Aaranya

About

An ecology enthusiast with a keen interest in plant community dynamics, desert ecology, meta-analysis, biodiversity patterns and watching reptiles.

Employment

• Wildlife Institute of India Research Biologist
  2019 - 2022
• A Rocha Conservation Officer
  2015 - 2016
• Turtle Conservation Project Program Officer
  2015 - 2015
• A Rocha Research Associate
  2014 - 2015
• Indian Institute of Science Intern
  2014 - 2014
• The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology Curatorial Assistant and General Assistant - Animal Care and Vet
  2012 - 2014

Education

• Western Sydney University PhD
  2022 - Present
• Wildlife Institute of India M.Sc. Wildlife Science
  2017 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (6)

• Pingers are effective in reducing net entanglement of river dolphins
  Scientific Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12670-y
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• Terrestrial mammals of Bannerghatta National Park, Karnataka, India: A camera-trap inventory and seasonal assessments
  Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 2018
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• The railway-line fence: a new passive elephant barrier at Bannerghatta National Park, Southern India
  Gajah 2018
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• Seasonal Crop Raiding of Fruit Trees by Asian Elephants: An Insight into Foraging Preferences from Croplands Abutting Bannerghatta National Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 2017 DOI: 10.9734/ajee/2017/31851
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• A badger in Bannerghatta: an opportunistic record of the Ratel Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) from Karnataka, India
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2016 DOI: 10.11609/jott.2587.8.5.8820-8823
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• Influence of Elephant-Human Interactions on Agrarian Communities in the Bengaluru-Bannerghatta Landscape–A Perspective Survey
  Gajah 2016
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