Sri Vijaya Puram, Dec. 16: Dr. C. Sivaperuman, Scientist-F/Additional Director, Zoological Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, was awarded a D.Sc. Degree (Doctor of Science) by Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, for his outstanding contributions to the field of science (Biodiversity conservation of Andaman & Nicobar Islands). Thiru R.N. Ravi, the Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chancellor of MKU, awarded the degree during the 57th Convocation, which took place on December 12, 2025. The D.Sc., thesis is the outcome of analysis of his extensive and in-depth research on the biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the past 17 years.
Dr. C. Sivaperuman, currently serving as a Scientist-F/Additional Director and Officer-in-Charge at the Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, he is a research scientist from Tamil Nadu. Jointed as Scientist-C, in the Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, A & N Islands in April 2008. Since then, he has conducted a thorough and in-depth assessment over the entire island ecosystem, from Landfall Island (North Andaman) to the southernmost tip of India Point (Great Nicobar Island). Consequently, himself and his research team have reported a number of new species, genera, and new records to India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He took part in the 36th Antarctica Expedition to study on the birds and mammals of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Throughout his research career, he worked in a variety of ecosystems, including the Great Indian Desert, the coastal and marine ecosystems of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the agroecosystem and grassland ecosystems of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the mountain ecosystems of the southern western Ghats and eastern Ghats, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ tropical forests and mangrove ecosystem, as well as the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
In recognition of his work and contributions to biodiversity and conservation in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, he was awarded the highest civilian honour, the Lt. Governor Commendation Certificate on January 26, 2023; the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fellowship (2011) to participate in the Integrated Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management at University of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia; and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India’s Fast Track Young Scientist Fellowship in 2006 and 2012 to conduct research on Wetlands Birds of tsunami-inundated wetlands. At Pondicherry University, a renowned Ph.D. supervisor, eight Ph.D. theses have already been awarded, and seven more are under progress. More than 350 research papers, chapters in books, proceedings, and published 40 books in National and International.