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Zoological Survey of India

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), founded on 1 July 1916 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India as a premier Indian organisation in zoological research and studies to promote the survey, exploration and research of the fauna in the country.

Zoological Survey of India
AbbreviationZSI
Formation1 July 1916; 107 years ago (1916-07-01)
TypeGovernment agency
PurposeAnimal taxonomy and conservation
HeadquartersKolkata
Location
Region served
India
Director
Dr. Dhriti Banerjee
Parent organisation
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Websitezsi.gov.in

History Edit

 
Indian Gaur (Bos gaurus) the mascot of ZSI. Source: ZSI library painting collection

The annals of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)[1] reflect an eventful beginning for the Survey even before its formal birth and growth. The history of ZSI begins from the days of the Asiatic Society of Bengal founded by Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was the mother institution not only to the Indian Museum (1875) but also to the institutions like the Zoological Survey of India and the Geological Survey of India. ZSI's establishment was in fact a fulfillment of the dream of Sir William Jones, the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, whose vision encompassed the entire range of human knowledge. The Asiatic Society had started collecting zoological and geological specimens since 1796 and set up a museum in 1814. Nathaniel Wallich, the first Superintendent of the "Museum of the Asiatic Society", was in charge of the increasing collections of Geological and Zoological specimens; he had augmented the animal collections to the Zoological Galleries of the Museum.

The genesis of the ZSI was in 1875 with the opening of the Indian Museum. The new museum on its inception comprised only three sections: the Zoological, the Archaeological and the Geological. The zoological collections of the Asiatic Society of Bengal were formally handed over to the board of trustees of the Indian Museum in 1875.

Zoological Section of the Museum during the period from 1875 to 1916 steadily expanded, growing to the greatest collection of natural history in Asia. By the care and activity of the Curators of the Asiatic society of Bengal and the Superintendents of the Indian Museum, viz., John McClelland, Edward Blyth, John Anderson, James Wood-Mason, Alfred William Alcock and finally Thomas Nelson Annandale and his colleagues, the museum was richly endowed with a magnificent collection of animals, especially of the larger vertebrate groups. Further additions of both land and aquatic fauna to the valuable collections came through during several political and military expeditions, including a number of collections purchased, notably those of Francis Day of Indian Fishes, Lionel de Nicéville of butterflies, Dudgeon and Edward Ernest Green of moths, Jacob R. H. Neervoort van de Poll of beetles and Godwin Austen of mollusks.[2]

The Zoological Gallery at the Asiatic society Museum under the care and charge of Nathaniel Wallich served the impetus for the formation of the Zoological Survey of India, which was later born as an independent organization on 1 July 1916. The excerpt from the ‘Constitution of the Zoological Survey of India’, released by the Government of India, Department of Education, Resolution no. 19-Museum, dated Shimla, 20 June 1916, states: "In March 1913, the Chairman of the Trustees of the Indian Museum forwarded a representation from the Superintendent of the Zoological and Anthropological Section of the Museum regarding the recognition of the Zoological Section as Zoological Survey. The Government of India, who had already under consideration the desirability of establishing on a sound basis a Zoological Survey of India, informed the Trustees of the Museum that they would be prepared to consider a scheme for such a survey on lines somewhat similar to the existing Botanical Survey of India and asked to furnish with the necessary details. The trustees accordingly submitted their proposals at the end of September 1913."

Thomas Nelson Annandale, who joined the Indian museum as Deputy Superintendent (1904), and later as the Superintendent (1907), after years-old struggle, achieved his aim in establishing the Zoological survey of India, and became its founder director and continued until his premature death in April 1924. Dr. Annandale was Honorary Secretary to the Trustees of the Indian Museum for several years; he was also the President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1923.[3]

Dhriti Banerjee became the very first women director of ZSI since its inception in 1916.

 
View of ZSI Headquarters, Kolkata in 1986
 
View of ZSI, Kolkata in 2015. The sculpture "Jeevandhara" in the foreground
 
View of Fire Proof Spirit Building, Indian Museum, Kolkata
 
View of ZSI corridor at Kolkata
 
View of Kolkata City from ZSI

Divisions and sections at headquarters Edit

Divisions & Sections Edit

Regional Centers Edit

  • North Eastern Regional Centre (NERC), Shillong, Meghalaya (Estd. 1959).
  • Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune, Maharashtra (Estd. 1959).
  • Central Zone Regional Centre (CZRC), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (Estd. 1960).
  • Desert Regional Centre (DRC), Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Estd. 1960).
  • Northern Regional Centre (NRC), Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand (Estd. 1960).
  • Southern Regional Centre (SRC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Estd. 1961).
  • Gangetic Plains Regional Centre (GPRC), Patna, Bihar (Estd. 1965).
  • High Altitude Regional Centre (HARC), Solan, Himachal Pradesh (Estd. 1968).
  • Marine Biology Regional Centre (MBRC), Madras, Tamil Nadu (Estd. 1973).
  • Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Port Blair (Estd. 1977).
  • Freshwater Biology Regional Centre (FBRC), Hyderabad, Telangana (Estd. 1979).
  • Sunderbans Regional Centre (SRC), Canning, West Bengal (Estd. 1979).
  • Estuarine Biology Regional Centre (EBRC), Ganjam, Orissa (Estd. 1980).
  • Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Kozhikode, Kerala (Estd. 1980).
  • Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre (APRC), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (Estd. 1983).
  • Marine Aquarium Cum Regional Centre (MARC), Digha, West Bengal (Estd. 1989).

National zoological collections Edit

The Survey acquired the zoological collections of more than a century old from the former museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the zoological section of the Indian Museum (1814–1875) in Calcutta.

Publications Edit

  • Records of the Zoological Survey of India[4]
  • Memoirs of Zoological Survey of India[5]
  • Occasional Papers[6]
  • Fauna of British India[7]
  • Fauna of India[8]
  • Annual Report since 1961–62
  • State Fauna Series (20 States)[9]
  • Conservation Area Series[10]
  • Ecosystem Series[11]
  • Wetland Series[11]
  • Estuarine Series[11]
  • Marine Series[11]
  • Himalayan Series[11]
  • Animal Discoveries (New species and New records)
  • Handbooks/Pictorial Guides[12]
  • Special Publication Series[13]
  • Status Survey of Threatened Animals[14]
  • Bibliography of India Zoology (Discontinued)
  • Zoologiana (Discontinued) Vol. 1–5[15]
  • Technical Monograph (Discontinued) Vol. 1–17[16]
  • Bulletin of ZSI Vol. (Discontinued) Vo. 1–8[17]

ZSI library Edit

The library in Kolkata and regional centers have a total collection of approximately 1,35,000 volumes, which includes books, journals, monographs, reports of expeditions and fauna surveys, periodicals and other archaic literature on Zoology.[18] The Kolkata library has around 400 titles of rare books. Some of the notable documents include the original publications of Carl Linnaeus and Fabricius, original paintings and drawings of renowned scientists, biogeographers and naturalists.[19]

Gallery Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Zoological Survey of India-History and Progress 1916-1990 (1990). Edited by Director, Zoological Survey of India. Published by ZSI, Kolkata.109pp.
  2. ^ India, Zoological Survey of (1977). Newsletter - Zoological Survey of India. Zoological Survey of India.
  3. ^ India, Zoological Survey of (1999). Annual Report on the Zoological Survey of India for the Year ... Manager of Publications, Civil Lines.
  4. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  5. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  6. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  7. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  8. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  9. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  10. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  12. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  13. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  14. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  15. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  16. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  17. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  18. ^ "Zoological Survey of India | Digital archives of their Publications". faunaofindia.nic.in.
  19. ^ WB Publinet[dead link]

External links Edit

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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Zoological Survey of India news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Zoological Survey of India ZSI founded on 1 July 1916 by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India as a premier Indian organisation in zoological research and studies to promote the survey exploration and research of the fauna in the country Zoological Survey of IndiaAbbreviationZSIFormation1 July 1916 107 years ago 1916 07 01 TypeGovernment agencyPurposeAnimal taxonomy and conservationHeadquartersKolkataLocationWest Bengal IndiaRegion servedIndiaDirectorDr Dhriti BanerjeeParent organisationMinistry of Environment Forest and Climate ChangeWebsitezsi wbr gov wbr in Contents 1 History 2 Divisions and sections at headquarters 2 1 Divisions amp Sections 2 2 Regional Centers 3 National zoological collections 4 Publications 5 ZSI library 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory Edit nbsp Indian Gaur Bos gaurus the mascot of ZSI Source ZSI library painting collectionThe annals of Zoological Survey of India ZSI 1 reflect an eventful beginning for the Survey even before its formal birth and growth The history of ZSI begins from the days of the Asiatic Society of Bengal founded by Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 The Asiatic Society of Bengal was the mother institution not only to the Indian Museum 1875 but also to the institutions like the Zoological Survey of India and the Geological Survey of India ZSI s establishment was in fact a fulfillment of the dream of Sir William Jones the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal whose vision encompassed the entire range of human knowledge The Asiatic Society had started collecting zoological and geological specimens since 1796 and set up a museum in 1814 Nathaniel Wallich the first Superintendent of the Museum of the Asiatic Society was in charge of the increasing collections of Geological and Zoological specimens he had augmented the animal collections to the Zoological Galleries of the Museum The genesis of the ZSI was in 1875 with the opening of the Indian Museum The new museum on its inception comprised only three sections the Zoological the Archaeological and the Geological The zoological collections of the Asiatic Society of Bengal were formally handed over to the board of trustees of the Indian Museum in 1875 Zoological Section of the Museum during the period from 1875 to 1916 steadily expanded growing to the greatest collection of natural history in Asia By the care and activity of the Curators of the Asiatic society of Bengal and the Superintendents of the Indian Museum viz John McClelland Edward Blyth John Anderson James Wood Mason Alfred William Alcock and finally Thomas Nelson Annandale and his colleagues the museum was richly endowed with a magnificent collection of animals especially of the larger vertebrate groups Further additions of both land and aquatic fauna to the valuable collections came through during several political and military expeditions including a number of collections purchased notably those of Francis Day of Indian Fishes Lionel de Niceville of butterflies Dudgeon and Edward Ernest Green of moths Jacob R H Neervoort van de Poll of beetles and Godwin Austen of mollusks 2 The Zoological Gallery at the Asiatic society Museum under the care and charge of Nathaniel Wallich served the impetus for the formation of the Zoological Survey of India which was later born as an independent organization on 1 July 1916 The excerpt from the Constitution of the Zoological Survey of India released by the Government of India Department of Education Resolution no 19 Museum dated Shimla 20 June 1916 states In March 1913 the Chairman of the Trustees of the Indian Museum forwarded a representation from the Superintendent of the Zoological and Anthropological Section of the Museum regarding the recognition of the Zoological Section as Zoological Survey The Government of India who had already under consideration the desirability of establishing on a sound basis a Zoological Survey of India informed the Trustees of the Museum that they would be prepared to consider a scheme for such a survey on lines somewhat similar to the existing Botanical Survey of India and asked to furnish with the necessary details The trustees accordingly submitted their proposals at the end of September 1913 Thomas Nelson Annandale who joined the Indian museum as Deputy Superintendent 1904 and later as the Superintendent 1907 after years old struggle achieved his aim in establishing the Zoological survey of India and became its founder director and continued until his premature death in April 1924 Dr Annandale was Honorary Secretary to the Trustees of the Indian Museum for several years he was also the President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1923 3 Dhriti Banerjee became the very first women director of ZSI since its inception in 1916 nbsp View of ZSI Headquarters Kolkata in 1986 nbsp View of ZSI Kolkata in 2015 The sculpture Jeevandhara in the foreground nbsp View of Fire Proof Spirit Building Indian Museum Kolkata nbsp View of ZSI corridor at Kolkata nbsp View of Kolkata City from ZSIDivisions and sections at headquarters EditDivisions amp Sections Edit Regional Centers Edit North Eastern Regional Centre NERC Shillong Meghalaya Estd 1959 Western Regional Centre WRC Pune Maharashtra Estd 1959 Central Zone Regional Centre CZRC Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh Estd 1960 Desert Regional Centre DRC Jodhpur Rajasthan Estd 1960 Northern Regional Centre NRC Dehra Dun Uttarakhand Estd 1960 Southern Regional Centre SRC Chennai Tamil Nadu Estd 1961 Gangetic Plains Regional Centre GPRC Patna Bihar Estd 1965 High Altitude Regional Centre HARC Solan Himachal Pradesh Estd 1968 Marine Biology Regional Centre MBRC Madras Tamil Nadu Estd 1973 Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre ANRC Port Blair Estd 1977 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre FBRC Hyderabad Telangana Estd 1979 Sunderbans Regional Centre SRC Canning West Bengal Estd 1979 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre EBRC Ganjam Orissa Estd 1980 Western Ghats Regional Centre WGRC Kozhikode Kerala Estd 1980 Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre APRC Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh Estd 1983 Marine Aquarium Cum Regional Centre MARC Digha West Bengal Estd 1989 National zoological collections EditThe Survey acquired the zoological collections of more than a century old from the former museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the zoological section of the Indian Museum 1814 1875 in Calcutta Publications EditRecords of the Zoological Survey of India 4 Memoirs of Zoological Survey of India 5 Occasional Papers 6 Fauna of British India 7 Fauna of India 8 Annual Report since 1961 62 State Fauna Series 20 States 9 Conservation Area Series 10 Ecosystem Series 11 Wetland Series 11 Estuarine Series 11 Marine Series 11 Himalayan Series 11 Animal Discoveries New species and New records Handbooks Pictorial Guides 12 Special Publication Series 13 Status Survey of Threatened Animals 14 Bibliography of India Zoology Discontinued Zoologiana Discontinued Vol 1 5 15 Technical Monograph Discontinued Vol 1 17 16 Bulletin of ZSI Vol Discontinued Vo 1 8 17 ZSI library EditThe library in Kolkata and regional centers have a total collection of approximately 1 35 000 volumes which includes books journals monographs reports of expeditions and fauna surveys periodicals and other archaic literature on Zoology 18 The Kolkata library has around 400 titles of rare books Some of the notable documents include the original publications of Carl Linnaeus and Fabricius original paintings and drawings of renowned scientists biogeographers and naturalists 19 Gallery Edit nbsp Sir William Jones nbsp John Anderson nbsp Bust of John Anderson at Indian Museum nbsp AlfredAlcock nbsp Portrait of Nelson Annandale by ZSI Artist nbsp Beetle specimens at Coleoptera Section Kolkata nbsp Idea sula sula specimen at Central Entomology Laboratory ZSI Kolkata nbsp Coral at Marine Museum ZSI Chennai nbsp ZSI Library collection Painting of Jerdon s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus by ZSI artist nbsp ZSI Library collection A view of manuscript collectionSee also EditList of zoo associations Botanical Survey of India BSI Forest Survey of India FSI Wildlife Institute of India WII Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History SACON Survey of India SI Geological Survey of India GSI Anthropological Survey of India AnSI References Edit Zoological Survey of India History and Progress 1916 1990 1990 Edited by Director Zoological Survey of India Published by ZSI Kolkata 109pp India Zoological Survey of 1977 Newsletter Zoological Survey of India Zoological Survey of India India Zoological Survey of 1999 Annual Report on the Zoological Survey of India for the Year Manager of Publications Civil Lines 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