We recently visited our Auburn University partners and had the opportunity to spend time with their Ph.D. students. We welcome Ms. Prakash and Mr. Maheshappa.
Ms. Vasavi Prakash has worked for the Indian Forest Services since 2013, working on wildlife and forest management as a Forest Officer. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics from the University of Twente, The Netherlands, an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, a M.Sc. in Forestry from Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, and a B.Sc. in Zoology and Biochemistry from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Her intended Ph.D. research focus will be identifying human-tiger conflict zones for informing landscape-scale conservation strategies.
Mr. Shivakumar Channapplar Maheshappa has strong background in agriculture (M.Sc. in Agriculture), forestry (M.Sc.) om Forestry) and public policy and management (Post Graduate Program), and excellent professional and administrative experiences in the Forest and Wildlife Department, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forests in India. He also expresses strong interests in forest management, payment for ecosystem services, and wildlife management.
