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10 years ago I made a switch from Engineering & pursued PhD in Ornithology. Today I got appointed as scientist at India's premier Wildlife Institute Wildlife Institute of India. 🙏 I am Grateful to academic mentors Dr Karthik (CCMB ), Dr Nameer (Kerala Agricultural University), Dr Manjari (IISER Mohali)

Dear State of India's Birds Thank you for this kind gesture and sending across Certificate of Appreciation to us birdwatchers. Happy to have contributed to this endeavor.

Gearing up for our first technical session of Day 2 with Speed Talks! Under the esteemed leadership of Chair Dr. V. B. Mathur, co-chairs Shri S. K. Awasthi & Dr. Parag Nigam. Eager for sharp insights and lively exchanges, expertly orchestrated by Dr. Ashish Jha. 📊🌍 #ARS2023

Wow.. Tutoring by diverse and experienced scientists coupled with the component of international exposure, this MSc Wildlife program will certainly churn out the finest Ecologists in the country. #Msc #Ecology #Wildlife

Happy to be part of the national assessment of our Birds. State of India's Birds released a movie on the SoIB 2023 report. It was live streamed and can be seen here youtube.com/watch?v=5mUlxk… Soon this movie will be released in Hindi as well... State of India's Birds #Indiaves

Wildlife Institute has ~65 vacancies in various projects. Check out the WII webpage for details and apply. Wildlife Institute of India #AcademicTwitter #Jobs #Research #Ecology

Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun is starting a peer-reviewed, International, Diamond access (no publication charges + open access) Wildlife/Ecology Journal. 1st issue to be out April 2024. Visit jwls.in to know more. There are a few vacancies too Wildlife Institute of India

Using the Kerala Bird Atlas data WII faculty Ashish Jha आशीष 🇮🇳 & team found that metrics of functional diversity are better than alpha/beta diversity in assessing seemingly similar habitats. Nameer PO, KAU Praveen J Kerala Forest Department Oriental Bird Club Kerala Agricultural University Virendra Tiwari

#WII faculty (Ashish Jha आशीष 🇮🇳) & researchers (Amarjeet Kaur, Rohit Jha) helped IGNFA workshop participants from various all India services gain an understanding of the importance & conservation of wetlands at Asan Conservation Reserve. Virendra Tiwari IGNFA Uttarakhand Forest Department MoEF&CC

Dear Students, some kind advice: If you are writing an email to a prospective supervisor, kindly follow the ethics of professional email writing. Rule 1: Never ever write a generic email and cc it to multiple research groups. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

Celebrating the global bird-watching festival #GBBC at Wildlife Institute of India by organising an outreach activity to introduce participants to the wonderful world of Birds. #birding #BirdTwitter

"These are anti-thesis of everything Bulbuline. They are aggressive, disreputable-looking creatures, who go about in disorderly, rowdy gangs"—Douglas Dewar, 1915 The 5th bulbul species account that I published. Birds of The World: The Cornell Lab Bird Count India Wildlife Institute of India bit.ly/43HzCAr

Super thrilled to announce that I have received the Fulbright fellowship to work at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science LSU LSU Department of Biological Sciences Nick Mason The Fulbright Program USIEF Wildlife Institute of India

Vacancy for project based positions at WII (Ornithology & other specializations including Sociology, GIS); Minimum qualification is MSc / PhD; Last date of application is 10th June 2024. Additional details in the link below: wii.gov.in/images//images…

My 6th contribution to the #Bulbul series for Birds of The World: The Cornell Lab There hasn't been any study on #Andaman Bulbul. We relied on publically available data & secondary sources for information on its natural history. Bird Count India Wildlife Institute of India State of India's Birds birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/an…

Occurrence records of 70% of India's 1350 bird species were analyzed to understand how our birds are faring. A few species are doing exceptionally well while some show dramatic decline. A manuscript detailing the methodology and outcome is now available as a preprint. State of India's Birds

Excited to join Nick Mason lab at LSU Museum of NatSci, funded by the The Fulbright Program via USIEF. Looking forward to learning the Ecology of Nearctic birds during my 9-month stay at LSU #GeauxTigers lsu.edu/mns/news/2024/…