Dr. Ajit Kumar

About

To work and associate with an organization having challenging and creative environment, where learning and personal skills are put together with hard work. I am a self-motivated and hard-working young Researcher with 10+ years of research experience in Population genetics, Phylogeography, Evolutionary and Wildlife forensics.

Employment

• Wildlife Institute of India Conservation Genetics
  2017 - Present
• Wildlife Institute of India Forensic examinations of Wildlife Articles and Seizures
  2016 - 2017
• Wildlife Institute of India Research
  2011 - 2016

Education

• Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University) Faculty of Sciences Ph.D.
  2013 - 2017
• Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Master in Science
  2008 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (34)

• Wildlife Forensics
  2026 DOI: 10.4324/9781003474296-12
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• Wildlife Trade and Ecosystem Imbalances in India
  2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-3694-8_7
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• Unveiling the contemporary genetic diversity and population demography of the critically endangered northern river terrapin (Batagur baska) in the sundarbans
  Molecular Biology Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-025-11208-5
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• Multiple Domestication Centers of the Indian Pig Population
  Genome Biology and Evolution 2025 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf030
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• Unlocking the genetic enigma: A paradigm shift towards evidence-based conservation of Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
  Biological Conservation 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110421
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• Himalayan upliftment and Shiwalik succession act as a cradle for divergence in Bengal monitor lizard Varanus bengalensis (Reptilia: Varanidae) in India
  Cladistics 2023 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12542
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• Turtle and tortoise mitogenomes under contrasting positive selection pressure
  Organisms Diversity and Evolution 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s13127-023-00625-8
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• Genetic Analysis Reveals a Distinct Lineage of Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) in Kratie Province, Cambodia
  Journal of Heredity 2022 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esac017
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• Detection of fraudulent in contraband Shahtoosh trade: Unfair deal in illicit wildlife market
  Forensic Science International: Genetics 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102713
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• Genetic evidence indicates the occurrence of the Endangered Kashmir musk deer (Moschus cupreus) in Uttarakhand, India
  Oryx 2022 DOI: 10.1017/s0030605321000417
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