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Niraj Kumar, Ph.D. @nirajishaan

Assistant Professor of Zoology, Founder & Director-Bihar Snakebite Initiative, Wildlifer, Naturalist, Spiders, Butterflies, Fishes, Birds, Reptiles. Mammals.

Joined September 2014
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Niraj Kumar, Ph.D.@nirajishaan
24 Aug 2021
A beautiful Colisa fasciatus, locally known as Kotra from Turkaulia Lake of East Champaran, Bihar. #ColisaFasciatus #Kotra #OrnamentalFish #Ichthyology #IchthyoFauna #IchthyoDiversity #Fish #Pisces #Fishery #Motihari #Champaran #Bihar @WorldFishCenter @DEFCCOfficial @fish_lines
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Department of Zoology, LND College, Motihari@ZOOLOGYLNDC1
May 30
Department of Zoology, L.N.D. College, Motihari organized a Nature and Bird Walk on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity on 22nd May 2026. youtu.be/HFRpboW3emQ?si=XDQK…

NATURE & BIRD WALK | INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY | ACTING...

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Department of Zoology, LND College, Motihari@ZOOLOGYLNDC1
8 Jul 2020
Green Road Green Champaran #GreenHaiBihar @DEFCCOfficial
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Calotes versicolor, commonly known as Bloodsucker, Changeable Lizard, Oriental Garden Lizard, Indian Garden Lizard, Common Garden Lizard. (गिरगिट) #Reptilia #Squamata #Sauria #Agamidae #Motihari #Champaran #Bihar
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Media coverage of International Day for Biological Diversity. The Department of Zoology is very thankful to the Principal, College Media Coordinator & Print Media especially BNM (Sh. Niraj Ji) & Prabhat Khabar for giving space in 25th May Motihari Edition
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Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
May 23
First World Congress on Snakes, Kandy, SL
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Department of Zoology, L.N.D. College, Motihari organized a Nature and Bird Walk on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity on 22nd May 2026 in Gandhi Maidan and its surrounding areas between 6 am to 9.30 am).
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Department of Zoology, L N D College, Motihari is organizing an awareness program on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity 2026. The event is a Nature and Bird Walk. #biodiversity
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Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
30 Nov 2025
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Karnataka Researchers Develop 2-Minute Snake Venom Test Kit Set To Hit Market Soon

A Bengaluru-based biotech team unveils a rapid test kit that identifies venomous snakebites within minutes, aiming to reduce rural deaths and transform emergency treatment.

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Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
27 Oct 2024
Common Cat Snake Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Champaran, Bihar @DEFCCOfficial @moefcc
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Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
25 Sep 2025
Spectacled Cobra from a house, Motihari, Bihar, India
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Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
27 Sep 2025
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NHLS restarts antivenom production to save lives from venomous bites in South Africa

The NHLS has resumed antivenom production, releasing its first batch to address the urgent need for effective treatments against venomous bites in South Africa.

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1 Nov 2025
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Scientists may have found a panacea for snake bites

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of the continent.

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Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
11 Nov 2025
Released in a safe habitat after a successful Rescue of Indian Spectacled Cobra. #Backtothewild #Motihari
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Niraj Kumar, Ph.D. retweeted
Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
11 Nov 2025
A massive Indian Spectacled Cobra was rescued from Bajaj Patti locality (Motihari) in night of 9th November. #Ghostofthenight #backtothewild
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Niraj Kumar, Ph.D. retweeted
Bihar Snakebite Initiative (BSI)@BHSnakebiteInit
23 Sep 2025
Attention!!! First Circular of World Congress on Snakes.
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Monsoon Magic.
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Perfect camouflage in Hemidactylus flavivirdis.
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Peace of mind #VTR #Gandak #Nature
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First-ever tagging of Ganges River Dolphin done in Assam to ‘deepen understanding of their conser...

India News: NEW DELHI: In a first-ever such move of satellite tagging of any species in India, scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on Wednesday ta.

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Rewriting Evolution: Study Shows Neanderthals and Humans Were Not the Same Species

A study suggests that by the time H. sapiens expanded, the differentiation between the two species had progressed to the extent that they were distinct and recognizable as separate species. A recent...

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