History
The Survey had its genesis in the establishment of the Zoological Section of the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1875. The establishment was suggested in letters by Alfred William Alcock following his resignation. The Survey conducts no formal courses, but holds Conferences, Training Courses, Workshops and Colloquia periodically. For the publication of the results of research carried out in its laboratories, the Survey has its own journals.
The ZSI began on the strength of a (then) century old zoological collection from the former museum (1814–1875) of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, which had passed on to the Zoological Section of the Indian Museum (1875–1916).
The Zoological Collections continued to be housed in the Indian Museum in Kolkata. It was decided in December 1941 to evacuate all type-specimens and Class I exhibits to the Forest Research Institute in Dehra Dun, for the duration of the Second World War. The rest of the collections were temporarily moved to Kaiser Castle in Varanasi in May 1942.
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