Paromit Chatterjee
HABITAT LENS PRIVATE LIMITED, WWF-India, University of Burdwan, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
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About
Paromit Chatterjee is a conservation biologist and spatial ecologist specializing in biodiversity assessment, species distribution modeling, landscape ecology, and nature based solutions. He completed his PhD in Zoology from the University of Calcutta with a focus on small mammal ecology, habitat use, and behavioral adaptation across natural and human modified landscapes. His work integrates field ecology with GIS, remote sensing, and biostatistical modeling to support conservation planning, climate risk assessment, and environmental governance across diverse Indian ecosystems including the Himalayas, Gangetic plains, wetlands, and the Indian Sundarbans.
He has worked with leading institutions including the Zoological Survey of India, WWF-India, and ICLEI South Asia, contributing to mangrove and grassland restoration, wildlife corridor assessments, human wildlife conflict mitigation, and species conservation planning. He currently leads biodiversity and geospatial initiatives at Sustainability Intelligence LLP and serves as Director of Habitat Lens Private Limited, focusing on conservation technology, ecological restoration, and digital environmental screening platforms. He is also a Commission Member of the IUCN SSC Asia and actively contributes to interdisciplinary research linking ecology, technology, and policy.
Employment
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HABITAT LENS PRIVATE LIMITED Director2024 - Present
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WWF-India Senior Project Officer2022 - 2024
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Assistant Manager2021 - 2022
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Zoological Survey of India Senior Research Fellow2016 - 2020
Education
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University of Burdwan M.Sc2012 - 2014
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (24)
- Living Shoreline: Preliminary Observations on Nature-Based Solution for Toe-Line Protection of Estuarine Embankments and Mangrove Regeneration Save
- Prey profile of Jungle cat in human dominated landscape of Southern West Bengal: evidence from camera traps Save
- Climate-Driven Habitat Shifts of Two Palm Squirrel Species (Sciuridae: Funambulus) and Projected Expansion of Their Range Overlap with Indian Agroecosystems Save
- Cat out of the bag: Coastal and Gangetic plains outside protected areas require focus for fishing cat conservation in southern West Bengal, India Save
- Flower Visitor Assemblage and Foraging Profile of a Pollinator Attractant Non-crop Plant Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudô from Eastern Himalayas, India Save
- A note on Indian hare Lepus nigricollis: presence beyond the IUCN distribution in the Himalayas Save
- Future simulated landscape predicts habitat loss for the Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei): A range level analysis for an endangered primate Save
- CITY BIODIVERSITY INDEX CITY BIODIVERSITY INDEX -JAMMU Save
- First record of the Long-snouted Bhutan Squirrel Dremomys lokriah bhotia (Wroughton, 1916) (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the state of West Bengal, India Save
- State Representative Beaten to Death: A Decade Long Conflict Scenario of Fishing Cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) from Southern West Bengal, India Save