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Avishna A
Assistant Professor, M.Sc | avishnaa07@gmail.com
Academic Profile :
- M.Sc. in Ecology & Environmental Science-2017-2019
- Pondicherry University B.Sc. Forestry –2014-2017 Sir Syed College
Experience :
|
Sl No |
Position |
Institute |
From |
To |
|
1 |
Assistant Professor |
MVR Institute of Lifescience and Research Studies, Pappinisseri |
2023 |
Present |
Research Experience
Worked as a Project Trainee at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on the project “Development of Landscape Management Plan and Monitoring with Reference to Ken–Betwa River Linking Project” at Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh (Duration: 9 months).
Worked as a Project Intern at LaCONES (CCMB), Hyderabad, on the project “Effects of Understory Vegetation Patterns on Tree Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest” at Amarabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana (Duration: 1 month).
Completed a postgraduate dissertation titled “Quantitative Biodiversity Inventory of Herbaceous Plants in Tropical Thorn Forest and Plantation in the Coromandel Coast of India”
Completed a 3 month undergraduate dissertation titled “Status and Abundance of Western Ghats Striped Squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) in Kannur, Kerala”
Achievments & Awards :
- Participated in 67th Republic Day parade (NCC Republic Day Camp) at Karthavyapth, Delhi in 2016
- Third rank in B.Sc Forestry, Kannur University 2017.
Conferences/Workshop/Training :
- National Seminar on Applications of GIS and Statistics in Natural Resource Management conducted by Kannur University.
- Participated in Annual Research Seminar at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun in 2019
- Participated in the Bird Atlas Citizen Science Project conducted by Bird Count India in association with the Social Forestry Wing of Kerala Forest & Wildlife Department and Malabar Natural History Society (2016).