Second Special Issue: Memories of Dr. Ajith Kumar (1952–2025)

Published: 2026-08-21

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Special Issue

Editorial

Akshay Surendra, Samira Agnihotri

i–ii

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The many dimensions of Ajith Kumar

Mahesh Rangarajan

01–02

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Legacy

Rohan Arthur

03–05

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Archiving Like Ajith

Venkat Srinivasan, Anjali Ramachandran, Samira Agnihotri

06–08

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From the Himalayas to the Western Ghats: My Journey with Ajith

R.J. Ranjit Daniels

09–11

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Walking: towards, with, and for Ajith

James Zacharias

12–13

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With Dr. Ajith Kumar: a fun walk through the dark woods

Girish Punjabi, Tarun Nair, Nachiket Kelkar, Aditya Joshi, Anish Andheria

14–15

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Dr Ajith Kumar: The Scientist Who Shaped Minds and Lives

Atul Kumar Gupta

16–18

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Dr. Ajith Kumar and the Sikkim-DBT Project: Building Science, Capacity, and Conservation in the Eastern Himalaya

Tanushree Srivastava

19–23

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The effects of rainforest fragmentation on herpetofauna of the Western Ghats: A tribute to Dr. Ajith Kumar

Barry R. Noon, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Ravi Chellam

24–31

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Dr Ajith Kumar: primatologist, educator, leader

Deepa Padmanabhan, Krithi K. Karanth

32–35

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In Memoriam: Dr Ajith Kumar (1952–2025)

Wildlife Trust of India

36–38

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Ajith: the go-to person

Sanjay Molur

39–41

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Hail to Thee, Blithe Spirit! To Our Very Own Skylark

Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Anindya Sinha

42–45

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Dr. Ajith Kumar: an otter amongst primates

Kartik Shanker, Meera Anna Oommen

46–49

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Ten lessons from observing Dr Ajith Kumar

Madhuri Ramesh

50–52

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Zooreach Activity Update

LivelyWaters! The Nursery We Thought We Knew

Sidharthan

55–56

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LivelyWaters! In My Own Words

Sidharthan

57–58

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LivelyWaters! Becoming Friends of Wetlands: 320 Young Explorers Discover Coimbatore

Neenu Purushothaman, Tandrali Baruah, Sidharthan, Dupathi Poojitha, Priyanka Iyer, Koshik V. Rao, Payal Molur

59–62

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Reptile Rap

Forsten’s Cat Snake, a new record for Papikonda Hills, northern Eastern Ghats

Yogesh Pasul, Vikram Aditya, Deyatima Ghosh

63–65

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Report on tail bifurcation in Hemidactylus gecko from Odisha, India

Ashirwad Tripathy, Rakeshwar Kapoor

66–68

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Mammal Tales

The first photographic record of Gaur from Pohara Malkhed Forest, Amravati, Maharashtra

Swapnil Sonone, Neelu Soni, Pankaj Bandabuche, Shantanu Patil

69–71

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Plantasia

Occurrence of tetramerous flower in the non-native Zephyranthes carinata in Maharashtra

Manjushree G. Bhagwat

72–73

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The Krishna Fig in Chota Nagpur Plateau, West Bengal, India

Animesh Mondal, Sukumar Dey

74–77

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Bird-o-soar

Hand rearing and rehabilitation techniques for Lesser Whistling Teal

Pratham Shah, Kirti Jadhav

78–81

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Courtship rituals of Black-headed Ibis

Anil Kumar sharma, Anil Kumar Tripathi

82–84

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Nesting of Oriental Pratincole in Tamil Nadu: photographic evidence from Pichavaram mangroves

I. Jamil Hussain, K. Jahir Hussain

85–88

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Tracking from the traces: forensic tools to combat Galliformes trafficking

Bhawani Sabat, Ashutosh Singh

89–91

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Threats to Indian Thick-knee in West Medinipur, West Bengal

Pabitra Mahata, Suman Pratihar

92–93

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