Faculty Member
- Qualification
PhD, M.Phil
- Designation
Assistant Professor
- Thrust Area
Carnivore Conservation, Avifaunal Diversity, Biodiversity Management and Wildlife Consevation Plan
- Address
Department of Wildlife Sciences Aligarh Muslim University District Aligarh, 202002
- Mobile
9419172499
- Email
kahmed.wl@amu.ac.in
- Time Table
Dr. Kaleem Ahmed is working as a faculty in the Department of Wildlife Sciences Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and actively engaged in wildlife for the last ten years. Before joining Aligarh Muslim University. Dr. Kaleem worked as Guest Faculty, Department of Zoology, BGSB, University Rajouri. He handled a plethora of projects from endangered barasingha in terai forest to biodiversity conservation of Kumaon Himalayas.
Dr. Kaleem engaged in providing a basic training facility to the forest staff of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve during Project Tiger and Afghan delegates in Corbett Tiger Reserve for Protected Area Management sponsored by WCS and Snow Leopard Trust. Dr. Kaleem also worked as a consultant to prepare the Biodiversity Conservation plan of Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary. He also worked as a consultant to assess the Biodiversity of Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, Kathua, with the Wildlife Protection Department, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr. Kaleem teaches Animal Behaviour, Ornithology, Biodiversity Conservation, and Wildlife Conservation at the Department of Wildlife Sciences at the postgraduate level. Dr. Kaleem is a member of various international bodies like IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), GEOBON: Biodiversity Observations Network, Germany, World Academy of Science: Scientific and Technical Committee & Editorial Review Board Member, Dubai, etc. Dr. Kaleem has undertaken several administrative responsibilities, including serving as University Nodal Officer for Jan Jatiya Gaurav Diwas, Warden of SN Hall, NAAC Facilitator, Departmental Nodal Officer for NEP 2020, Member of the Faculty of Life Sciences, and Assistant Coordinator for the Undergraduate Compulsory Course on Environmental Studies.
Dr. Ahmed has recently been selected as a Full Member of the IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group under the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This selective recognition acknowledges his contributions to wildlife research and enables him to collaborate internationally on otter conservation, research, and outreach initiatives.
Dr Ahmed also developed a 4-credit Biodiversity Conservation course on Swayam INI, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, and delivered 13 lectures in the Swayam INI Environmental Studies course.
- Publications
Khan, F. & K. Ahmed (2026). Avifaunal diversity in agroecosystems: a case study from Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 18(5): 28900–28910. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9973.18.5.28900-28910
- Jahan, R., Kumar, S., & Ahmed, K. (2026). Foraging niche segregation among woodpeckers in the oak-pine forest of Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India: Woodpecker Foraging Niche Segregation. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 18(2), 28317-28328.
- Mushtaq U., Mian, S.B., Ahmad M., Ahmed K. (2025). First documented record of the Spotted Northern Indian Flapshell Turtle, (Lissemys punctata andersoni Webb 1980), from the Aligarh Muslim University Campus, Uttar Pradesh, India, Reptiles & Amphibians, V. 2, N. 3:83-87
- Khadija, Chauhan, S., Ahmed, K. (2025) Elusive and Unprotected: Fishing Cat Occurrence and Conservation Challenges in the Human-Dominated Landscapes of India, CatNews (84) 25-27.
- Mushtaq U., and Ahmed, K. (2025). First photographic evidence of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in a tributary of Chenab River, Marusudar, Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 42 (4)
- Khalid S., and Ahmed, K. (2025). Home in the Hills, Nest builder of Ranikhet, Hornbill, April-June 2025
- Mushtaq U., and Ahmed, K. (2025). Sighting of Royle’s Pika Ochotona roylei Ogilby, 1839 (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) in Kishtwar District, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 17(7), 27300-27302.
- Lebon H., Singh R., Abdulla A.F., Ahmed K., and Aisha H. (2024). Understanding the Impact of Working Conditions on Ranger Vulnerability to Corruption: Insights from a Global Survey, Frontiers in Conservation Science.
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2022). Food Habits of Tiger (Panthera tigris) in Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 48: 715-720. https://doi.org/10.55863/ijees.2022.6715.
- Ahmed K., Zehra N., and Khan J.A., (2022). Food Habits of Tiger (Panthera tigris) in Dabka Watershed Area of Uttarakhand, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 48: 721-727, https://doi.org/10.55863/ijees.2022.6721.
- Ahmed K., Zehra N., and Khan J.A., (2022). Leopard (Panthera pardus) Food Habits in Shared Landscapes: A Case Study of Dabka and Khulgarh Watersheds. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 48: 729-736, https://doi.org/10.55863/ijees.2022.6729.
- Ahmed, K., and Khan J.A. (2021). Herpetofauna assemblage in two watershed areas of Kumoan Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(2): 17684–17692
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2020). Vegetation composition of two watersheds areas of Kumaon Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India, Plant Archives, Vol: 20, 3184-3194
- Noor A., Ahmed K., Mir Z.R., Haq S. (2016) Estimating abundance of some wild faunal elements of Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Journal of King Saud University – Science (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2016.01.001 ISSN: 1018-3647, Impact Factor: 2.835, CiteScore: 2.76,
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2015). Group Size and Habitat use of Hog deer in Alluvial Flood plains of Duhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India, Journal of Zoology and Research 5(1-6) ISSN (Print) 2278-8816, ISSN (Online) 2278-8824, Impact factor (JCC) 4.6057, NAAS Rating 3.10, IBI Factor 3.2
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2014). Seasonal activity pattern of swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) in Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh India, Journal of Applied and Natural Science 6(1) Online ISSN: 2231-5209 | Print ISSN: 0974-9411, NAAS Rating: 4.84
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2012). Status survey of mammals with special reference to muntjac Muntiacus muntak in Khulgarh watershed area of Kumaon Himalayas, Tiger Paper 38(1)16-19, ISSN 1014 - 2789
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2011). Congregation pattern of Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) in Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh, India, J. Bombay Natural History Society 108(2) 133-134 Print ISSN: 0006-6982, Online ISSN: 2454-1095, Impact Factor (SJR) 0.11
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2008). Status, Population structure and conservation of swamp deer (Cervus duvuaceli duvuaceli) in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science. 34(2): 75-82, ISSN: 0377-015X (Print); 2320-5199 (Online) Impact Factor (RG) 0.09, NAAS Rating 5.18
- Ahmed K., and Khan J.A. (2008). Food habits of leopard (Panthera pardus) in tropical dry deciduous forest of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science. 34(2): 141-147, ISSN: 0377-015X (Print); 2320-5199 (Online) Impact Factor (RG) 0.09, NAAS Rating 5.18
- Ahmed, K., and Bhat, S. (2008). Study of some medicinal plants found in Dudhwa National Park. Tiger Paper Volume 35 (4): 23-27, ISSN 1014 – 2789