Address: 
									
									Email: sunil.jose@devamatha.ac.in
									
									Mobile: +919447828347
									
									
									
								 
								
							 
							
							
							
								
								
								
									Educational Qualifications
									
									      
																						
									  Programme
									  Institute
									  Year
									  Achievements
 	
											
												 Master of Science
												
							   Maharjas College, Ernakulam
							   1995
I Class
 
												 Ph.D
												
							   Mahatma Gandhi University
							   2007
 
												 Bachelor of Science
												
							   St.Joseph Training College, Mananam
							   1996
I Class
 
												 GATE
												
							   Ministry of Education
							   1996
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												 State Eligibility Test (SET)
												
							   Kerala Government
							   2000
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										Title of the Ph.D. Thesis
	
									 
								 
																
									
						
										
										Faunistic survey of spiders of Kerala, India (Arachnida: Araneae)-   https://indian-spiders.blogspot.com/										
									
								 
								
																						
																
										
											
											Arachnology, Spiders of western ghats, Biodiversity of westsern ghats.
	 
	Qaulification: M.Sc, B.Ed, Ph.D, GATE, SET, NET
	 
	Researchgate Id : Sunil Jose. K (researchgate.net)
	 
	Youtube Channel- Dr. Sunil Jose - YouTube
	 
	World ranking of the researcher:  Sunil Jose K - AD Scientific Index 2025											
									
								 
								
															
								
																
								   
									Membership in Professional Bodies
									
									  #
									  Name of the Society/Association
Nature of Membership
Year of Membership
 	
									 
									 	
										
										
												
														
												
													
														 1
									   Western Ghat Society of Arachnology
Founder
2020
 
														 2
									   Asian Society of Arachnology
Member
2014
 
														 3
									   International Society of Arachnology
Member
2013
 													
										
									
									 
								
								
							 
							
							
							
								
									Professional Experience
										
									   				
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														Institution
													
													
														From
													
													
														To
													
													
														Designation
													
												 	
																							
										
										
										
										
											
															
																1
															
															
																St.Albert's HSS
															
															
																1998
															
															
																2009
															
															
																HSST (Jn) Zoology
															
														 	
																																		 
							 
							
							
														
								
										Courses Attended for Professional Development
										
												
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													Name of the Course
												
												
													Organizing Institute
												
												
													Period
												
												
											 	
																						
										
										
											
												
													1
												
												
													FDP on Use of GIS & Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Environment
												
												
													All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
												
												
													02/08/2021 to 06/08/2021
												
												
											 	
												
												
													2
												
												
													FDP on Remote  Sensing and GIS
												
												
													All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
												
												
													13/09/2021 to 17/09/2021
												
												
											 	
												
												
													3
												
												
													Winter School on Marine Nutrients for fighting malnutrition
												
												
													ICAR CIFT
												
												
													01-02-2018 to 21-02-2018
												
												
											 	
												
												
													4
												
												
													FDP on Research Ethics and Plagiarism
												
												
													Mahatma Gandhi University
												
												
													26-12-2020 to 30-12-2020
												
												
											 	
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													5
												
												
													FDP on MOOCs and E-Content Development
												
												
													Mahatma Gandhi University
												
												
													04-02-2019 to 08-02-2019
												
												
											 	
												
												
													6
												
												
													Curriculum development workshop on Geospatial Information Science and Technology
												
												
													School of Environmental Science, MG University
												
												
													22-09-2022 to 24-09-2022
												
												
											 	
												
												
													7
												
												
													UGC sponsored  Orientation Programme
												
												
													University of Delhi
												
												
													06-08-2012 to 05-09-2012
												
												
											 	
												
												
													8
												
												
													Refresher Course in Biosciences
												
												
													University of Mumbai
												
												
													29-12-2014 to 17-01-2015
												
												
											 	
																					
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										Seminars/ Workshops/Conferences Attended/ Papers Presented/ Delivered Talks
										
												
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													Title- Seminar
												
												
													-
												
												
													Venue/Agency
												
												
													Dates
												
												
													-
												
												
													Title- Paper
												
												
											 	
																						
											
											
											
												
													1
												
												
													4th Asian Conference of Arachnology,
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Chonqing, China,
												
												
													2017
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													2
												
												
													20th International Congress of Arachnology,
												
												
													
												
												
													Golden, USA
												
												
													2016
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													3
												
												
													 5th Asian Conference of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Bangkok, Thailand
												
												
													2018
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													4
												
												
													 2nd Asian Conference of Arachnology
												
												
													
												
												
													Chiang Mai, Thailand
												
												
													2014
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
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													5
												
												
													19th International Congress of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Taiwan
												
												
													2013
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													6
												
												
													18th international congress of Arachnology
												
												
													
												
												
													Seidlce, Poland
												
												
													2010
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													7
												
												
													25th European Congress of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Alexandroupoli, Greece, 
												
												
													2009
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													8
												
												
													 23rd European Colloquium of Arachnology
												
												
													
												
												
													Barcelona, Spain
												
												
													2006
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													9
												
												
													6th Asian Conference of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Kochi, India
												
												
													2021
												
												
													International
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
													10
												
												
													7th Asian Conference of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam
												
												
													17-22 October, 2022
												
												
													International
												
												
													Diversity of mygalomorph  spiders of Western Ghats, India
												
												
											 	
												
												
													11
												
												
													22nd International Congress of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Montevideo, Uruguay
												
												
													2023, March 05-11
												
												
													International
												
												
													Endemic mygalomorph spiders of western ghats, India
												
												
											 	
												
												
													12
												
												
													8th Asian Conference of Arachnology
												
												
													Invited
												
												
													Hubei University, Wuhan, China
												
												
													25-29 October, 2024
												
												
													International
												
												
													Exploring Mygalomorph Diversity in the Southern Western Ghats: Taxonomic Insights and Ecological Patterns
												
												
											 	
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										Official Roles in Administration/Corporate Life of the the College/ University
										
												
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													Position
												
												
													Period
												
												
													Achievement
												
												
												
											 	
																						
											
										
										
													
																							
								  
								 
							 
							
														
								
										Courses Taught at the U. G. Level
										
												
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													Programme
												
												
													Semester
												
												
													Course
												
												
												
											 	
																						
											
										
											
											
																														  
								 
							 
							
														
								
										Papers Taught at the P. G. Level
										
									   				
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														Programme
													
													
														Semester
													
													
														Course
													
													
												 	
																							
											
										
																														 
							 
							
														
								
										 Books/Chapters in Edited Book
										
												
												
													Title of the Article
												
												
													Title of the Book
												
												
													Editors
												
												
													Publisher
												
												
													ISBN
												
												
													Year
												
												
											 	
																						
										
										
										
											
												
												
													Mygalormorph spiders (Arachnida), Chapter in  
												
												
													Threatened animals of Kerala,
												
												
													Suresh PS & Subramaniam
												
												
													Zoological Survey of India
												
												
													
												
												
													2022
												
											 	
																															 
							 
							
														
								
										 Research Papers Published
										
												
												
													Title of the Article
												
												
													Journal
												
												
													Vol., Issue
												
												
													Page Nos.
												
												
													Year
												
												
													Indexed
												
												
											 	
																						
											
										
										
													
												
												
												
												
													https://indian-spiders.blogspot.com/
												
												
													
												
												
													
												
												
													
												
												
													
												
												
													Indexed
												
												
											 	
																															 
							 
							
														
								
										 Editorial and Referee Positions
										
									   				
														#
													
													
														Journal
													
													
														Position held
													
													
														Period
													
													
												 	
																							
										
										
										
													
											
									   				
														1
													
													
														Arachnology, Journal of British Arachnological Society
													
													
														Reviewer
													
													
														2017 onwards
													
													
												 	
																																 
							 
							
														
								
										 Research Guidance
										
										
												
												
													Name of the Scholar
												
												
													Title
												
												
													Year
												
												
													University
												
												
													Status
												
												
													Year of Award
												
												
											 	
																						
										
										
										
													
											
												
												
													Reshmi Sekhar
												
												
													Taxonomy and Diversity of Theridiidae (Araneae) in Kerala
												
												
													2017
												
												
													Mahatma Gandhi University
												
												
													Submitted
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
												
													Anusmitha Domichan
												
												
													Systematics and natural history of Linyphiidae (Araneae) in Kerala
												
												
													2020
												
												
													Mahatma Gandhi University
												
												
													
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
												
													Aswathy S.
												
												
													Systematics and natural history of the genus Haploclastus in Western Ghats, Kerala
												
												
													2020
												
												
													Mahatma Gandhi University
												
												
													
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
												
													Linta Joseph
												
												
													Systematics and natural history of the genus Annandaliella
												
												
													2022
												
												
													Mahatma Gandhi University
												
												
													
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
																															 
							 
							
							
														
								
									 Projects undertaken
										
												
												
													Title of the Project
												
												
													Type of Project
												
												
													Funding Agency
												
												
													Period
												
												
													Amount
												
												
													Co-investigators
												
												
											 	
																						
											
										
										
											
												
												
													Diversity of Theraphosid spiders in the Western Ghats, India (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
												
												
													Major Research Project
												
												
													UGC
												
												
													2013-17
												
												
													11.6 Lakhs
												
												
													
												
												
											 	
												
												
												
													Genetic diversity of mygalomorph spiders in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India
												
												
													Core Research Grant
												
												
													SERB
												
												
													2019-2022
												
												
													39.76 Lakhs