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I work as a project scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India. I have been involved in research on Road Ecology, Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments. Additionally, I have been part of multiple assessments and surveys to determine mitigation measures for linear infrastructure including roads and railway lines. I am also involved in assessing effectiveness of mitigation measures for wildlife, particularly crossing structures.
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September 2012 - September 2013
July 2011 - June 2013
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Social and economic growth imperatives have been the driving force behind the large-scale and rapid spurt in linear infrastructure (LI) projects in India, particularly roads and railway lines. However, while these projects aim to improve the transportation connectivity of the country, their ecological impacts on the natural ecosystems of the countr...
Crossing structures (CS) for wildlife are important mitigation strategies to offset impacts of roads on wildlife. However, information on CS use for the Indian subcontinent or the global tiger landscapes is scarce. We monitored wildlife use of nine CS on a national highway in a critical tiger conservation landscape in India. 21 wild mammals were fo...
Crossing structures are widely accepted mitigation measures used to offset the impacts of roads in ecologically sensitive areas that serve as important animal corridors. However, altered interspecies interactions at crossing structures may reduce the potency of these structures for some species and groups. Anecdotes of predation events at crossing...
Crossing structures (CS) for wildlife are important mitigation strategies to offset impacts of roads on wildlife. However, information on CS use for the Indian subcontinent or the global tiger landscapes is scarce. We monitored wildlife use of nine CS on a national highway in a critical tiger conservation landscape in India. 21 wild mammals were fo...
Roads impact wildlife in multiple ways, most conspicuous amongst which are animal-vehicle collisions (AVCs). Mitigation measures to reduce AVCs at the local scale are often centred on species-specific crossing zones and collision hotspots. However, at the road network scale, consideration of interactions among road, species and traffic characterist...
The transportation infrastructure of a nation forms the backbone of its economic growth and social development, and, as a developing country, India is no exception. However, with imperatives to improve connectivity for economic and social growth, ecological costs are often at stake. Roads, old and new, cut through protected forests and connecting h...
This part of the guidance applies the theory of SEA to the practical integration of environmental issues into decisions about policies, plans and programmes.
The hypothetical case study follows the case work method of the Harvard Business School. A detailed description of the case study aims to help participants gain a better understanding of the c...
The leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis is a small felid that is known to have a wide- spread distribution throughout India. As the activity pattern of the species is strongly nocturnal, it has been rarely seen or photographed during daytime. A photographic record of a leopard cat active during mid-morning hours in the Rajaji National Park is pres...
