- Designation: Assistant Professor
- Address: School of Wildlife Forensic and Health
South Civil Line
NDVSU, Jabalpur - 482001 (M.P.) - : 0761-2627150(O), 9753360597
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Fields of Specialization:
Majoring Field: Wildlife Health Management
Specializing field: Wildlife Epidemiology
Current Projects:
| Project Title | Role in the Project | Fund Outlay | Funding Agency |
| Surveillance of Infectious Diseases of Wild Animals of Pench Tiger Reserve | Co-Principal Investigator | Rs. 9.00 lakhs | Madhya Pradesh Forest Department |
| Species identification of wild herbivores based on molecular, microscopic and ultrastructural characterization of hair samples | Co-Principal Investigator | Rs. 28 lakhs (Collaborating institute | Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi |
Completed Projects:
| Project Title | Role in the Project | Fund Outlay | Funding Agency |
| Study of the prevalence of canine parvovirus, canine distemper virus and canine adenovirus infections in feral dogs of villages at buffer zone of Panna Tiger Reserve | Principal Investigator | Rs. 5.00 lakhs | Madhya Pradesh Forest Department |
Recent Research Publications:
- Rajput, N., Swamy, M., Nayak, A., Gupta, A., Gupta, S., Dubey, A., Singh, K.P. and Yadav, U. (2022). Assessing seroprevalence of major viral infections in big cats. Indian Journal of Animal Research, https://doi.org/10.18805/IJAR.B-4845.
- Rajput, N. (2021). Wildlife Conservation: A principles-based approach to prevent biological disasters. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 36 (3): 31-32.
- Nayak, R.M., Jadav, K.K., Rajput, N., Gupta, S., Rokde, A. and Singh, K.P. (2020). Surveillance of major canine pathogens in feral dogs and big cats at the domestic-wildlife interface in Panna tiger reserve, India. Journal of Animal Research, 10(2): 303-308.
- Sidhu, N., Borah, J., Shah, S., Rajput, N. and Jadav, K.K. (2019). Is canine distemper virus (CDV) a lurking threat to large carnivores? A case study from Ranthambhore landscape in Rajasthan, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(9): 14220-14223.
- Chaudhary, V., Rajput, N., Shrivastav, A.B. and Tonkyn, D.W. (2018). Risk of disease spillover from dogs to wild carnivores in Kanha Tiger Reserve, India. bioRxiv preprint, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/360271.
- Singh, A.P., Jadav, K.K., Dharmendra, K., Rajput, N, Shrivastav, A.B. and Sarkhel, B.C. (2017). Complete mitochondrial genome sequencing of central Indian domestic pig. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 1(1): 949-950.
- Jadav, K.K., Rajput, N., Singh, A.P., Sarkhel, B.C. and Shrivastav, A.B. (2016). Species-specific ARMS-PCR test for identification of Indian Wild Pig (Sus scrofa cristatus). Indian Journal of Animal Science, 86(6): 732-735
- Palit, M. and Rajput, N. (2015). Management of biting injuries in mandrills Mandrillus sphinx: a case report. Zoo’s Print , XXX(7): 14-16.
- Shrivastav, A.B., Nigam, P., Singh, K.P., Shankar, K., Joshi, H.R., Rajput, N., Rokde, A., Navnithan, B., Agrawal, S. and Chauhan, J.S. (2014). Haematobiochemical study of free ranging gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus). Indian Journal of Animal Science, 84(10): 1061-1064.
- Rajput, N., Shrivastav, A.B., Parmar, S.N.S., Ranjan, R., Singh, S. and Joseph, E. (2013). Characterization of 12s rRNA gene for meat identification of common wild and domestic small herbivores as an aid to wildlife forensic. Veterinary World, 6(5):254-259.
Honours & Awards:
- Dr. J.L. Vegad Gold Medal Award -2009 in Veterinary Pathology by JVC Alumni Association
- Ravi Sankaran Fellowship for Young Conservationist – internship abroad-2011 by Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation for internship in the Wildlife Center of Virginia (U.S.A.)
- Best Oral Presentation Award (Co-author) - 2013 in National Symposium by the Association of Indian Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians.
- Young Scientist Award – 2015 in the discipline of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry by MP Council of Science & Technology (Govt. of Madhya Pradesh)
- Best Oral Presentation Award- 2015 in XIV Annual Conference of Indian Association of Women Veterinarians (IAWV)
- Commendation letter from the State Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh (Government of Madhya Pradesh) in the year 2021 to recognize the support in wildlife investigations.