Experience

Environment Support Group (ESG)

• India
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Consultant

  • Sep 2022 - Present



Nature Conservation Foundation

• India
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Coordinator

  • Apr 2018 - Jan 2022

  ▪ Estimating population abundance & density of leopards & tigers from camera trap surveys using spatially explicit capture-recapture method ▪ Estimating density indices for leopard prey species & other mammals using photographic capture rate ▪ Creating maps for animal movements & species distribution ▪ Analysing spatiotemporal overlap of large carnivores ▪ Modelling occupancy of terrestrial mammals ▪ Automating species identification using convolutional neural network classifiers on camera trap image data ▪ Analysing line transect data using distance sampling ▪ Field work for camera trapping exercise in protected areas of the Western Ghats ▪ Preparing protocols for data curation and other research procedures Show less



Teach For Green

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communication & Partnership Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  ▪ Networking and communicating with potential partners ▪ Preparing proposals for grant applications ▪ Conducting workshops in schools & colleges ▪ Organising events ▪ Networking and communicating with potential partners ▪ Preparing proposals for grant applications ▪ Conducting workshops in schools & colleges ▪ Organising events



Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

• India
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical / Field Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  ▪ Assisting in laboratory work for a Long term monitoring project of Olive Ridley turtles ▪ Sex Determination of turtle hatchlings using microtome sectioning; sex of hatchlings are temperature dependent and their temporal variability can be applied in turtle conservation ▪ Field work : recording OTP (oviposition time period) and population density estimates using line transects ▪ Field work: observing foraging patterns and anti-predatory behaviour of Indian Rock Lizard (Psammophilus dorsalis) ▪ Field work: Identifying and collecting Littorinid snails, that are dispersed by ocean currents, along the west coast of India; assisting a PhD student in a study understanding dispersal processes in marine species Show less



Agumbe Rainforest Research Station

• Agumbe, Karnataka, India

• Research Intern

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Conducted a short term research: Microhabitat study on two populations of Golden Frogs (Hylarana aurantiaca). Field work skills acquired including data collection methods, data recording.Research skills enhanced including analysis methods Conducted a short term research: Microhabitat study on two populations of Golden Frogs (Hylarana aurantiaca). Field work skills acquired including data collection methods, data recording.Research skills enhanced including analysis methods



Mott MacDonald

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

  Presented a project after compiling relevant information about Green buildings. Interviewed high profile people in the field, improved interpersonal and communication skills during this process. Assisted to update the company’s database on Green buildings Presented a project after compiling relevant information about Green buildings. Interviewed high profile people in the field, improved interpersonal and communication skills during this process. Assisted to update the company’s database on Green buildings