National Award on Animal Taxonomy
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 09 2015 :
Professor Waikhom Vishwanath, Department of Life Sciences Manipur University was conferred the Prof.EK Janaki Ammal National Award on Animal Taxonomy for the year 2015.He was awarded by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Government of India for his distinguish and outstanding contribution to the field of fish taxonomy.
Professor Vishwanath is also currently serving as the chairman of the advisory committee of the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow.
Besides being the Chairman of the South Asian Freshwater Fish Specialists' Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
BeeNet Manipur had congrajulated on his achievement.