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February 2017 - present
May 2016 - December 2016
November 2014 - December 2015
Care Earth Trust
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Education
August 2010 - May 2012
June 2007 - May 2010
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India has the largest population of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) worldwide. Habitat fragmentation and loss of habitat have diminished food resources, and wild elephants have resorted to raiding crops grown within or adjacent to their home range. Elephants are often deliberately electrocuted for foraying into human-used areas, and this is a key...
Many wildlife species survive in human-modified landscapes and understanding the opinions of those who share space with wildlife will aid conservation efforts. Using a questionnaire, we assessed the presence of 12 mammal species in 78 tea plantations in the Nilgiris, southern India. We obtained data on (i) plantation size, location, and elevation,...
Habitat fragmentation results in loss of genetic variation in populations and increases inbreeding processes that are measurable by genetic markers. The fragmented forests of Eastern Ghats-Central India support around 3000 Asian elephants (Elephas maximus L.), of which 2000 are in Odisha state. We obtained samples of fresh elephant dung from four p...
The Peninsular Indian population of the endangered Asian elephant occurs in the Western and Eastern Ghats, and further north-east in the Eastern Central Indian (ECI) range. Using DNA obtained from fresh elephant dung, this study assessed the genetic variation, population structure, and gene flow in the two southern populations, SI1 and SI2, separat...
Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also a major opportunity for its miti-gation. However, appropriately considering the diversity of land-use actors and activities in conservation assessments and planning is challenging. As a result, top-down conservation policy and planning are often criticized for a lack of...
The Asian elephant is mostly confined to mountainous ranges and therefore risks population fragmentation if hard protected area (PA) boundaries near steep slopes prevent movement. We tested whether elephant gene flow is (i) controlled by slope and (ii) affected by the interplay between barriers and slope. We used 176 unique genotypes obtained non-i...
The Asian elephant is mostly confined to mountainous ranges and therefore risks population
fragmentation if hard protected area (PA) boundaries near steep slopes prevent movement. We
tested whether elephant gene flow is (i) controlled by slope and (ii) affected by the interplay between
barriers and slope. We used 176 unique genotypes obtained non-i...
