teachers for the programmes conducted by Jana Vignana Vedika (JVV) etc., Produced a documentary film on “Chikungunya” in Collaboration with EFLUEMMRC, Hyderabad. Visited (Florida) USA in 2008 and China (Suzhou) in 2013 for research papers presentations in the seminar /workshop. Rendered services as Director to Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Parasitology, Begumpet for four years (from May 2008 to Feb 2012)
Research Interest
area of research is Medical Entomology with special emphasis on mosquitoborne disease surveillance and their preventive measures by using larivorous fish and plant products for biological control of mosquitoes
Publications
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Prasad GL, Naik BR, Ko JE, Nagaraju GP. Effects of naloxone, serotonin, and dopamine on reproduction of the freshwater crab Barytelphusa guerini. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 2014 Mar 1;321(3):173-82.
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Naik BR, Gowreeswari GS, Singh Y, Satyavathi R, Daravath SS, Reddy PR. Bio-synthesis of silver nanoparticles from leaf extract of Pongamia pinnata as an effective larvicide on dengue vector Aedes albopictus (Skuse)(Diptera: Culicidae). Advances in Entomology. 2014 Apr 28;2(02):93.
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Nagaraju GP, Kumari NS, Prasad GL, Rajitha B, Meenu M, Rao MS, Naik BR. Structural prediction and analysis of VIH-related peptides from selected crustacean species. Bioinformation. 2009;4(1):6.
