Ramesh KRISHNAMURTHY

Scientist-F/Professor & Head of the Department, Landscape Planning and Management at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2016-2019, 2019-2022 & 2022-2025), and Isfahan Institute of Technology, Iran (2021-2024). Visiting Professor to the Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany (in 2019). Specialization in Landscape Ecology, Species Recovery Strategies and Integration of Technology in Wildlife Research and Management. Chair, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Asia Pacific Chapter (2023-2025). Chair of 59th Annual Meeting of ATBC. Founder Secretary (2018-2021) and President (2022-2025) of Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology. Vice President of International Association for Landscape Ecology (2023-2027). Serves in various commissions of IUCN and academic/conservation associations. Gold Medalist in both Under and Post Graduations and have also received the Distinguished Foreign Scholar Award by the US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology and NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Michigan State University, USA. Led a team of professionals for development of Integrated Landscape Management Plan for Greater Panna Landscape, Central India, including One Health Management Plan.