Dr. Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay did his M.Sc. in Zoology in the year 1986 from University of Calcutta. He was awarded D.N.Roychaudhuri Gold medal for his top rank to M.Sc.(Entomology special paper) final examination. He qualified in UGC (NET) in 1986 and joined as a research scholar in the Zoology Department of University of Calcutta. He did his M.Phil in Environmental Science from Calcutta University in 1988. He did his Ph.D in the year 1991. Meanwhile in 1990 he was selected as an Assistant Conservator of Forest, Class-I Gazzetted officer ? but he did not joinb. He has postdoctoral research experience in USA. He is teaching since 1992 both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. Currently he is a faculty member of the Department of Envronmental Science, University of Calcutta. He has actively participated in several national and international seminars. He has several research publications and actively engaged in several research projects