Puja MitraPartnerships and Policy Lead, Ocean Solutions Qualifications: MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation & Management (Commonwealth Scholar), University of Oxford, UK (2008-09) BA in Media, Psychology & English, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University, India (2004-06) Email: puja@dakshin.org Profile: Puja has over fifteen years of experience in conservation and community development across marine, coastal, and terrestrial ecosystems in…
Pradyumna RoutDeputy Finance Manager Qualifications: MBA in Financial Management, Jaipur National University Email: pradyumna@dakshin.org Profile: Pradyumna Rout is a finance professional with over 15 years of experience working with national and international non-profit organisations. He has strong expertise in financial planning and budgeting, donor compliance, risk management, and statutory compliances, including FCRA, TDS, PF, ESI,…
Madhuri MondalPartnerships, SeaChange and Policy Lead, ANET Qualifications: M.A. Natural Resources & Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (2016-2018) B.E Information Technology, Osmania University, 2009 Email: madhuri.mondal@dakshin.org Profile: Growing up in the Andamans and living close to the rainforest and coastal ecosystems, Madhuri has always been fascinated by them. After working for over six years as…
Aarthi SridharSeaChange Lead, Programme Head Aarthi is a founder trustee at Dakshin. She holds a doctoral degree in human geography from the University of Amsterdam. In her functional capacity, she heads Dakshin’s Communities and Resource Governance Programme and supports our SeaChange efforts and leads the Communications Team. Trained in the social sciences, her academic interests centre…
T.R.GopiFinance Manager Qualifications: M.B.A. in Finance from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore Email: gopi@dakshin.org Profile: T.R. Gopi has 25 years of finance and accounting experience in the non-profit and for-profit sector, with exposure to best practices and accounting standards and have led Finance, Accounting and regulatory compliance teams in both Indian and International NGOs. He…
Jagdeesh RaoSenior Advisor In a career spanning over 35 years, Jagdeesh has focussed on the conservation of natural resources, the interrelated issues of poverty and environmental degradation, and on systems thinking at the interface of ecology, society, and economy. He was part of the founding team of the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) and served…
Kartik Shanker Kartik Shanker is a founder trustee of Dakshin Foundation. An ecologist by training, Kartik has interests in both mountain and marine systems. Currently, he is a Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore where he conducts research on a range of taxa including frogs, reptiles, birds,…
Kartik Shanker Kartik is a founder trustee of Dakshin Foundation. An ecologist by training, Kartik has interests in both mountain and marine systems. Currently, he is a Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore where he conducts research on a range of taxa including frogs, reptiles, birds, plants,…
Sneha DharwadkarResearch Affiliate Qualifications: BSc Environmental Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India (2009) MSc Wildlife Biology, AVC College, Bharathidasan University, India (2011) PhD student, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, USA (Ongoing) Email: sneha.dharwadkar@uga.edu Profile: Sneha is a wildlife biologist, currently pursuing PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences. Her work is multidisciplinary and revolves…
Shawn DsouzaResearch Affiliate Qualifications: M.Sc. Biodiversity, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune (2017) B.Sc. Zoology, SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai (2015) Email: shawn27.dsouza@gmail.com Profile: While he is trained as an ecologist, Shawn also recognises that humans are part of natural systems and he tries incorporating this philosophy in all aspects of his work.…