Srikant Ghosh, Principal Scientist and Team Leader Tick Research Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India Education: Ph. D Experience: Thirty years of Research experience in the field of tick biology, integrated tick management focusing on tick vaccine, acaricide resistance characterization, characterization of anti-tick natural formulation. Four years of research experience on the identification of biological control of insect pests of agriculture importance. Interests: Tick biology and control; diagnosis of parasitic infection in animals, Tick-borne zoonosis and epidemiology. Memberships: Indian Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Indian Society of Parasitology, Association for Vector-borne disease control, Indian Science Congress Association. Recognition: Member of the global concerted action plan for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases, Reviewer of more than 12 international journals publishing research papers linked to vector biology; Expert member of different research funding agencies, awarded with a number of international and national research projects for implementation.