Name: Afifullah Khan

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Wildlife Sciences
Contact Detail
Email id: afifkhan@rediffmail.com
Mobile: 09411862686
Office Address: Dept of Wildlife Sciences,
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh-202002
Permanent Home: Misri Khail, Village & P.O. 
Address Shahjahanpur, Distt. Meerut
Uttar Pradesh - 250104

Profile

Dr. Khan joined as lecturer in the Department of Wildlife Sciences in 1989. During last 23
years of his service, he has meaningfully contributed in the development of the department
and its academic programmes. He has been successful in obtaining substantial amount of
grant from UGC during his tenure as Chairman of the Department. He is actively engaged in
teaching at Post Graduate level and has added new courses in M.Sc. curriculum. He has
developed and introduced a certificate course in the department on application of remote
sensing and GIS. Dr. Khan has implemented 12 research projects in the capacity of Co-
Principal and Principal Investigator. He is currently on the panel of two scientific journals as
a reviewer. He has served as member on several important committees constituted by the
Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India and WWF-India. He has served as
consultant of “Teri” to evaluate World Bank’s aided Forestry Project of Govt. of Uttar
Pradesh. He has also served as Honorary Additional Director, Centre for Promotion of
Science, A.M.U.

Areas of Specialization (Key words): Wildlife Ecology, Wildlife Management and

Biodiversity

Published papers

¾ Tawqir Bashir, Sandeep Kumar Behera , Afifullah Khan & Parikshit Gautam. (2012) An
inventory of mammals, birds and reptiles along a section of the river and banks of upper
Ganges, India. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 4(9): 2900–2910.

¾ Bashir, T, Afifullah Khan, S. K. Behera and Parikshit Gautam (2010) Socio-economic factors
threatening the survival of Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica in the upper
Ganges River, India (8): JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 1087-1091

¾ Bashir, T, Afifullah Khan, Parikshit Gautam and S. K. Behera (2010) Abundance and Prey
Availability Assessment of Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in a
Stretch of Upper Ganges River, India. AQUATIC MAMMALS 36(1), 19-26

¾ Abbasi F. & Afifullah Khan (2009). Potential of Community based Natural Resource
Management to Alleviate Interlinked Problems of Poverty and Conservation THE ICFAI
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, 7(2) 49-61.
¾ Athar A. Khan, Sweta Agrawal & Afifullah Khan (2009). The grasses of Hastinapur Wildlife
Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh (India). J. ECON.TAXON. BOT. 33(3) 574-584.

¾ Athar A. Khan, Afifullah Khan & Sweta Agrawal (2009). Asteraceous flora of Hastinapur
Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh (India). J. ECON.TAXON. BOT. 33(4) 786-796.

¾ Tanushree Srivastava; Afifullah Khan (2009). Population status and habitat use of wild pigs
Sus scrofa in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. JOURNAL OF THE
BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 106 (3) 298-304.

¾ Jamal A. Khan, Sharad Kumar, Afifullah Khan, Azra Musavi, Pradeep K. Malik, S. P.S.
Kushwaha, D.V.S. Khati, and G.D. Sarin (2008). An Ecological Study in the Buffer Zone of
the Corbett Tiger Reserve: Prey Abundance and Habitat Conditions. INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 34: 121-131

¾ Sharad Kumar, Jamal A. Khan, Afifullah Khan, Azra Musavi, Pradeep K. Malik, S.P.S.
Kushwaha, D.V.S. Khati and G. D. Sarin (2008). An Ecological Study in the Buffer Zone of
the Corbett Tiger Reserve: Tiger Abundance and Cattle Depredation. INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 34: 133-140.

¾ M.S.Hussain, Aisha Sultana, Jamal A Khan & Afifullah Khan (2008). Species composition and
community structure of forest stands in Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India TROPICAL
ECOLOGY 49:167-181

¾ Azra Musavi, Jamal A. Khan, Sharad Kumar, Afifullah Khan, P.K. Malik, S.P.S. Kushwaha,
D.S. Khati & G.D. Sarin.( 2006). A study of tiger-human conflict in buffer zone of the Corbett
Tiger Reserve: protected area-people relationship. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 32 (3): 241-258

¾ Bilal Habib, S.P.S. Kushwaha, Arshia Quadri, & Afifullah Khan (2006) Application of remote
sensing and geographic information system in wildlife Habitat modelling. JOURNAL OF THE
BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 103 (2-3) 366-374.

¾ S.P.S. Kushwaha, Afifullah Khan, B. Habib, A. Quadri & A. Singh (2004) Evaluation of
sambar and muntjak habitat using geostatistical modelling. CURRENT SCIENCE, 80 (10)
1390-1399.

¾ Orus Ilyas, Jamal A. Khan, & Afifullah Khan, A. (2003) Status, abundance and factors
governing distribution of ungulates in Kumaon Himalaya, India. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 29: 123-130.

¾ Athar A. Khan, & Afifullah Khan, (2001). Contribution to the phytogeography of Sparganium
erectum spp stoloniferum. ACTA BOTANICA INDICA, 28: 195-197.

¾ Orus Ilyas, Jamal A. Khan, & Afifullah Khan. (2000). Threats to biodiversity conservation of
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in Kumaon Himalaya, U.P., India. J. Natcon 12(2) 237-244
¾ Orus Ilyas, Jamal A. Khan & A. Khan. (2003) Status, abundance and factors governing
distribution of ungulates in Kumaon Himalayas, UP, India. International Journal of Ecology
and Environmental Sciences. 29: 123-127

Published Scientific Article

¾ Khan, A. (1996). Swamp deer in Hasinapur Wildlife Sanctuary- A preliminary Report. The
Wildlifer, Vol 1, No. 2

¾ Jamal A. Khan, A., Aisha Sultana, Orus Ilyas & Shah Hussain (1997). Biodiversity
conservation in Kumaon Himalayas. The Wildlifer, Vol.3 No.1&2 17-22

¾ Khan, A. (1999). Status of swamp deer in Hastinapur wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India.
IUCN’s DEER SPECIALIST GROUP NEWS No. 15.

¾ Khan, A. & O. Ilyas (1999). A week in Hungary. The Wildlifer, Vol.4, No.2

¾ Ilyas, O., J.A. Khan, & A. Khan (1999). Conservation and management of deer populations of
Oak forests in Kumaon Himalayas, India. The Wildlifer, Vol.4, No. 1&2 

¾ Orus Ilyas, Jamal A. Khan & Afifullah Khan (2003). Status and distribution of deer
species in Kumaon Himalayas, Utter Pradesh, India. Deer Specialist Group of IUCN /SSC
News letter, N-18: 4-7

Published scientific abstract

¾ Khan, A. (1988). Movements and habitat utilisation of elephants in north-western Uttar

radesh. “International Symposium on Tropical Ecology”, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras.

¾ Sale J.B., Chawdhury., S. & Khan, A. (1989). Ranging and feeding pattern of a Rajaji
tusker. National Symposium on Ecology, Biology, Management & Diseases of the Asian
Elephants, Kerala Agriculture University, Trichur.

¾ Ahmad, A., Musavi, A.H., Khan, J.A. & Khan, A. (1992). Preliminary studies on white crested
kalij pheasant ( Lophura leucomelana) at Ranikhet, Kumaon Himalayas, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5th International Symposium of WPA, Lahore, Pakistan, Sept.27-Oct.4.

¾ Khan, A. (1993). Do we really need a policy for sustainable use of wildspecies- A discussion
paper. “Workshop on Sustainable Utilization of Wild Species”, WWF- India, New Delhi.

¾ Sultana, A., Khan, J.A. & Khan, A. (1995). Bird community structure of the middle altitude
oak forests of Ranikhet, Kumaon Himalayas: a preliminary study. Biannual Conference on
Birds & Environment. New Delhi.

¾ Khan, A. & Habib, B. (2002). Habitat utilization of barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) in
 reserve forest of Ranikhet, Kumaon Himalayas, India. 5th International Deer Biology Congress
held at Quebec, Canada 

¾ Orus Ilyas, Jamal A. Khan and A. Khan (2003) Socio-economic and Threat- Assessment
Surveys and Management Recommendations for Biodiversity
Conservation in Kumaon Himalayas, National Conference Population, Poverty and
Environment, 10-12 May, AMU, Aligarh

¾ Orus Ilyas, J.A. Khan & A. Khan (2009). Status and conservation of goral (Nemorhaedus
goral) and serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) population of oak forest in Kumaon
Himalayas, India. (Published in the 10th Arctic Ungulate Conference in Tromso, Norvey)

¾ Tanushree Srivastava & Afifullah Khan (2009). Population status and habitat use of wild
pigs Sus scrofa in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. International
Conference on Conserving Nature in a Globalizing India, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,

Published Books

Chapter in an edited book

1. Khan, A. (1996). Elephant conservation Unit-Linking two elephant populations in

North-Western India. In: Daniel, J.C. & Datye, H. (eds.) A WEEK WITH ELEPHANTS.
Oxford Unversity Press pp 162-176.

2. Khan, A. & Khan, J.A. (1998). Conservation of swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli duvauceli) in
Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India. In: Zobborszky, Z. (ed.) Advances in
Deer Biology. Tipo-Express Ltd., Kaposvar, Hungary pp. 194-199.

3. Ilyas, O., Khan, J.A. & Khan, A. (1998). Status, distribution and conservation of deer
populations of oak forests in kumaon Himalayas, India. In: Zobborszky, Z. (ed.) Advances in
Deer Biology. Tipo-Express Ltd., Kaposvar, Hungary pp. 18-24.

4. Kushwaha, S.P.S., Arshia Quadri, Aditya Singh and Afifullah Khan (2008) Habitat Preference
assessment of the Tiger and its Prey Undulate in the Corbett Tiger Reserve. CONSERVATION
AREA SERIES, ZSI 35: 33-61.