Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Fellows

Ankila Hiremath, New Delhi
Research interest: Forest ecology and its application to human land use systems (e.g., forest management, agroforestry, and restoration).
hiremath(at)atree(dot)org

Aravind N.A
Research interest: Disturbance ecology and community ecology of birds, butterflies, amphibians and Non-marine Molluscs of Western Ghats.
aravind(at)atree(dot)org

Bejoy K. Thomas
Research interest: Cross-disciplinary analysis of poverty and vulnerability, participatory development, mixed methods, rural livelihoods, environmental change and development, with teaching interests in development studies, political economy, field research methods in social sciences.
bejoy.thomas(at)atree(dot)org

Gladwin Joseph, Director, ATREE
Research interest: Integrated natural resource management, Agroforestry, Sustainable agriculture, Nursery technology, Forest regeneration, Applied ecophysiology, Adaptive research approaches.
gladwin(at)atree(dot)org

Jagdish Krishnaswamy
Research interest: Watershed hydrology and landscape ecology
jagdish(at)atree(dot)org

Mohan Seetharam
Research interests: Land use and land cover change, agriculture and natural resource management, climate change, vulnerability and development. Understanding the human dimensions of global environmental change. Understanding and working towards sustainable and equitable forms of social and economic development.
mohan.seetharam(at)atree(dot)org

Nitin Rai
Research interest: Understanding the ecological, social and economic aspects of forest resource use. Using multidisciplinary approaches to examine non-timber forest product harvest, its contribution to poverty alleviation, and its relationship to biodiversity conservation.
nitinrai(at)atree(dot)org

Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan
Research interest: Insect Taxonomy and conservation. Eco-informatics, Agro-forestry and Traditional knowledge.
priyan(at)atree(dot)org

R Ganesan
Research interest: Plant taxonomy, vegetation dynamics in natural and disturbed forests, population dynamics of endemic plants, involving local people in biodiversity conservation.
rganesan(at)atree(dot)org

Ravikanth G
Research interest: Recovery and monitoring of some of the critically endangered species of the Western Ghats. Working on DNA bar-coding of some of the economically important groups of plants.
gravikanth(at)atree(dot)org

Robert J. Chandran
Research interest: Tropical forest ecology and management, Life history variation in tropical tree species, Restoration ecology.
robert.chandran(at)atree(dot)org

Seema Purushothaman
Research interest: Land use drivers and sustainability indicators in production landscapes, ecosystem services, fiscal instrument for biodiversity
seemap(at)atree(dot)org

Sharachchandra Lele, Sr. Fellow
Research interest: Conceptual issues in sustainable development and sustainability; analyses of institutional, economic, ecological, and technological issues in forest, energy, and water resource management; methodology of interdisciplinary research.
slele(at)atree(dot)org

Shrinivas Badiger
Research interest:
sbadiger(at)atree(dot)org

Siddappa Setty
Research interest: Poverty alleviation in biodiversity-rich areas through sustainable use of forest resources. Exploring use of local alternatives for temple offerings in South India, to create awareness on utilizing local/traditional crops for food and temple prasad items. Aim to find high quality information to answer specific questions on forest conservation and livelihood-related issues.
siddappa(at)atree(dot)org

Siddhartha Krishnan
Research interest: Environmental Sociology; Environmental History; Sociology of Science; Conservation and Livelihood Conflicts, Climate Risk; Land, Wetland and Forest Policy
siddhartha.krishnan(at)atree(dot)org

Soubadra Devy
Research interest: Plant-animal interactions; and developing a canopy programme for India through protected areas network and extending the biodiversity frontier to production landscape, through participatory approach involving community. Putting together various ecological aspects that were carried out over the last several years in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Develop rigorous field courses, which cater to various target audiences.
soubadra(at)atree(dot)org

Suman Rai, Regional Director, Eastern Himalaya, Darjeeling
Research interest: Facilitation of an enabling environment through building networks; exploration of strategic issues for conservation action; and realization of resources required for executing our long-term plan. Promoting awareness on conservation in the Singalila National Park.
suman(at)atree(dot)org

T Ganesh
Research interest: Plant-animal interactions, tropical seed dispersal/seed predation systems, long term monitoring of phenology and vegetation dynamics.
tganesh(at)atree(dot)org

Post Doctoral Fellows

P. Saravanan
Research interest:
saravanan(at)swcp(dot)com

Shijo Joseph
Research interest: Ecosystem analysis, environmental biophysics, remote sensing, GIS and modeling.

Honorary Fellows

Amrit S. Gill
Research interest:
bmbpatiala(at)glide(dot)net(dot)in

G.K. Veeresh
Research interest:
gkveeresh(at)indiatimes(dot)com, aporganic(at)yahoo(dot)com

Joseph Bagyaraj
Research interest:

K.R. Shivanna
Research interest: Identifying domestication syndromes in cardamom.
shivanna(at)atree(dot)org

K.D. Singh
Research interest: Establish a scientific basis for non-timber forest product (NTFP) production and consumption, in order to make forest planning holistic and sound. The present research will include policy, legal and institutional issues essential for ensuring sustainable management of NTFP. Conducting a study in the Kolasib District of Mizoram, to explore people participation in forest management planning and creating alternatives to slash and burn practices (shifting agriculture).
karan.singh(at)umb(dot)edu

K.P.S. Chauhan
Research interest:
chauhankps(at)rediffmail(dot)com, biokps(at)hotmail(dot)com

Om P. Rajora
Research interest:
om.rajora(at)unb(dot)ca

Zafar Futehally
Research interest:
email

Romulus Earl Whitaker
Research interest:
draco(at)vsnl(dot)com

S.M. Nair
Research interest:
ceedelhi(at)bol(dot)net(dot)in, ceedelhi(at)ceeIndia(dot)org

Uppendra Dhar
Research interest:
uppdhar(at)gmail(dot)com

Adjunct Senior Fellows

John Kineman
Research interest:
John.Kineman(at)Colorado(dot)edu

R. Prabhakar
Research interest: Eco-informatics, geographical information systems for conservation, spatial technology and human interactions with ecosystems. Working on a project to provide a framework and a platform for creating social-ecological maps of urban areas. Decentralization and cost-effective conservation.
r.prabhakar(at)atree(dot)org

Ramanatha Rao
Research interest: Plant genetic resources and agro-biodiversity at ATREE. Issues in agro-biodiversity conservation and utilization (genetic diversity status) and trends including genetic erosion, rationalization of collections, utilization of conserved genetic resources including wild crop relatives, access, intellectual property rights, seed supply systems and bio-safety.
ramnath(at)atree(dot)org

Ravi Chellam
Research interest:
ravi.chellam(at)atree(dot)org

Adjunct Fellows

Sinu P.A
Research interest: Forest Ecology and management, Taxonomy of insects in general and particularly, Family Carabidae
sinu(at)atree(dot)org

C.G. Kushalappa
Research interest:
kushalcg(at)vsnl(dot)net(dot)in

Harini Nagendra
Research interest: Satellite remote sensing, biodiversity studies and social interviews to study the impact of a range of institutional approaches, including community forestry, joint forest management and national parks on forest conservation in South Asia. Study of how processes of human land use interact with biophysical factors to impact patterns of landscape change and forest recovery in Nepal and India Urban ecology and environmental change, with a focus on Bengaluru.
harini.nagendra(at)gmail(dot)com

Kartik Shanker
Research interest: Distribution of diversity at various levels of organization, from genes to ecosystems, work on coastal and marine ecology, addressing the question of how species diversity is distributed along the coasts.
kshanker(at)ces(dot)iisc(dot)ernet(dot)in

T.O. Sasidharan
Research interest: Eco-friendly technologies for insect pest management, while preserving the environment. Investigations on native isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium sp. for control of certain potentially dangerous insect pests of forest plantations and nurseries. The possibility of using Microsporidia for insect pest control is being investigated.
tosasi(at)atree(dot)org

R. Vasudeva
Research interest:

Shonil Bhagwat
Research interest:
shonil.bhagwat(at)gmail(dot)com

Sunita Pradhan
Research interest:
snitaprad(at)rediffmail(dot)com, sunitaprad(at)yahoo(dot)com

Sunita Rao
Research interest: Experiential environmental learning; biodiversity of forest home gardens in the Western Ghats; conservation and livelihoods; management of civic societies
sunitasirsi(at)gmail(dot)com

Visiting Fellows

K. Yoganand
Research interest: Conducting conservation biology studies, designing experimental and observational field ecology studies, assessing the population status of various taxa, and surveying remote areas.
k.yoganand(at)gmail(dot)com

T. Kannan
Research interest:
tkannan(at)atree(dot)org