A Constituent College of Mizoram University
DBT Star College
A+ NAAC Accredited Institution
49th Rank in NIRF 2025

Zoology department

  Established: 1973
Supported byDST, DBT STAR College
Associate Professor: 3
Assistant Professor: 3
Guest Faculty: 3
Laboratory Assistant: 1
Laboratory Attendant: 2
Woman Scientist: 1
Research Scholars: 12
Project staff: 3
BSc students: 85
Completed projects: 10
On-going projects:5
Other course offered:
*Certificate course in Pisciculture
* Certificate course in Mushroom cultivation
* Certificate course in Vermitechnology
Papers published: 180+
Books published: 11
Research areas:
*Antiparasitic Pharmacology
*Animal Ecology and Biodiversity
*Fish Taxonomy and Parasitology
*Genetics
*Melatonin physiology and Chronobiology
*Molecular Biology and Immunology
Zoological museum: 585 species with holotype and paratype.
Collaborations: DST, E&F, H&FW, MIRSAC, Agri, RIPANS, IASE, GAC, SPHSS, GZHSS
New species described  Earthworm (Annelida)
1) Eutyphoeus mizoramensis, Megadrilogica, Canada (2005)  
Nematode (Nematoda)
1) Chordodes tjorvenae, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
2) Chordodes mizoramensis, ZooKeys, Bulgaria (2011)   
Fish (Pisces)
1) Cabdio crassus, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2019)
2) Neolissochilus kaladanensis, Mitochondrial DNA(A), UK (2019)
3) Channa stiktos,  Vertebrate Zoology Germany (2018)
4) Pterocryptis subrisa, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2018)
5) Hemimyzon indicus, Ichthyol, Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2018)
6) Laubuka parafasciata, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2017)
7) Physoschistura chhimtuipuiensis, Zootax, New Zealand (2016)
8) Channa aurantipectoralis, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
9) Pseudolaguvia fucosa, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
10) Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2015)
11) Exostoma sawmteai, Ichthyol, Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2015)  
12) Schistura mizoramensis, Ichthyol, Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2014)
13) Schistura andrewi, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)  
14) Pethia rutila, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
15) Olyra saginata, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
16) Eutropiichthys cetosus, Journal of Threatened Taxa, India (2014)
17) Psilorhynchus khopai, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
18) Schistura maculosa, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2013)
19) Glyptothorax radiolus, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2013)  
20) Garra dampaensis, Journal of Thratened Taxa, India (2013)     
21) Pseudolaguvia nubila, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2013)    
22) Schistura aizawlensis, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2012)
23) Glyptothorax maceriatus, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2012)
24) Glyptothorax scrobiculus, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2012)
25) Monopterus ichthyophoides, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2011)
26) Pseudolaguvia spicula, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2010)
27) Pseudolaguvia virgulata, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2010)