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V. JITHIN

I am a post-graduate in Wildlife Science from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun with interests spanning across ecology, education and Science communication.

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Work

  • Researcher

    • Community Ecology and Restoration (CEROS) Lab, Nature Conservation Foundation, Bangalore (2022-present)

Education

  • Master of Science in Wildlife Science

    • Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun (2019-2022)

  • Diploma in Biology

    • Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru (2017-19)

  • Bachelor of Science in Botany

    • Farook College, University of Calicut, Kerala (2016-19)

Initiatives

  • Myristica - The Ecological Festival - Kerala's Biggest Students' Ecological Festival (Read more :Archived Webpage)

  • Organized Latin America Biodiversity International Online Quiz in connection with World Environment Day 2020 in collaboration with Indo Hispanic Language Academy (Kolkata), Difraneli (San Jose, Costa Rica), and Biodiversidad Y Desarrollo Sustenible De Mexico SC (Jilotepec, Mexico). (2020)

Research

  • Impact of land-use change on the rock outcrops of the northern Western Ghats (2022-23) with Dr. Rohit Naniwadekar (Nature Conservation Foundation-India) and Dr. Aparna Watve (Bombay Environmental Action Group)

  • Tadpoles with a trick: Overwintering Ecology of tadpoles in a Himalayan stream, Uttarakhand, India (2020-2021) Under the supervision of Dr. Abhijit Das (Department of Endangered Species Management) and Dr. J.A. Johnson (Department of Habitat Ecology), WII, Dehradun. [ https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6327622 ]

  • Some Elements of Foraging Behaviour in Relation to Communal Roosting in the Common Myna (2018-2019) Under the supervision of Prof. T. N. C. Vidya, Animal Behavior and Sociogenetics Lab, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore

  • Effect of Temperature and Humidity Variations in Cows - A Preliminary Study ( 2014-15) Under the joint supervision of Dr. A. Prasad, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU) and Manjusha (HSST), PKMMHSS Edarikode

  • Phytoextraction of Aluminium Using Humped Bladderwort – A preliminary Study (2018-19) Under the supervision of P. T. Nushiba Naser, Department of Botany, Farook College, Kerala

  • Women’s Career Pathway in Chemical Sciences; a Multi-stage Investigation in Kerala, India (2020-2021) In collaboration with P. Muhammed Jasil (The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamil Nadu), Hanan P. T. (Farook College, Kozhikode), Sreenath Chandramohan, K. K. Asmabi (Central University of Punjab), P. Anu (Farook College); Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion & Diversity Grant Award (Cambridge, UK)

  • For more updates, please visit: ResearchGate

Scholarships/ Grants awarded

  • Innovation in Science Pursuit and Inspired Research Scholarship (INSPIRE - SHE) Award

  • JNCASR Project Oriented Biology Education (POBE) Fellowship

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Inclusion and Diversity Award

  • Prof. Thomas Kurian Award

  • (Shortlisted for) M. Krishnan Memorial Award for Nature Writing - 2021 - Madras Naturalists' Society

Membership

  • The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)

  • IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)

  • British Ecological Society (BES)

  • Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS)

  • Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

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Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Lets' connect.

Please write to: jithinvjyothis@gmail.com

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