Shawkat Imam Khan, PhD

About

I am a Deputy Keeper (Deputy Director), Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh. My main research interest in the behavioral ecology, human-wildlife conflict and conservation of wildlife especially primates. I am also interest in research on community participation in conservation of wildlife in natural and anthropogenic habitats.

Employment

• Bangladesh National Museum Deputy Keeper (Deputy Director)
  2024 - Present
• Bangladesh National Museum Project Director
  2016 - 2018
• Bangladesh National Museum Assistant Keeper (Zoology)
  2011 - 2024
• Bangladesh National Museum Taxidermist
  2006 - 2011
• Project of Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong Bangladesh and Welcome Trust, UK Field Investigator
  2006 - 2006
• Dulahazara Safari Park Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF)
  2004 - 2005
• Bangladesh Biodiversity Conservation Social Service Centre (BCSSC) through Research Initiative of Bangladesh (RIB) Research Fellow
  2003 - 2004
• Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka Field Investigator
  2000 - 2002

Education

• University of Dhaka Ph.D.
  ? - 2021
• University of Dhaka M.Sc.
  ? - 2002
• University of Dhaka B.Sc. (Hon's)
  ? - 2000

Projects & Funding

• Existing traditional wooden boats and its structural disparity based on different geographic landscape of Bangladesh Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
  2023 - 2025
• Unveiling living tradition: exploring the Intangible cultural heritage of mat-making in Naogaon, Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
  2023 - 2024
• Status, ranging patterns, activity budget and conservation of Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in Madhupur National Park, Tangail, Bangladesh Nagao Natural Environment Foundation
  2015 - 2015
• Behavioral patterns and conservation of Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) at Madhupur National Park in Tangail of Bangladesh. IDEA WILDIDEA WILD (Biodiversity Conservation Organization}
  2015 - 2015
• Present status, distribution and conservation threats of non-human primates in Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh. Research and Development (R&D) project from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
  2014 - 2015
• Frugivorous birds and seed dispersal in Madhupur National Park and Chittagong University Campus, Bangladesh. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  2007 - 2009
• Food consumption, status, distribution and conservation problems of Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology
  2000 - 2001

Publications (26)

• Behavioral Variability of Endangered Northern Pig‐Tailed Macaques in a Degraded Mosaic Habitat in Northeast Bangladesh
  Ecology and Evolution 2026 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.73635
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• Temporal variation and heterogeneity of avifauna in the Bangladesh National Museum Premises
  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science 2025
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• Activity Budget of Capped Langur, Trachypithecus pileatus (Blyth, 1843): Temporal Variation According to Age-Sex Classes
  Primate Conservation 2025
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• Heterogeneric diversity and richness of avifauna in a degraded landscape of arial beel in Bangladesh
  Jagannath U. J. Life and Earth Sci. 2023
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• A comparison of the breeding biology of White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Linnaeus, 1758 in plains and hilly areas of Bangladesh
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2022 DOI: 10.11609/jott.7565.14.10.21936-21945
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• Activity Budget and Diet of Phayre’s Langur (Trachypithecus phayrei) in Satchari National Park, Bangladesh
  Primate Conservation 2022
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• Dietary Composition, Food Choice and Food Plants of Capped Langur, Trachypithecus pileatus (Blyth, 1843) in and around the Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh
  Primate Conservation 2022
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• AVIAN SPECIES DIVERSITY AND POPULATION IN AND AROUND AN URBAN LAKE IN BANGLADESH
  Jagannath University Journal of Life and Earth Sciences 2021
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• Breeding biology of common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis, Linnaeus 1758)
  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science 2021 DOI: 10.3329/jasbs.v47i1.54184
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• THREATS AND CONSERVATION ISSUES OF COMMON KINGFISHER (ALCEDO ATTHIS, LINNAEUS, 1758) AND WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER (HALCYON SMYRNENSIS, LINNAEUS, 1758) IN SOME RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF BANGLADESH
  Jagannath University Journal of Life and Earth Sciences 2021
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• BREEDING BIOLOGY OF' THE RED-WHISKERED BULBUL, pycNoNoTas Jocosus (LTNNAEUS, 17s8) rN MADHUPUR NATIONAL PARK, BANGLADESH
  J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, 2020
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• Population size and distribution of the Capped Langur, Trachypithecus pileatus (Blyth, 1843) in Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh
  Asian Primates Journal 2018
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• Threats and conservation problems of non-human primates in moist deciduous forest of Bangladesh
  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science 2017
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• Population status and distribution of Rhesus Macaque, Macaca mulatta, in a moist deciduous forest of Bangladesh
  Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 2016
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• Frugivorous birds and fruit plants in a deciduous forest in Bangladesh: a case study in the Madhupur National Park
  Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 2015
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• Avifauna of Pashukhali and Gajdhar village in Netrokona district, Bangladesh
  Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 2014
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• Birds of the Madhupur National Park, Bangladesh.
  Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 2011
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• Distribution and conservation problems of the Ringtailed Fishing Eagle in Netrakona district, Bangladesh
  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science 2011
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• Conservation problems of the Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) in Bangladesh
  Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 2009
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• Breeding of Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), an endangered bird of Bangladesh
  Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 2009
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