Rajeev Raghavan
Indian conservation biologist
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Rajeev Raghavan is a fisheries scientist and aquatic conservation biologist known for his work on the freshwater fishes of the Indian subcontinent.[1] Rajeev is currently an assistant professor at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India, the South Asia Chair of the IUCN's Freshwater Fish Specialist Group.,[2][3] and the IUCN Freshwater Fish Red List Authority Coordinator for Asia and Oceania.
Rajeev Raghavan | |
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| Occupations | Assistant Professor, Fisheries Scientist |
| Known for | Freshwater Fish Conservation, Fish Systematics |
| Board member of | Mahseer Trust, SHOAL Conservation, Freshwater Life, Fisheries Conservation Foundation |
| Awards | FSBI MEDAL 2023 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St. Albert's College, University of Madras, Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Kent |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Conservation Biology, Fisheries science |
| Sub-discipline | Freshwater Fish Conservation, Fish Systematics, Molecular ecology, Inland Fisheries |
| Institutions | Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| Website | http://www.fishlab.in |
Rajeev has to his credit more than 200 publications [4] and has been listed in the Elsevier/Scopus Top 2% Scientists of the World for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.[5]
In honour of Rajeev's research contributions to Indian ichthyology, two fish species have been named after him - a snakehead from the northern Western Ghats, Channa rara,[6] and a hill-stream loach Indoreonectes rajeevi.[7]
Research
Since 2003, Rajeev has been involved in interdisciplinary research that generates information to support conservation decision making in tropical aquatic ecosystems, particularly in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.[8] His work cuts across multiple disciplines from systematics, to molecular ecology and biogeography, freshwater fisheries and conservation policies. His research group[9] is globally recognized for advancing the knowledge-base on understanding the diversity of freshwater fishes on the Indian subcontinent, resulting in the discovery and description of 21 new species (including three new genera and two new families).[10][11][12] Working with collaborators, he has also contributed to solving long-standing taxonomic and nomenclatural issues in Indian fish taxonomy.[13][14]