Area of practice

Human-animal interactions, ecology, wildlife biology, human-environment relations

Education

MSc (Wildlife Science), Wildlife Institute of India (Degree from Saurashtra University)

PhD, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment and Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Thesis title: The ecological and social dimensions of human-dog-wildlife conflict in the Indian Trans-Himalaya

Work Experience

Grants Manager, Office of Research Grants, Indian Institute of Science (2021-2022)

Grants Adviser, DBT/ Wellcome Trust India Alliance (2019-2021)

Post doc consultant at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (2018)

Visiting faculty at University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (2018-2020)

Researcher at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Consultant Editor at SAEVUS (Wildlife magazine)

Research trainee at National Centre for Biological Sciences

Junior Research Fellow at Wildlife Institute of India

Interest areas

Ecology, sustainability, human-environment interactions, art from trash, socio-ecological systems

Creative Practice and Outreach

Workshop on basics of grant writing for PhD and post-doc students at IISc

Public talks, international and national conference talks regarding PhD research

Popular science communication in India Bioscience as freelancer

Art from trash: hands-on workshop for school kids at Poorna Learning Centre

Publications

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chandrima_Home2 

Current Practice at Srishti

Part of Research and Collaborations team

Teaching