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Dr. Gautam Talukdar

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Dr. Gautam Talukdar

Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India.

+91-0135 2646255

gautam [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in

 

About
Dr. Gautam Talukdar obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) and has over 25 years of professional experience. He is currently Scientist ‘F’ (Professor) and has a broad spectrum of responsibilities, including Nodal Officer at the Information Technology, Remote Sensing & GIS and Audio Video Cell and coordinating the program on Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Protected Areas of India on behalf of MoEF&CC.
His research pursuits spans in geo-informatics for sustainable development, natural heritage, macro-ecological modeling, and focuses on understanding the interplay between climate change and biodiversity. He has served as an expert for the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Academic Positions
  • Scientist-F at Wildlife Institute of India
  • Professor at Forest Research Institute, Saurashtra University, & Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR)
Education
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, University of Pune & Research Centre Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS)
  • M.Sc. in Botany with a specialization in Ecology, University of Mumbai
Research Interest
  • Protected Areas Network
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
  • Geoinformatics
  • Natural Heritage
  • Biodiversity informatics & Ecological Modeling
Publications
  • Manna, S., Sarkar, D., Talukdar, G. (2024). Identifying Climatic Niche Shift of The Endemic Avifauna of Western Ghats. Journal of Wildlife Science. 1 (1), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.WHOX2496
  • Sarkar, D., Jagannivsan, H., Debnath, A., & Talukdar, G. (2024). A systematic review on the potential impact of future climate change on India’s biodiversity using species distribution model (SDM) studies: trends, and data gaps. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-17
  • Vishnu, C.S., Chinnasamy R., Thirumurugan, V., Krishnamoorthy, A., Das, A., Talukdar, G. (2024). The Post-feeding Activity of an Indian Rock Python, Python molurus (Linnaeus 1758), in the Moyar River Valley, Southern India. Reptiles & Amphibians, 31: e20100
  • Roy, A., Yadav, M., Jain, S., Khendry, N., Chowdhary, C. and Talukdar, G. (2023), \"Research and practice in harmonising nature and culture in Jaipur City, Rajasthan, India\", Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 13 No. 3, 467-482
  • Vishnu, C. S., Ramesh, C., Talukdar, G., & Thirumurugan, V. (2023). Microhabitat of Indian rock pythons (Python molurus) in Moyar river valley, tropical India. Indian Journal of Ecology, 50(5), 1271-1275
Additional Links
  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=RGeadBIAAAAJ
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gautam-talukdar-8305171/
  • https://wii.academia.edu/GautamTalukdar?nbs=user
  • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2498-5719
Last updated 21-06-2025
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