Vivek Murugan works as a Researcher with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore. He holds a Masters in Social Work and has over 8 years of experience as a Research Assistant with ATREE. His work mostly involves conducting interviews with different stakeholders and government officials and also involved in some other activities like data preparation, data analysis, writing insight articles and field testing. He is interested in social and environmental based research.