Rounak Choudhary

Current

DST-INSPIRE Senior Research Fellow

Regional Coordinator- Western India for Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology (IRALE/IALE India)

Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Rajasthan

Education

Ph.D. Landscape Ecology Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Rajasthan (2022-Present) Studying Landscape Heterogeneity, Biodiversity and Functional Diversity in Agroecosystems of Arid and Semi-arid Rajasthan.

Masters of Science (M.Sc.) Environmental Science (Gold Medalist) Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Rajasthan. (2020) Studied the Ecology of the Rangelands in Central Rajasthan.

Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment (PGDISHE) Studied the Mitigation of Bird Strike Hazard in the Aviation Industry

Diploma in Basics of Ornithology (DCBO)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)- Zoology, Botany & Chemistry

Selected Publications

• Abundance, taxonomic and functional diversity of raptors along aridity gradient and habitat types in Rajasthan, India-Raptor Journal

• Habitat Suitability for Endemic and Vulnerable White-Naped Tit (Machlolophus nuchalis) in Arid and Semi-Arid Landscapes of India - Journal of Landscape Ecology

• Plumage aberration in Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) from Rajasthan, India- Ornis Hungarica

• Area sensitivity & conservation strategies for three woodland bird species in arid and semi-arid landscapes of Rajasthan-  Third National Conference of the Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology (IRALE 2025)

• Sighting of Oriental Pied-Hornbills from the arid region of Rajasthan, India, Zoo's Print

• Intersex plumage in Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)- Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology (RIO)

• New Sightings and Habitat Suitability Mapping of Endemic Platyceps gracilis (GÜNTHER, 1862) - Biogeographia –The Journal of Integrative Biogeography

• A photographic record of Charaxes solon from the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, India - Zoo's Print

• Additions to the avifauna of Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan - Species

• Progressive greying in the white-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) - TAPROBANICA

• ERYTHRISM IN HOUSE SPARROW (PASSER DOMESTICUS): A RECORD FROM RAJASTHAN, INDIA - International Studies on Sparrows 

• Interspecific feeding by Indian Robin (Copsychus fulicatus) to Brown Rock Chat (Oenanthe fusca) - Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology (RIO)

• First record of brown plumage aberration in Indian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra) from India - Ornis Hungarica 

• A new record of Sternocera chrysis (Fabricius 1775), the jewel beetle from Rajasthan's semi-arid region and its cultural significance as a traditional ornament  - Entomologie faunistique - Faunistic Entomology