Dr. Akhil S. V.

 
Dr. Akhil S.V.
M.Sc., PhD., JRF (Assistant Professor)
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Sreenivas (H) (Kuzhipallil Illam), Thenhipalam P.O., Malappuram. Kerala-673636

Appointed as Assistant Professor in 2021, I'm having a teaching experience of 2 and a half years at UG and PG levels. Basically I'm an entomologist who works on the broad topic of Taxonomy, Ecology and Molecular studies of Coleoptera.


Academic Qualifications
MSc.
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode, University of Calicut2014

University 2 nd Rank

BSc
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode, University of Calicut2012

Passed with Distinction and Rank

Research Degree
Ph.D. Zoology
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode, University of Calicut2020
Areas of Interest
  1. Carabidae
  2. Staphylinidae
  3. Tenebrionidae and Scarabaeinae (Insecta: Coleoptera)
  4. Taxonomy
  5. Ecology (Biostatistics)
  6. Molecular analysis (Barcoding and Phylogeny)
Awards , Scholarships

CSIR-NET-JRF

Total Experience

2 Years

Teaching at SDCollege Since:

2021

List of Subjects Handled
Administrative Responsibilities

1. Member – Department Level Monitoring Committee – 2021 to Present

2. External examiner – Various UG and PG practical exams – 2021 to present

3. Skilled Assistant – Various UG and PG practical exams – 2021 to present

4. Additional Examiner – Various UG and PG valuation camps – 2021 to present

5. Faculty advisor – IEDC student programmes – 2021 to present

6. Executive Member – College Discipline Committee – 2022 to present

7. Executive Member – Staff Club, SD College – 2023 to present

8. Coordinator – Unnat Bharath Abhiyan, SD College – 2023 to present

9. Coordinator – ZOOM 2K23 (Zoology Exhibition) – March 9th and 10th 2023 – organized by Department of Zoology, SD College, Alappuzha

Invited talks/Session chair/Resource person

Presented Invited Lecture/ Seminar (as Resource Person) in National Webinar on Taxonomy and its Applications, Learn from the Experts Organized by Zoological Survey of India Western Regional Centre, Pune on September 9th 2020

Topic: Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Western Ghats

Publications
Journal Articles
  1. S. V. Akhil, Divya, M. and Sabu K. Thomas (2019). Two new species of Macrocheilus Hope (Carabidae: Anthiinae: Helluonini) from south Western Ghats of India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 009 (1): 28–33. [Impact factor: 0.4]
  2. Akhil, S. V. and Sabu, K. Thomas (2019). New Species of Bombardier Beetles of the Genus Styphlomerus Chaudoir, 1875 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Southern India, with a Key to the Indomalayan and Palearctic Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(2) 2019: 465–471. [Impact factor: 0.78]
  3. Akhil, S. V. and Sabu K. Thomas (2019). Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier, 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian Subcontinent. Zootaxa 4608 (1): 065–089. [Impact factor: 1.09]
  4. Akhil, S. V., Divya M., and Sabu K. Thomas (2019). Bombardier beetles of genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from India. Zootaxa, 4816 (4): 576–600. [Impact factor: 1.09]
  5. Akhil, S.V., and Sabu, K. Thomas (2019). Physoglossus: A new genus of ground beetle of the enigmatic tribe Physocrotaphini (Carabidae: Anthiinae) from the Western Ghats, a global hotspot of Biodiversity in south west India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 015 (2): 060–065. [Impact factor: 0.4]
  6. Sreevidhya, P., Akhil, S. V. and Sebastian, C. D. (2021). Two new light attracted species of Astenus Dejean, 1833 (Insecta: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from South India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(5): 18215–18226. [Impact factor: 0.5]
  7. Akhil, S. V. and Sabu, K. Thomas (2021). Two new species of apterous endemic ground beetle genus Omphra Dejean (Carabidae: Anthiinae: Helluoniini) from India. Oriental Insects, 56 (01): 118–131. [Impact factor: 0.64]
  8. Akhil, S. V., Sabu, K. Thomas and Sanjeev Kumar (2022). Desert Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa Vol. 14 No. 12: 22260 – 22269 [Impact factor: 0.5]
Book Chapters
  1. Akhil, S. V. and Sabu K. Thomas (2018). Bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae) of India – Notes on Habit, Taxonomy and use as Natural Bio-Control agents. Frontiers in Biological Research. Proceedings of the National Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, University of Calicut: 10–25 [ISBN: 978-93-5321-240-7] [Book Chapter]
  2. Sreevidhya, P., Akhil, S.V. and Sebastian C. D. (2022) Review on Scarabiasis, a rare infestation of Scarab beetles in human intestine. Recherche, A digest of multidisciplinary explorations: pp. 96–104. [ISBN: 978-93-91343-03-3] [Book Chapter]
Consultancy and Other Initiatives:

·        Dr. Akhil S.V. has described 10 new species of Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from India.

·        He has described 2 new species of Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from India.

·        He has described a new Genus (Physoglossus Akhil and Sabu 2020) of subfamily Anthiinae.

·        Revised the Bombardier beetle Genera Brachinus and Pheropsorphus of India.

·        Performed basic molecular barcoding analysis and submitted 22 nucleotide sequences to NCBI.