RANGESH KANNAN - ROLE AS BUTTERFLY CONSERVATOR IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE, MADURAI
FOR MY M.SC DISSERTATION, I CHOSE MY PROJECT WORK ON BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION. PROF. MRS. E. JOY SHARMILA WAS MY GUIDE & SUPERVISOR FOR M.SC DISSERTATION. MADAM HAS UGC (UNIVERSITY GRANT COMMISSION) PROJECT ON STUDIES ON BUTTERFLIES. I LEARNED WHAT IS RESEARCH DURING THE DISSERATION. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT IS RSEARCH, PRESENTATION, PUBLICATION AND REPORT WRITING. BUT SLOWLY I LEARN ABOUT ESSENTIALS IN RESEARCH AS I WAS A SLOW LEARNER. I WAS ROUTINELY ENUMERATING BUTTERFLY IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE, MADURAI AND DIVIDED INTO 2 SITES BASED ON THE HOST PLANTS MURRAYA KOENIGII . I REGULARLY SURVEYED BUTTERFLY POPULATION DYNAMICS. JOY MAM TOLD ME TO DO CAPTIVE BREEDING EXPERIMENT ON COMMON MORMON BUTTERFLY. ALONGWITH THE POPULATION DYNAMICS STUDY, I SIMULTANEOUSLY DID CAPTIVE BREEDING STUDIES. INITIALLY I STARTED WITH ONE PAIR OF MALE & FEMALE BUTTERFLY. WITH THE AD LIBITUM OF NECTAR SOURCES, THE BUTTERFLY COULD ABLE TO ...
