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With the introduction of CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) by UGC (University Grants Commission) from 2015, the students now have more choices of papers other than honours paper during graduation. The introduction of CBCS brought flexibility in the system and now the students, depending on their interest can choose inter-disciplinary or intra-disciplinary and skill development courses. This system allows student to explore the fields other than their core subjects.
The students of Botany, Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Geology have an option to opt for Zoology as their Generic Elective subjects during the first four semesters of the 6 semester graduation session. Zoology as a generic elective paper can also be opted by any student belonging to science stream depending on their interest.
Still there are no books for students interested in studying Zoology as Generic Elective paper. Still the GE students are referring books which have been written keeping in mind the honours core courses. Thus it becomes a pain for the students to crop down the topics for their GE papers from the books meant for core papers. It becomes difficult for a student to decide what to study and what not to study.
Keeping in mind the above situation, this book has been exclusively written as per the syllabus prescribed by the UGC for Generic Elective paper under the CBCS Curriculum. There are many papers/topics which a student has to study in GE Zoology. One of the papers/topics is Animal Diversity
Dr. Manoj Kumar
A graduate from Marwari College, Ranchi with Honours in Zoology, securing first class and was topper his batch (2010), did his Master degree in Zoology (2012) with Specialization in Entomology from Department of Zoology, Ranchi University, Ranchi. He obtained his Master of Philosophy degree in Zoology (2014) from department of Zoology, Ranchi University, Ranchi. The topic of his M.Phil Dissertation was “STUDIES ON SOME ASPECTS OF PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND BIOACTIVITY OF ADHATODA VASICA (NEES) AND VITEX NEGUNDO (L.)”
He is credited with publication of more than 50 popular research articles which are published in reputed foreign and Indian Journals, all the research articles are cited by authors around the globe, his citation index is more than 270.
Presently he is serving as Demonstrator in Department of Zoology, St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi.
