Assistant Professor
Dr. Jagruti Rathod
SciencePh.D. (Zoology) from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. India Ph. D Thesis Title: Avifauna of urban area: its significance and implication under various human disturbances.
Internationally Certified Restoration Practitioner by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) USA.
M.Sc. (Zoology, Avian Diversity, and Wildlife Biology) from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. India.
B.Sc. (Zoology) from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. India.
Zoology, Wetland Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology (agroecosystem), Avian biology, Biodiversity, Conservation & Management, Internationally certified restoration practitioner.
Dr. Jagruti Rathod joined Navrachana University in August 2023 as an Assistant Professor. She has 15 years of research, institutional and teaching experience
Dr. Jagruti Rathod has more than 36 publications that include scientific articles in reputed national/international journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports and guides her students.
She is a member of IUCN (CEE, CEM), SER ,e-bird, and BCSG (Bird Conservation Society of Gujarat). She is also works as a reviewer and editorial board in different international and national journals. She also served as a Session moderator and Judge in the international conference organized by SER and UN (United Nations). Fourteen paper presentations at different national and international conferences during research work.
Dr. Jagruti has been with the Society for Ecological Restoration, SER (USA) since 2017 and work as an expert which includes 1. Goals and Governing council (Reviewer) of CERP (Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner) by SER, from January 2022. She is also. Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) by SER Society for Ecological Restoration from January 2021. Core Team member of SERAN Chapter by SER.
Completed Project as a consultant
1. Restoration of groundwater by construction of eco-friendly privet villa pond.
2. Plantation of indigenous tree species on privet land and restore the soil and groundwater.
3. Herbal and kitchen garden privet land.
Completed Projects as a PI
1. Ecology and Population of Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii) in Banni Grass Land. Funded by Ramble, Shajeevan, Bhuj, Gujarat. December 2018 to March, 2019.
2. Awareness programme for wetland conservation and restoration in Vadodara city Sponsored by United way of Baroda funded by United way of Vadodara, Gujarat. October 2018 to October 2019.
3. “Awareness programme for the conservation of wetlands”. Sponsored by GUJCOST, Gujarat Science Club, Gujarat Vigyan, and DST. In September 2016
4. Handle (Project leader) and work in 18 different national and international projects taken by Gujarat Ecology Society, Vadodara, and Gujarat, India.
She is an active researcher and recipient of different awards/scholarships and sponsorship/ Travel grants from SER, United way of Baroda, Jungle Escape (NGO, Banglore), Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS). She also received the RFSMS (Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students) UGC (University Grant Commission, Delhi, India) scholarship for her research work.
Publications Research Papers.
31 National, international publications| Total number of citations – 94| ‘h’-index -5| i10 index- 3
1. Patel, Sangita Vashrambhai; Khokhariya, Rahul D.; Rathod, Jagruti; Chatterji, Deya G.; Patel, Jesal 2023 Prevalence of dental fluorosis and dental caries among peopl… Environmental Disease Environmental Disease 8(1):p 1-6, Jan–Mar 2023.
2. Patel SV, Khokhariya RD, Rathod J, Chatterji DG,Patel J. 2022. Water safety planning in India: Assessment of water quality in urban Vadodora. Environ Dis 2021;6:127-33
3. Naria K. H. and Rathod J. Y. (2021). Sighing of Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarious) from Banni Grassland of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Prithivya, An Official Newsletter of WCB Research Foundation and WCB Research Lab. Vol 1(1) 17-20.
4. Jagruti Y Rathod, Tejas R. Patel, Amita A. Sankhwal & Jayendra Lakhmapurkar (2017). Rapid assessment of butterflies around Korba town, Chhattisgarh, India. Bugs R All#161. In: Zoo’s Print 32(9): 8-12.
5. Rathod Jagruti and Padate Geeta (2017). Feeding Guilds of Urban Birds of Vadodara City. in “International Journal of fauna and Biological study.” Vol 4 (4), Part-B, Pp. 78-85.
6. Rathod Jagruti, Deshkar Sonal and Padate Geeta (2017). Diversity of avifauna in Urban City, Vadodara, Gujarat. Biolife, 5(2), Pp 224-231.
7. Jagruti Y. Rathod and Deepa J. Gavali (2017). Decadal study of Avifaunal Diversity of Banni Grass land, Katchchh, Gujarat, India. Biolife. 5(1), pp 53-59.
For more Research papers refer e-links:
1. https://nuv.irins.org/profile/438333
2. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jagruti-Rathod-2
3. https://scholar.google.com/citations?u
