Forensic Entomology India
About (Dr Meenakshi Bharti) 
Present Institute : Department of Zoology,
Punjabi University Patiala,
Punjab, India-147002.
Telephone : 09316150810
adubharti@yahoo.co.in meenakshibharti@forensicentomologyindia.com
Current assignment: Taxonomic studies on the immature stages of medically important flies
Salient achievements/ associated links
Research paper, “Nocturnal Oviposition Behaviour of Blowflies (Diptera : Calliphoridae)” published in Forensic Science International has been quoted in book “Forensic Entomology and Law” by Greenberg and Kunich, 2002, (Cambridge University Press).
Paper ‘Some notes on Nocturnal Larviposition by Sarcophaga ( Diptera : Sarcophagidae) presented at 6th International Congress on Dipterology,23-28,September, 2006, Fukuoka, Japan.
On the Editorial board of 'The Open Forensic Science Journal’ http://www.bentham.org/open/toforsj/EBM.htm
Member of
‘European Association of Forensic Entomology’
Name listed in directory of forensic entomologists of the world—from EAFE.
Significant Publications :
2001 Further observations on the nocturnal oviposition behaviour of blowflies (Diptera : Callilphoridae). Forensic Science International, 120: 124‑126.
2001 First record of some carrion flies (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 21(3): 261-268.
2002 Occurence of different larval stages of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on decaying rabbit carcasses. Journal of Entomological Research, 25(3): 343-350.
2003 Studies on the insect fauna of decaying Rabbit carcasses from Punjab, India. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48(5): 1133-1143.
2005 Forensic Entomology: Use of Insects in Crime Investigation. Everyman’s Science, 39(5): 321-323.
2007 Effect of temperature on the development of forensically important blow fly, Chrysomya megacaphala (Fabricius) (Diptera:Calliphoridae). Entomon,32(2):149-151.
2008 Nocturnal larviposition by flesh flies ( Diptera: Sarcophagidae) (Forensic Science International, 177:e19-e20. 2008 Diptera: Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae from India. Journal of Entomological Research,32(1):78-82.
2008 Nocturnal larviposition by flesh flies ( Diptera: Sarcophagidae) (Forensic Science International, 177:e19-e20.
2008 Diptera: Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae from India. Journal of Entomological Research,32(1):78-82.
Article in book:
2006 Forensic Importance of Insects Sequentially Colonizing Carcasses in book entitled ‘Forensic Science and Crime Investigation’, edited by Ramesh Chandra.
