Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India.
+91-9412971678, +91-0135-2646241
ramesh [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in
About
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, 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.
Education
B.Sc. Zoology (1993) from AVC College, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu
M.Sc. Wildlife Biology (1995) from AVC College, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu
Ph.D. Forest Ecology and Environment (2003) from Forest Research Institute and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
Research Interest
Landscape Ecology
Conservation Biology
Ecology and Management of Large Carnivores and Pheasants
Conservation Breeding and Reintroduction
Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation Strategies
Wildlife Population Monitoring; Integration of Advance Technologies in Wildlife Research and Management
Publications
Dutta S. & Krishnamurthy R., (2025). Tigers in their new territory: intraspecific interactions among the reintroduced tiger population in Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), p.1488.
Sinha A., Chatterjee N., Ormerod S. J. & Krishnamurthy R. (2025). Population variability and apparent recent decline of river birds in the Indian Himalaya. Biotropica, 57: e70017.
Dutta S. & Krishnamurthy R. (2024). Successful conservation translocation: Population dynamics of tiger recovery in Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, e12337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12337
Dutta S. & Krishnamurthy R. (2024). Multiphasic movement and step-selection patterns of dispersed tigers in the central Indian landscape. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0309517. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0309517
Dutta S., Maheswaran G. & Krishnamurthy R. (2024). Interspecific interactions among major carnivores in Panna Tiger Reserve: A multispecies occupancy approach. Biotropica, 56, e13389. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13389
Mohan M, Sathyakumar S & Krishnamurthy R. (2024). Predator in proximity: how does a large carnivore respond to anthropogenic pressures at fine-scales? Implications for interface area management. PeerJ 12:e17693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17693
Last updated 18-07-2025
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Dr. K Ramesh
Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India.
+91-9412971678, +91-0135-2646241
ramesh [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in