Faunaofindia.nic.in Website Review

भारत सरकार पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय Government of India भारतीय प्राणी सर्वेक्षण The Zoological Survey of India The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) is the premier taxonomic research organization in India. It was established on 1 July 1916 to promote surveys, exploration and research leading to advancement of our knowledge of various aspects of the exceptionally rich an*mal life of India. The ZSI had its genesis as the Zoological Section of the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1875. Since its inception, the ZSI has been docu*enting the diversity and distribution of the fauna of India towards carrying out its mandate of conducting exploration-cu*-taxonomic-research programmes. The ZSI has published an extremely large amount of information on all an*mal taxa, from Protozoa to Mammalia. This information is a boon to researchers, The ZSI has ushered in the era of digitisation with an ambitious archives project, encompas*ing all its published docu*ents (more than 200,000 pages of printed material). This large body of information is now available as a text-searchable, easily accessible digital archive. All the volumes published by the ZSI have been digitised using state-of-the-art technology and software. These publications have been electronically restored and can be do*nloaded in the Portable Docu*ent Format (PDF) or viewed in the DjVu format (DjVu plugin should be installed for which the 'Get DjVu' link in the sidebar can be used. DjVu format is not supported in Google Chrome browser and hence 'Do*nload (PDF)' links may be used.) They can be searched fully with different search filters. Text searches can be made across all publications or restricted by the user to any particular publication, year, author, taxon, etc. The digital archive of the publications of the ZSI represents a very valuable resource for research on Indian fauna.