A biologist with multidisciplinary research interests with a focus on generating information for conservation decision making. Academic background in Zoology with advanced training in GIS, Remote Sensing and Systematic Conservation Planning. 18 years of experience in teaching, research and outreach activities related to biodiversity conservation in the tropics. Associated with leading academic and research organizations as well as conservation NGOs in India and the United Kingdom. Currently, an Assistant Professor of Zoology at St. John’s College, Anchal, India and is the acting Head of the Department of Zoology.

Publications

1. A.S. Vishnu, Lal, M., Tharian, J. C., Prabhakaran, M. P., & P.H. Anvar Ali. (2023). Diversity, distribution, and conservation status of fish species in Kallar Stream, Achankovil River, Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(5), 23164–23189. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7980.15.5.23164-23189
2. Baby, F., Tharian, J., Abraham, M. K., R, R. M., Ali, A., & Raghavan, R. (2011). Length-weight relationship and condition factor of an endemic stone sucker, Garra gotyla stenorhynchus (Jerdon, 1849) from two opposite flowing rivers in Southern Western Ghats. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3(6), 1851–1855. http://thewesternghats.in/sites/default/files/Length weight relationship of Garra gotyla_JoTT,June2011.pdf
3. Baby, F., Tharian, J., Ali, A., & Raghavan, R. (2010). A checklist of freshwater fishes of the New Amarambalam Reserve Forest. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2(December), 1330–1333.
4. Baby, F., Tharian, J., Philip, S., Ali, A., & Raghavan, R. (2011). Checklist of the fishes of the Achankovil forests , Kerala , India with notes on the range extension of an endemic cyprinid Puntius chalakkudiensis. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3(July), 1936–1941.
5. Benziger, A., Philip, S., Raghavan, R., Anvar Ali, P. H., Sukumaran, M., Tharian, J., Dahanukar, N., Baby, F., Peter, R., Devi, K. R., Radhakrishnan, K. V., Haniffa, M. A., Britz, R., & Antunes, A. (2011). Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution. PLoS ONE, 6(6), e21272. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021272
6. John, L., Philip, S., Dahanukar, N., Anvar Ali, P. H., Tharian, J., Raghavan, R., & Antunes, A. (2013). Morphological and Genetic Evidence for Multiple Evolutionary Distinct Lineages in the Endangered and Commercially Exploited Red Lined Torpedo Barbs Endemic to the Western Ghats of India. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e69741. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069741
7. Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Krishnakumar, K., Ali, A., Solomon, S., Ramprasanth, M. R. R., Baby, F., Pereira, B., Tharian, J., & Philip, S. (2012). Western Ghats ’ fish fauna in peril : are pseudo conservationist attitudes to be blamed ? Current Science, 102(6), 835–837.
8. Raghavan, R., Tharian, J., Ali, A., Jadhav, S., & Dahanukar, N. (2013). Balitora jalpalli , a new species of stone loach ( Teleostei : Cypriniformes : Balitoridae ) from Silent Valley , southern Western Ghats , India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5(March), 3921–3934. https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3277.3921-34.Copyright
9. Raj, S., Kumar, A. B., Tharian, J., & Raghavan, R. (2021). Illegal and unmanaged aquaculture , unregulated fisheries and extreme climatic events combine to trigger invasions in a global biodiversity hotspot. Biological Invasions, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02525-4
10. Raj, S., Prakash, P., Reghunath, R., Tharian, J. C., Raghavan, R., & Kumar, A. B. (2021). Distribution of alien invasive species in aquatic ecosystems of the southern Western Ghats, India. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 24(2), 64–75. https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.024.02.10
11. Solomon, S., Ramprasanth, M. R., Baby, F., Pereira, B., Tharian, J., & Ali, A. (2011). Reproductive biology of Puntius denisonii , an endemic and threatened aquarium fish of the Western Ghats and its implications for conservation. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3(September), 2071–2077.
12. Tharian, J. C., Vishnuraj, R. S., Josekumar, V. S., & Joseph, L. (2019). Checklist of Freshwater Fishes of the Vamanapuram River , Kerala. Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, 7, 59–63.