Qualifications:

Master’s in Ecology, Environment & Sustainable Development, TISS, Guwahati, 2018

P.G Diploma in Environmental Law and Policy, National Law University, New Delhi, 2016

Bachelor’s (Hons) in English Literature, Gauhati University, Assam, 2015

Email: debangini@dakshin.org

Profile:  Debangini is an interdisciplinary ecologist, with a research focus on urban multispecies ethnographies. The Dutch evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen has inspired her interest in urban ecology, and she has been trying to do her bit to make citizens take notice of nature in their backyards since then. She is passionate about writing and visual storytelling and tries to culminate it in her page The False Trail, where citizens share their observations and interactions with urban wildlife in their cities. Besides this, she has a deep-rooted love for all things marine. She has previously worked with Turtle Survival Alliance-India, the Greater Adjutant Stork Conservation Program at Aaranyak, the Counter Wildlife Trafficking Program at WCS-India and the National Biodiversity Mission at ATREE. Her current work beyond Dakshin focuses on human-owl affiliations in the cityscapes of India. She works as a Senior Outreach Coordinator in the Marine Flagships programme at Dakshin Foundation.

Publications:

• Popular Articles
  • Roy, D (2021). ‘Into the thick of it- Chasing my dream to be an interdisciplinary urban ecologist’. Lonely Conservationists.
  • Roy, D (2020). ‘The Urban Jungle Saga: the need for citizen science in urban biodiversity conservation’. Northeast Development Agency (NEDA).
  • Roy, D (2019). ‘Slow and Steady- Will They Win the Race? ……Walking the Turtle Trail in Assam’. EcoNE.
  • Roy, D (2018). ‘Of Prayers and Ecological Footprints’. Eclectic Northeast. Vol. 6, no.11, pp 48-50.
  • Roy, D (2017). ‘Documenting social features impacting threatened turtle populations in Sonitpur district along Brahmaputra’. The Himalayan: A Naturenomics Publication. pp 70-83.
  • Roy, D (2017). ‘Of Turtles and Community Conservation’. Eclectic Northeast. Vol. 5, no.11, pp 48-49.