Dr. Manoj Kumar joined PAU as Assistant Ornithologist in 2010 after completing his M. Sc. Zoology and  Ph.D.Zoology from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2004 and 2009 respectively. His field of Specialization is Vertebrate Pest Management which includes Agricultural Ornithology, Avian ecology, Zoology, Ecology as thrust research areas. He is currently working in All Indian Network Project on Vertebrate Pest Management (Agricultural Ornithology) as Senior Ornithologist. 

He has CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF): 2009; CSIR/UGC- National Eligibility Test (NET): Dec. 2003, June 2005 and University Research Scholarship (URS): 2004-2008 to his credit. He also vvisited the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA (October 5-20, 2018) to attend Sound Analysis Workshop.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed

Co-PI of UGC major research project on ‘Monitoring of house sparrow population and breeding ecology in rural and urban areas of Punjab’ from 2013-2017. 

Research Publications:

1. Jindal M and Kumar M (2023) Habitat ecology of Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus in agroecosystem. Ind. J. Ento. 85(3), 636–639. DoI. No.: 10.55446/IJE.2023.971. (NAAS Rating 5.08).
2. Amanpreet Kaur, & Kumar, M. . (2022). Avifaunal Diversity in Mustard Crop. Indian Journal of Entomology, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2022.528 (NAAS Rating 5.08)
3. Rajesh and Kumar M (2019) Breeding ecology of Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa in agro-ecosystem of Punjab, India. J Exp Zool India. 22 (2):1151-1155 (NAAS Rating 5.51)
4. Kler TK, Kumar M and Vashishat N (2018) Effects of electromagnetic radiations on diversity and breeding biology of birds living near power lines and mobile towers at Ludhiana, Punjab. J. Env. Bio. (29) 247-252. (NAAS Rating 6.70)
5. Yadav AS and Sharma MK (2008) Increased frequency of micronucleated exfoliated cells among humans exposed in vivo to mobile telephone radiations.Mutation Research650:175-180. (Citations-83) (NAAS Rating  8.13).

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Visited the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, New York, USA (October 5-20, 2018) to attend Sound Analysis Workshop.

2.CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF): 2009.

3.University Research Scholarship (URS): 2004-2008.

4. CSIR/UGC- National Eligibility Test (NET): Dec. 2003, June 2005.