Ants of India Â
About (Dr Himender Bharti)
"yeh jafae-gham ka chara, woh najate-dil ka aalam,
tera husan daste eesa, teri yaad ru-ae-mariyam,
  lo suni gai hamari, yun phire hein din ke phir se,
vahi gosh-ae-qafas hei, vahi fasle gul ka matam."
                                                                                                                     Faiz Ahmed Faiz  Focal Interest:Evolutionary Biology
Research Group: Ants (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation)
Education: M.Sc. M.Phil. Ph.D.
Awards / Projects:>Young Scientist project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 1999 to study diversity of ants from North-Western India
>Second Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2001 to study diversity of ants from India
 >Third Young Scientist Project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2005 to study Ant Diversity of Himalayas : A Fragile Ecosystem
Current Assignments:
a)Social Parasitism in Himalayan Ants and their Speciation Patterns (Major Research Project recently sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi)Â
b)Study of ant species abundance and composition with respect to functional groups from lower Siwalik range of North-west Himalaya (Major Research Project recently sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi)
My Research team: Mr. Yash Paul Sharma, Mr. Irfan Gul, Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Mr. Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo
Hobbies: Trekking; Reading quality literary works and any work related with natural history;Urdu poetry; Interest in Ecology, Evolution, Physiology and Genetics
Favourite Language: Urdu (can read and write)-
talakh(h) kar di hei jisne zindagi,                                                                                                      Â
kitni meethi zuban hei pyare!
Favourite Poets and Singers:Â Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmed Faraz, Mirza Ghalib, Mehdi Hassan, Farida Khanum, Nayyara Noor, Iqbal Bano, Abida Parveen and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Favourite places: Himalaya, Natural History Museum, London and Harvard University, Boston
Present Address: Department of Zoology, Punjabi University Patiala , Punjab , India , 147002
Telephone: +91 9356785454 (M);+91 1753046335 (O);+91 9316150810 (M) FAX: +91 1753046334
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
                                                                                                                                     Dobzhansky
Collaboration for DNAÂ studies on ants:
Dr. Noriko Azuma
Division of Marine Life Science
Faculty and Graduate School of
 Fisheries Sciences Hokkaido University 3-1-1
Minato Hakodate 041-8611 JAPAN
