Experience

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Sep 2013 - Present

  Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences

• Principal Investigator

  • Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

  'Remote Sensing and GIS application in Ecological and Socio-Economic analysis of Human-Elephant Conflict in Agriculture Landscapes of Sakleshpur & Alur Taluks of Central Western Ghats'The project was mainly to address the Human-Elephant Conflict by understanding the LULCC using Remote Sensing and GIS application. We attempted to predict the probable agrarian areas to be proned to elephant damage through 'Hotspot analysis technique' and also we could anlyse the density of damge through 'Point Density Analysis. As supporting work to this, we carried out 'dung sampling' to see the main diet-consumption and also to do relative estimation of elephants of different age catogory based on coffee beans found in the dung samples to understand mainly the intensity of damage. Also my project didn't exclude the impact on Socio-Economic aspects of the famrers. Show less



Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

• India
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Jan 2010 - Oct 2010

  I have worked on aspects of Land Use and Land Use Change as part of WINROCK funded project on National Communication to United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Under this project, its an effort to report to Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF), on Green House Gas (GHG) emission due to land-use dynamics and the quantification of carbon in different land-use systems. Also, I involved in understanding the forest ecosystem against climate change, adaptation tools and mitigating options development through vulnerability assessment. On the other hand, I involved in Resource Assessment at Village Ecosystem level through PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) system. In this, carbon mitigation option as value added benefit is the highlight. My strong urge is to implement the tools available regarding Village-level-resource-assessment in village landscapes of Western Ghats. This is of highly important since the recent dynamics happening mainly in forest fragments scattered at village landscape level. As I have worked on sacred forests in Central Western Ghats during my M.Sc. and Doctoral Programme and understanding the dynamics happening in these ecosystem, it needs village-landscape-level resource quantification including other wooded landscape. Show less



University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Research fellow

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2009

  This project was to quantify the plant resources with uniform methodology throughout the Western Ghats. This project was first of its kind as it for the first time happened in one of the global hot spots. The uniqueness of the project was that the uniform methodology and developing of thematic map based on richness and diversity index. The Conservation Prioritization Areas (CPA) were identified based on the richness and diversity index tools. Major effort was also to arrive at the species accumulation pattern across regions of Western Ghats to understand the species rate of species accumulation given the particular region. In particular, quantification of endangered and endemic plant resources as decision supporting tool for CPA’s. In addition to address and identify the conservation issues, the distribution of plant resources were reasoned out with few ecological issues for eg. correlation of population structure with status of plant resources. The main gain or output of the project is massive data on plant resource which took data base shape to set basis for enormous future research topics which is to assist conservation biologists to design the specific species level to ecosystem level research. Show less

• Junior Research Fellow

  • Oct 2004 - Oct 2006

  This project was to quantify the plant resources with uniform methodology throughout the Western Ghats. This project was first of its kind as it for the first time happened in one of the global hot spots. The uniqueness of the project was that the uniform methodology and developing of thematic map based on richness and diversity index. The Conservation Prioritization Areas (CPA) were identified based on the richness and diversity index tools. Major effort was also to arrive at the species accumulation pattern across regions of Western Ghats to understand the species rate of species accumulation given the particular region. In particular, quantification of endangered and endemic plant resources as decision supporting tool for CPA’s. In addition to address and identify the conservation issues, the distribution of plant resources were reasoned out with few ecological issues for eg. correlation of population structure with status of plant resources. The main gain or output of the project is massive data on plant resource which took data base shape to set basis for enormous future research topics which is to assist conservation biologists to design the specific species level to ecosystem level research. Show less



French Institute of Pondicherry

• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 2004 - Sep 2004

  During this period, I was involved in identifying the indicators of deforestation in Central Western Ghats. This work had involved data collection both on vegetation and also peoples’ opinion. The major work was to identify the tool to find alternative for formal management to manage some of the unique landscapes viz., Sacred forests being conserved in the name of deities (Gods and Goddesses) which are repositories of very rich biological diversity. During this period, I was involved in identifying the indicators of deforestation in Central Western Ghats. This work had involved data collection both on vegetation and also peoples’ opinion. The major work was to identify the tool to find alternative for formal management to manage some of the unique landscapes viz., Sacred forests being conserved in the name of deities (Gods and Goddesses) which are repositories of very rich biological diversity.



Kodagu Model Forest Trust

• College of Forestry, Ponnampet

• Research Fellow

  • Apr 2004 - Jun 2004

  -I had worked as Research Fellow with Kodagu Model Forest Trust which works under Model Forest Programme which is the first Model Forest or site that has been identified from India by International Model Forest and this is located in Central Western Ghats. During this period, I worked under the project that’s on Eco-restoration of Grassy-Shola landscapes, which is the major source of river Cauvery Cathcment area. Mainly I was also involved in ‘participatory approach in conservation of sacred forests in the Western Ghats’ which was being conducted by this organization. Show less