Meet the Team
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Dr Arjun Srivathsa
PROJECT LEADER
Arjun is a DST INSPIRE Fellow at the National Centre for Biological Sciences–TIFR, Bengaluru and Affiliate Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society–India. He works on the conservation ecology of dholes and other carnivores.
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Pooja Saravanan
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Pooja's research interests include small carnivore ecology, human–wildlife interactions, and conservation education. Her work at NCBS–TIFR focuses on understanding dhole populations in the Western Ghats and exploring outreach activities to bridge knowledge gaps about the species.
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Mayank Shukla
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Mayank is associated with The Dhole Project at NCBS–TIFR. His work involves examining dhole population dynamics and dhole–human interactions in Kerala.
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Avantika Deep Sharma
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
With a broad interest in behavioural ecology, Avantika earned her master’s degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation from NCBS (2020–2022). Her current role with The Dhole Project focuses on examining dhole social behavior using interdisciplinary approaches.
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Anshita Das
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Anshita is affiliated with The Dhole Project at Wildlife Conservation Society–India. Her current research is centred on two key areas: social media perceptions of dholes, and the role of human food subsidies on dhole packs in human-dominated areas.
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Abraham Pious
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Abraham works with The Dhole Project at Wildlife Conservation Society–India. His research deals with the spatial and feeding ecology of dholes in a human-dominated agroforest landscape. He is intrigued by the mechanisms and adaptations that enable these elusive predators to coexist closely with human populations.
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Midhun Mohan
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
After his BS-MS from IISER TVM, Midhun joined The Dhole Project at NCBS–TIFR to understand the distribution of dholes and the accompanying ecological challenges in Kerala.
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Thasmai H S
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Thasmai is associated with Wildlife Conservation Society- India. Her interest lies in carnivore ecology, particularly canid species. Additionally, she is interested in human-wildlife interactions, and wildlife law enforcement.
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Sabiya Sheikh
PROJECT AFFILIATE
Sabiya’s work focuses on studying the behavioural ecology of dholes in human-dominated agroforest plantations in the Western Ghats.
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Divyajyoti Ganguly
PROJECT AFFILIATE
Divyajyoti has interests in understanding species interactions and population dynamics in carnivorans. With The Dhole Project he is involved with understanding dhole populations through a genomics lens. He has a Masters in Wildlife Biology and Conservation from NCBS (2020–2022).
DHOLE ‘UMNI
Abhijith Sureshbabu
Ryan G Rodrigues
Arjun Suresh
INTERNS (PAST AND CURRENT)
Sujay Kotian
Agnishikhe MA
Anza Simon
Kaushal Chauhan
Tanaaz Kothawalla
Anjana Edayatil
Vishnu Thavara
Adnan Ahmed
Alphonsa George
Vishal Pai
Habeel Sahal
Rohan R
Aswathy E B
Jeffy Mathew
Vishnu P
Evelyn Tom
Jonathan Rozario
Harsha CP
Kousik PM
Rinzen
Tanya Abraham
Amruthavarshini SN
Amaan Shaikh
Surabi R
Mohammed Shahir
Vigneshwaran AK
Ardra Raju