AT A GLANCE
Partha Sarathi Mishra, PhD
Area of Practice: Conservation, animal behavior, human-animal relationships, role of arts in conservation
OVERVIEW
I am a multidisciplinary researcher working in the domain of wildlife conservation, animal behaviour using a variety of lenses including behavioural sciences, social science, arts and design. I am a founding member of the Association of Indian Primatologist and a member of IUCN Primate Specialist Group. I believe in the power of arts, design and science to make the Earth a just place to live.
EDUCATION
PhD in Zoology
WORK EXPERIENCE
July 2021- Present Institute: SMI- MAHE, Bengaluru, India
Faculty
Mentoring and Course Management – Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students- Information Arts and Information Design Program (IAIDP)
Jan- May 2020 Institute: ZOO, India and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Researcher
Bonnet Macaque Personality Project: Investigating interactions and the development of personality in bonnet macaques in Kerala, India.
2017-2018 Institute: NCBS, Bengaluru, India
Coordinator
Marine Mammal-Marine Ecosystem Working Group
Liaising with policymakers, organizations, and researchers to bring them together in a steering committee to advance marine mammal research in India
2017-2018 Institute: University of Mysore, Mysuru India
Project Assistant
Studying aggression and Affiliation in Nicobar long-tailed macaque
2013- 2015 Institute: SACON, Coimbatore
Programme Fellow
Social Organization, Behavior, and Phylogeography of Nicobar long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis umbrosus) on the Nicobar Islands, India
2012- 2013 Institute: BNHS, Mumbai
Research Fellow
Biodiversity assessment to assess mammalian diversity around the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear power plant, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Sept-Nov 2011 Institute: FERAL, Puducherry
Research Assistant
Gap analysis of arboreal mammals in Agasthyamalai- Periyar landscape, India
Jan – July 2011 Institute: WII, Dehradun, India
Project Fellow
Research Monitoring Tigers, Co-Predators, Prey and Their Habitat: Line Transects, sign surveys, questionnaire surveys, camera trapping.
INTEREST AREAS
Conservation, animal behavior, human-animal relationships, role of arts in conservation
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
Ecological consciousness, animal behavior, ecological justice, arts and design for conservation, nature education
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
I teach environmental consciousness through the lenses of policy, culture, economics, and social justice to Undergraduate and Post Graduate students. I have conducted studios, workshops, and graduation thesis projects for the students where they are encouraged to express themselves through arts or propose solutions through design.
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
Evolution of mammal behavior, cultural underpinnings of human-nature relationships
