Gururaja KV, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE
February 2015
Gururaja KV, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist,
Gubbi Labs LLP,
WS-5, I Floor, Entrepreneurship Center, SID,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA
Tel (M) +91 94 8018 7502 (H) +91 80 23647262 | Email [email protected]
Web www.gururajakv.net | Skype gururajakv
https://gubbilabs.academia.edu/GururajaKV
Education
2003
Ph.D.
1999
M.Sc.
1997
B.Sc.
Environmental Science, Kuvempu University
Thesis: Effect of Habitat Fragmentation on Distribution and Ecology of Anurans in Some
Parts of Central Western Ghats.
Environmental Science, Kuvempu University
Dissertation: Habitat characters of Nyctibatrachus major (Boulenger) in some parts of
Western Ghats
Botany, Zoology and Chemistry. Sahyadri Science College, Shivamogga
Academic and Research Appointments
2015 - present
2009 – 2014
2003 – 2009
1999 – 2002
Chief Scientist, Gubbi Labs LLP, Bangalore.
Research Scientist, CiSTUP, Indian Institute of Science.
Research Associate, CES, Indian Institute of Science.
Junior and Senior Research Fellow, Kuvempu University.
Teaching Interest and Experience
Ecology – Fundamental concepts; species, population and community; Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecology
and Movement Ecology
Amphibian Behavioural Ecology – Parental care, Reproductive character displacement and character
evolution in anuran amphibians
Multimodal communication in anurans – Acoustic and visual (foot flagging; dichromatism) signaling in
anurans.
Biostatistics; Ecological niche modelling; RS and GIS; Research Methods
Courses taught: Masters
1. Wildlife Biology, 2011. Central University, Kerala
2. Amphibian Ecology, 2011. National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
Under Graduate
3. Animal diversity, 2011, Indian Institute of Science UG course in Biology, Bangalore.
Short-term intense courses (17 courses, since 2012) on
4. Mapping Essentials; Research and Statistics Essentials and Agent based modeling
Other Qualifications
DSLR Short-film Making, 2015
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox, Johns Hopkins University, 2014, Coursera
Introduction to complexity, Santa Fe Institute, 2013, Complexity explorer
Maps and Geospatial Revolution, Pennsylvania State University, 2013, Coursera
Animal Behavior, University of Melbourne, 2013, Coursera
Municipal Solid waste Management, CCE, IISc, 2003
Computers Diploma in Business Application, 1997
Expertise in Software Tools
GIS tools: Mapinfo 8.5, IDRISI Andes, QGIS 2.6, DIVA-GIS, FRAGSTATS, TILEMILL/MAPBOX
Modelling Tools: NetLogo, MaxEnt, openModeller, desktop GARP, DIVA-GIS
Statistical Tools: PAST, STATISTICA, R/R Studio
Acoustic Tools: Audacity, Song Scope, SigView, Raven Pro.
Publications
Total publications
53
International
Peer reviewed
51
National
Non-peer reviewed
2
Books
Google Citations
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Amphibian Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation
1. Seshadri KS, Gururaja KV and Bickford DP. 2014. Breeding in bamboo:
A novel reproductive strategy by anurans discovered in Rhacophorid
frogs of the Western Ghats, India. Biological Journal of Linnaean
Society. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12388.
3. Preininger D, Stiegler MJ, Gururaja KV, Vijayakumar SP, Torsekar V,
Sztatecsny M and Hödl W. 2013. Getting a kick out of it: Multimodal
signaling during male-male encounters in the foot-flagging frog
Micrixalus saxicola from the Western Ghats of India. Current Science,
105(12):1735-1740.
Walter Hodle
2. Gururaja KV, Dinesh KP, Priti H and Ravikanth G. 2014. Mud-packing
Frogs: A novel breeding behavior and parental care in a stream
dwelling new species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura,
Nyctibatrachidae). Zootaxa, 3796 (1): 033–061.
dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.2
4. Seshadri KS, Vivek C and Gururaja KV. 2012. Anurans from wetlands of Puducherry, along the East Coast of
India. Check List, 8(1): 023-026.
5. Gururaja KV, Preeti G, Patil RK and Cunningham AA. 2011. Dermal Fungal Infection in a Frog from the Western
Ghats, India. Current Science, 101(5):622-623.
6. Gururaja KV. 2010. Novel reproductive mode in a torrent frog Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon) from the Western
Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 2642:45-52.
7. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Gururaja KV and Palot MJ. 2010. Range extension of Philautus chromasynchysi
Biju and Bossuyt (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Western Ghats, India. Records of Zoological Survey of
India. 110(4):31-35.
8. Subash Chandran MD, Rao GR, Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2010. Ecology of the Swampy Relic Forests
of Kathalekan from Central Western Ghats, India. Bioremediation, Biodiversity and Bioavailability, Global
Science Book Journals, 4(1): 54-68.
9. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Gururaja KV and Zacariya A. 2010. New locality records of Rhacophorus lateralis
Boulenger, 1883 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae), in Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa,
2(6):986-989.
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10. Seshadri KS, Amit Yadav and Gururaja KV. 2009. Road kills of amphibians in different land – uses from central
Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1(11): 549-552.
11. Gururaja KV, Ali S, and Ramachandra TV. 2007. Micrixalus fuscus (Anura: Micrixalidae) in Sharavathi River
Basin, Karnataka. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 104(1):104-105.
12. Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2006. Pedostibes tuberculosus Advertisement calls and distribution.
Herpetological Review, 37(1):75–76.
13. Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2006. Developmental mode in White-nosed shrub frog Philautus cf.
leucorhinus. Current Science, 90(3):450–454.
14. Gururaja KV, Manjunatha Reddy AH, Keshavayya J, and Krishnamurthy SV. 2003. Habitat occupancy and
influence of abiotic factors on the occurrence of Nyctibatrachus major (Boulenger) in central Western Ghats,
India. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 10(2):87–92.
15. Krishnamurthy SV, Gururaja KV and Manjunatha Reddy AH. 2002. Direct development in Philautus glandulosus
(Anura: Rhacophoridae). Herpetological Natural History, 9(1):97–102.
16. Manjunatha Reddy AH, Gururaja KV, and Krishnamurthy SV. 2002. Habitat features of Micrixalus saxicola
Jerdon, 1854 in the Western Ghats, India. Amphibia-Reptilia, 23:370–374.
17. Manjunatha Reddy AH, Gururaja KV, Ravichandran MS, and Krishnamurthy SV. 2001. Range extension of
Ansonia ornata (Günther, 1875) and Indirana brachytarsus (Günther, 1875). Hamadryad, 26(2):358–359.
18. Krishnamurthy SV, Gururaja KV, and Manjunatha Reddy AH. 2001. Nyctibatrachus major (Large Wrinkled Frog),
Feeding Habit. Herpetological Review, 32(3):182.
Species Discovery
19. Biju SD, Garg S, Gururaja KV, Souche Y and Walujkar SA. 2014.
DNA barcoding reveals unprecedented diversity in Dancing
Frogs of India (Micrixalidae, Micrixalus): a taxonomic revision
with description of 14 new species. Ceylon Journal of Science
(Bio. Sci.) 43: 1-87
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/cjsbs.v43i1.6850.
20. Seshadri KS, Gururaja KV and Aravind NA. 2012. A new species of Raorchestes (Amphibia: Anura:
Rhacophoridae) from mid-elevation evergreen forests of the south Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 3410: 1934.
21. Gururaja KV, Dinesh KP, Palot MJ, Radhakrishnan C and Ramachandra TV. 2007. A new species of Philautus
Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 16:1-16.
22. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Manjunatha Reddy AH and Gururaja KV. 2007. Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis
nom. nov. a replacement name for the giant wrinkled frog from the Western Ghats. Current Science,
93(2):246–250.
23. Gururaja KV, Aravind NA, Sameer Ali, Ramachandra TV, Velavan TP, Krishnakumar V and Aggarwal RK. 2007. A
New Frog Species from the Central Western Ghats of India, and its phylogenetic status. Zoological Sciences,
24:525–534.
24. Krishnamurthy SV, Manjunatha Reddy AH, and Gururaja KV. 2001. A new species of genus Nyctibatrachus
(Boulenger) from Kudremukh National Park. Current Science, 80(7):887–891.
Conservation and Landscape Ecology
25. Nag N, Karanth KP and Gururaja KV. 2014. Delineating
ecological boundaries of Hanuman langur species complex
in peninsular India using MaxEnt modeling approach.
PLoSONE, 9(2): e87804. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087804.
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26. Ramachandra TV, Joshi NV, Rao GR, Dhanapal G, Gururaja KV and Amit SY. 2014. Ecological status of three
micro watersheds in Western Himalaya. Indian Forester. 140:331-347.
27. Rajasri R, Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2011. Predictive distribution modeling for rare Himalayan
medicinal plant Berberis aristata DC. The Journal of Environmental Biology, 32:725-730.
28. Sreekantha, Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2008. Nestedness Pattern in Freshwater Fishes of Western
Ghats: An Indication of Stream Islands along Riverscapes. Current Science, 95(12):1707-1714.
29. Subash Chandran MD, Mesta DK, Rao GR, Sameer Ali, Gururaja KV, Ramachandra TV. 2008. Discovery of Two
Critically Endangered Tree Species and Issues Related to Relic Forests of the Western Ghats. The Open
Conservation Biology Journal, 2:1-8. doi:10.2174/1874839200802010001.
30. Sreekantha, Subash Chandran MD, Divakar KM, Rao GR, Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2007. Fish diversity
in relation to landscape and vegetation in central Western Ghats, India. Current Science, 92(11):1592–1603.
31. Ali S, Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2005. Schistura nilgiriensis (Menon) in Sharavathi River Basin,
Western Ghats, Karnataka. Zoos’ Print Journal, 20(2):1784–1785.
32. Nazneen K, Gururaja KV, Manjunatha Reddy AH and Krishnamurthy SV. 2001. Birds of Kuvempu University
Campus, Shimoga District, Karnataka. Zoos’ Print Journal, 16(8):557–560.
33. Sreekantha, Gururaja KV, Rema Devi K, Indra TJ and Ramachandra TV. 2006. Two new fish species of the genus
Schistura McClelland (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Western Ghats, India. Zoos’ Print Journal, 21(4):2211–
2216.
Urban Systems
34. Priyadarshini J. Shetty, Shashikala Gowda, Gururaja KV and Sudhira
HS. 2012. Effect of landscape metrics on varied spatial extents of
Bangalore, India. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 12: Online
<http://www.geoinfo.ait.ac.th/ajg/index.php/journal/article/view/32
/15>.
35. Sudhira, HS and Gururaja KV. 2012. Population crunch in India: Is it urban or still rural? Current Science,
103(1):37-40.
Invited Papers
36. Aravind NA and Gururaja KV. 2011. Amphibians of the Western Ghats. Commissioned paper for Western Ghats
Ecology Expert Panel, MoEF.
Books
37. Gururaja KV. 2012. Pictorial guide to frogs and toads of the
Western Ghats. Gubbi Labs Publication. 154+xviii pages,
ISBN 978-81-924461-0-3
38. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Gururaja KV and Bhatt GK. 2009. An annotated checklist of amphibian of India with
some insights into the patterns of species discoveries, distribution and endemism. Records of Zoological Survey
of India, Occasional Paper No. 302: 1-153pp.
39. Ramachandra TV, Subash Chandran MD, Gururaja KV and Sreekantha. 2007. Cumulative Environmental Impact
Assessment. Nova Science Publication, USA.ISBN 978-15-945495-1-9
40. Sameer Ali, Rao GR, Divakar K Mesta, Sreekantha, Vishnu D Mukri, Subash Chandran MD, Gururaja KV, Joshi NV
and Ramachandra TV. 2007. Ecological Status of Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Prism Books Pvt. Ltd.,
Bangalore. ISBN 978-81-728654-0-5
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Book Chapters
41. Gururaja KV, Alakananda B, Seshadri KS and Preeti G. 2013. Frogs and toads in a growing metropolis: A study
from Bangalore. (Accepted in Biodiversity of Bangalore, Book by Center for Sustainable Development)
42. Gururaja KV, Sameer Ali and Ramachandra TV. 2008. Influence of land-use changes in river basins on diversity
and distribution of amphibians. In: Environment Education for Ecosystem Conservation (Ed. T.V. Ramachandra).
Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi.
43. Hosetti BB and Gururaja KV. 2004. Gudavi Wildlife Sanctuary: Important Bird Areas in India – Priority sites for
conservation. (Eds. Islam, M.Z. and Rahmani, A.R.). Important Bird Area Network. Bombay Natural History
Society and BirdLife International, UK.
44. Gururaja KV. 1993. Wetlands of Shimoga city. In: Bird Conservation: Strategies for the Nineties and Beyond.
Verghese, A., Sridhar, S. Chakravarthy, A. K., (ed.) Bangalore: Ornithological Society of India. pp 98.
45. Gururaja KV, Aravind NA and Raghunatha V. 1993. Checklist of birds of Shimoga and Gudavi. In: Bird
Conservation: Strategies for the Nineties and Beyond. Verghese, A., Sridhar, S., Chakravarthy, A. K., (ed.)
Bangalore: Ornithological Society of India. pp 77-80.
Book Reviews
46. Gururaja KV. 2005. Amphibians of peninsular India by R.J. Ranjit Daniels. Current Science, 89(1): 207.
Correspondence
47. Dinesh KP, Kulkarni NU, Gururaja KV and Radhakrishnan C. 2011. Male territorial combats in bush frogs of
Western Ghats. Frog Leg. 17:16-19.
48. Ramya B and Gururaja KV. 2012. Frogs too look for better interior designs. Current Science, 103(6): 620-621.
49. Gururaja KV. 2010. Toads as astrologers of earthquakes. Current Science, 98(11): 1429.
50. Gururaja KV. 2010. Old world’s smallest frog discovered residing in killer plants. Current Science, 99(8): 1000.
51. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Manjunatha Reddy AH and Gururaja KV.2008. Taxonomic reasoning: The case of
giant wrinkled frog. Current Science, 94(9):1-2.
Non-peer Reviewed Papers
52. Gururaja KV. 1999. Sighting of Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala in Shimoga city.
Newsletter For Birdwatchers. 39(1): 14.
53. Gururaja KV. 1994. Black-bellied Tern in Shimoga city. Newsletter For Birdwatchers. 34(5): 115.
Manuscript Submitted
54. Priti H, Gururaja KV and Ravikanth G. 2015. Morphology, DNA Barcoding and Natural History of Tadpoles of
three endemic frog species Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from central Western
Ghats, India. Submitted to Journal of Natural History.
Innovations
1. Frog Find–First ever free mobile application for field
identification of frogs and toads of the Western Ghats in India.
Developed by Harish SK, Ashwin M, Vinay Varma and Gururaja
KV. It is a standalone android application with features on
search, identification features, maps and habitats.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gubbilabs.
frogsandtoads.
Awarded India Geospatial Excellence Award 2013 for
Application of Geospatial Technology in Biodiversity
Conservation.
2. Frog Watch – A citizen science initiative within India Biodiversity Portal to post on frog observations across
Indian subcontinent. http://indiabiodiversity.org/group/frog_watch/show
3. Batracharium – A novel concept of in situ conservation plan for amphibians. A known stream/water body is
marked for Batracharium. This would consist of boards, hoardings and pointers on frog watch, habitat,
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seasonality and pictures of common frogs found in that place. This is being tested at Dandeli Anshi Tiger
Reserve and Kathalekan in Uttara Kannada district.
Research Reports
1. Sitharam TG, Gururaja KV, Deepak B and Harish M. 2013. Proof checking of Environmental Impact Assessment
report for Development of Sea Port at Tadadi, Karwar, Karnataka. Submitted to KSIIDCL, Bangalore.
2. Sitharam TG, Menon V, Gururaja KV, Chakraborty K, Dhindaw J, Chanchani R, Laxmi N, Harish M, Ramesh Babu
N and Jyothi C. 2013. Sustainable approach to urban development in and around Bellandur Agara Lake system.
Submitted to Mantri Developers, Bangalore.
3. Harish M, Gururaja KV, Ramanayya TV, Anantharamaiah and Sitharam TG. 2012. Recommendation for Traffic
and Transit Management Centre (TTMC), Koramangala. Submitted to BMTC, Bangalore
4. Sudhira HS and Gururaja KV. 2013. Of house sparrows and human settlements: Distribution of house sparrows
in Bangalore, India. Working Paper Series 1. Gubbi Labs
5. Suresh B, Puneeth HC, Dileep K, Jay K, Deepak B and Gururaja KV. 2012. Bus stops and bus bays in Bangalore: A
status report. Submitted to Chairman, CiSTUP, IISc.
6. Ashwin P, Gururaja KV, Devanjan B and Sitharam TG. 2012. IISc E-Mobility Project: Preliminary service and
operational plan. Submitted to the Director, IISc.
7. Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2012. Amphibian diversity and distribution in Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve.
ENVIS Technical Report 37.
8. Gururaja KV. 2011. Anuran amphibians of Agasthya Foundation, Gudivanka, Kuppam.
9. Mahesh K, Gururaja KV and Sitharam TG. 2011. Mitigating Air Pollution from Transportation Sources for the city
of Bangalore. Call to Action Report.
10. Gururaja KV. 2011. Amphibian diversity and distribution in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.
11. Gururaja KV 2010. Amphibians of Bandigudda Forest/Mining Area.
12. Gururaja KV. 2009. Ecological status of Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve.
13. Ramachandra TV, Joshi NV, Uttam Kumar and Gururaja KV 2008. Landscape Characterization and Forest
Fragmentation Dynamics, Ministry of Science and Technology, DST, Government of India
14. Ramachandra TV, Joshi NV, Gururaja KV and Rao GR 2008. Above ground biomass and biomass productivity of
three micro watersheds across altitudinal gradients in western Himalaya, Ministry of Science and Technology,
DST, Government of India.
15. Ramachandra TV, Joshi NV, Gururaja KV, Dhanapal G, Rao GR and Vishnu Mukri 2008. Floral and faunal
distribution in three selected micro watersheds of Western Himalaya, Ministry of Science and Technology, DST,
Government of India
16. Amit S. Yadav, Gururaja KV, Karthick B, Rao GR, Vishnu Mukri, Subash Chandran MD and Ramachandra TV.
2008. Ecological status of Kali river flood plain. ENVIS Technical Report 29.
17. Gururaja KV, Sreekantha, Sameer Ali, Rao GR, Vishnu D Mukri and Ramachandra TV. 2007. Biodiversity and
Ecological significance of Gundia river catchment. CES Technical Report 116.
18. Gururaja KV and Aravind NA. 2006. Inland Waters Biodiversity. In: Thematic Assessment Report - Biodiversity
Components of the NCSA.
19. Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2005. Habitat fragmentation analyses integrating landscape ecology, GIS and
remote sensing supervised classification techniques.
20. Chakravarthy AK, Anand SK, Das A, Bhaskar DK, Maddikery GV, Nagaraj H, Bhat H, Karnatak HC, Chandrashekar
I, Alfred JRB, Haritsa JR, Gopinath K, Gururaja KV, Shankar K, Shyamal L, Krishna MB, Gadgil M, Munshi M,
Irfanullah M, Menon NR, Murthy N, Krishnan PN, Rao PRS, Roy PS, Subbarao P, Keshavachandran R, Raj RS,
Gadagkar R, Rekha, Swarup R, Karthikeyan S, Krishnan S, Sharma S, Eapen SJ, Singh S, Bhat S, Shivanna, Srinidhi
S, Arunachalam S, Suja, Sarin S, Rajashekar TB, Ramachandra TV, Sivan VV, Gupta VK, Ramamurthy VV, Vasu GJ,
Barve V, Edlabadkar V, Chavan V. 2004. On networking Indian biodiversity databases. Biodiversity Database
Networking Workshop Report.
21. Ramachandra TV, Gururaja KV, Ahalya N and Karthick B 2004. Ecological Impact Assessment of the proposed
building in Sankey lake catchment, submitted to Swabiman – NGO at Malleswaram.
22. Ramachandra TV, Sreekantha, Gururaja KV and Sameer Ali. 2004. EIA of Mining in Ambara Gudda, Sharavathi
river basin. Submitted to Karnataka Biodiversity Board, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd and Karnataka Forest
Department.
23. Ramachandra TV, Chandran MDS, Gururaja KV and Sreekantha. 2004. A Cumulative Impact Assessment in
Sharavathi River Basin.
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Short Films
1. Sheenu, 2015. A Kannada short film, 5.3min. Gururaja KV, Padmini M, Praful Patel, Prathwin K, Raghavendra
Bhat, Shaktiprasad Abhayankar, Shruthi V, Sugreev Gowda, Uma YG, Vinay Ramakrishna.
2. Life history of Kumbara night frog. 2014. 2min. Gururaja KV.
3. Foot flagging in Dancing Frogs. 2014. 2min. Gururaja KV
Web/Popular Articles
1. Gururaja KV. 2014. Phone a frog! – with Frog Find. http://jlrexplore.com/explore/explore-pulse/phone-a-frogwith-frog-find
2. Gururaja KV. 2014. Kumbara night Frog. http://jlrexplore.com/explore/from-the-field/kumbara-night-frog
3. Gururaja KV. 2013. Messengers of Monsoon. In: Where the tigers roam free. Bhadra Tiger Reserve. 89-91.
4. Gururaja KV, Preeti G, Patil RK and Cunningham AA. 2012. First Report of Dermal Fungal Infection in a Frog from
the Western Ghats, India. FROGLOG, 100:80.
5. Gururaja KV, Dinesh KP and Biju SD. 2011. In search of Rao’s lost species.
http://www.lostspeciesindia.org/LAI2/blog.php
6. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Gururaja KV, Deuti K and Bhatta GK. 2010. A checklist of amphibia of India.
Updated till July 2010http://zsi.gov.in/zoological-survey-of-india/zsi-data/checklist/Amphibia_final.pdf.
7. Gururaja KV. 2010. Toads can foretell earthquake. http://sudhaezine.com/ 29april 2010
8. Gururaja KV. 2010. Raorchestes ochlandrae. http://amphibiaweb.org/
9. Gururaja KV. 2010. Life line needed. http://wnpata.org/photo_week8.htm
10. Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Gururaja KV, Deuti K and Bhatta GK. 2009. A checklist of amphibia of India.
http://www.zsi.gov.in/zoological-survey-of-india/zsi-data/checklist/Checklist_Amphi.pdf
11. Gururaja KV. 2008. Raorchestes ochlandrae In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1.
www.iucnredlist.org
12. Gururaja KV. 2008. Vocalists in my backyard. In: The Western Ghats CD version. (Eds. Meera Anna Oommen,
Saravanakumar, Kartik Shanker).
13. Gururaja KV. 2007. New Philautus Species Discovered from the Western Ghats, India: Potential Indicators of
Habitat Fragmentation. FROGLOG, 84:11.
14. Gururaja KV. 2006. A revised list of amphibians of Western Ghats.
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri_database/revisedlist/rev_index.htm
15. Gururaja KV. 2006. Unusual foraging behavior.
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/newsletter/issue19/index.htm
16. Gururaja KV. 2004. Sahyadri mandooka – Amphibians of Western Ghats.
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/newsletter/issue6/article.html#wgbis.
Data Base
17. Hari Priya and Gururaja KV. 2005. Amphibians of Western Ghats. Version II
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/database/?q=node/48
18. Deepti JA, Hari Priya and Gururaja KV. 2004. Amphibians of Western Ghats. Ver.I.
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri_database/database1/index.htm
Research Grants
1. Mapping Monsoon Messengers – Earthwatch Institute India (Rs. 5,88,000/-).
2. Vocal Repertoire of Western Ghat Anurans – French Institute, Pondicherry (Rs. 1,21,210/-), Co-PI- Dr. Sudhira
HS, Gubbi Labs.
3. Citizen science initiative on amphibian monitoring – Earthwatch Institute India (Rs. 1,00,000/-)
4. Grant for Field Recording Equipment – IDEA WILD, USA, $ 930
5. Pocket Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of Western Ghats – ATREE small grants. (Rs. 1,50,000/-)
Professional Consultation
1. Biodiversity Assessment in Hyderabad International Air Port.
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2. Proof checking of Environmental Impact Assessment Report on Tadadi Port, Karwar, Karnataka
prepared by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
3. Environmental Impact Assessment of Castlerock-Kulem railway line doubling.
4. Ecological Assessment of Bangalore International Airport. Bangalore.
5. Ecological Assessment of Bandigudda limestone mining, Bhadravathi, Karnataka
6. Environmental Impact Assessment and Review of Geotechnical Investigation - Remedial measures for
proposed Hubli-Ankola Railway Line.
Research Guidance
Under Graduate
Nishant. 2011. Amphibian Acoustics in Urban Environment.
Vivek Phillip Cyriak. 2010-2011. Pool breeding amphibians in Urban Landscape of Mysore.
Chhavi Chawla. 2010-2011. Embryonic development in apodan eggs.
Vishnupriya. 2008. Amphibian diversity of Valley School
Masters
Shridhar M Samant. 2010. M.Sc. dissertation on ‘Microscale change detection in wetlands using QGIS: A
case study of Belgaum City’.
Seshadri KS. 2011. M.Sc. dissertation on ‘Amphibian diversity and distribution in urban setup of
Pondicherry’.
Abhishek Narayanan. 2011. M.Sc. dissertation on ‘A study on the ecological variables and Synanthrophy
in Snakes (Order Serpentes) found in an urban metropolis, Delhi, India.
Doctoral Students
Nalini, N.S. 2013. First nature and urbanization: Terrain and urban development of Bangalore, 19712011. (Adhoc Thesis advisory committee)
Barkha Subba. 2010. Distribution and Ecology of Amphibians in Kanchendzonga Biosphere reserve
(Member Thesis advisory committee)
Award and Prizes
JalaMitra, HSBC Water Programme on World water day (2014)
India Geospatial Excellence Award for Frog Find (2014).
Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (2010).
Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary North, Shimoga (2010).
Creative Photograph of the Year (2009)
National and State Level Chess Player (1993-1999)
Surabhi Award for Outstanding Answer (1995)
Services as Reviewer
Syllabus review - Zoology in Bachelor of Science, Christ University, Bangalore
Amphibians of the Western Ghats, constituted by Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel
Animal Behaviour Society – Student Grants Committee
BioMeD Central
Caspian journal of Environmental Science
Current Science
Ecological Modeling
Zootaxa
ZooKeys
Records of Zoological Survey of India
Sahyadri E-News
Journal of Threatened Taxa (Subject Editor)
Membership and Associate
Amphibian Specialist Group IUCN-SSC RLA Tier I
Animal Behavior Society, USA
British Ecological Society, UK - 140923
Bombay Natural History Society, India
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Earthwatch Institute, UK
International Society for Behavioural Ecology
Research Advisor – Kalinga Center for Rainforest Ecology
Advisor – Save the frogs <www.savethefrogs.com>
Papers and Posters in Seminars/Symposia
1. Priti H, Gururaja KV and Ravikanth G. 2014. Distribution of tadpoles of frogs in a Myristica swamp of Central
Western Ghats, India. Society for Conservation Biology – Asia, Melaka, Malaysia.
2. Gururaja KV. 2014. Living closely – breeding differently: Reproductive character displacements in Nyctibatrachus.
Animal Behaviour Society Conference, Princeton, USA.
3. Gururaja KV. 2014. Amphibians in the Urban Environment. A case study from Bangalore Metropolitan City, India.
Michigan Complexity Mini-Conference, University of Michigan, USA.
4. Murali HR, Sudhira HS, Gururaja KV and Sitharam TG. 2014. Pedaling for urban sustainability: the case of Namma
Cycle as a Community Bicycle Sharing System. Indo-Dutch International Conference on Design for Sustainable
Well-being and Empowerment. IISc, Bangalore
5. Harish SK, Ashwin M, Vinay V and Gururaja KV. 2013. Frog Find 1.0. Android mobile application for frogs and
toads of the Western Ghats. Indo-US workshop on Biodiversity Informatics, ATREE, Bangalore.
6. Seshadri KS and Gururaja KV. 2012. Anuran amphibians of the Bangalore Metropolitan City. Conference of
Parties, Convention on Biodiversity meet, Pune and Hyderabad.
7. Gururaja KV, Baindur D, Kapasi J, Dilip K and Nikhil MM. 2012. Bus Bays/Stops: The neglected hotspots in
Bangalore.
8. Gururaja KV. 2010. Research on Dual lifers: Lessons learnt and way ahead. In: Lake 2010, symposium on
Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change, IISc, Bangalore.
9. Gururaja KV. 2010. Conservation Management Practices for Amphibians in Urban Planning: A conceptual
framework for Bangalore. CISTUP@CiSTUP 2010, IISc, Bangalore
10. Shridhar M. Samanth, Vidya S, Sitharam TG and Gururaja KV. 2010. Micro-Scale Change Detection in Wetlands
Using QGIS: Case Studies from Tier II Cities of Karnataka. In: CISTUP@CiSTUP 2010, IISc, Bangalore.
11. Seshadri KS, Amit Yadav and Gururaja KV. 2010. Road kills of amphibians from central Western Ghats, India. In:
Foundation day celebration, CiSTUP, IISc.
12. Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV. 2008. Conservation priority regions in Uttara Kannada district: using
amphibians as surrogates. In: Lake-2008, Conservation and management of River and Lake Ecosystems.
13. Gururaja KV. 2008. Novelties in breeding behavior of endemic anurans of the Western Ghats. In: CES-In house
symposium. IISc.
14. Gururaja KV, Sameer Ali and Ramachandra TV. 2006. Influence of land-use changes in river basins on diversity
and distribution of amphibians. In: Lake-2006, Environment education and ecosystem conservation.
15. Gururaja KVandRamachandra TV. 2005. Integrated approaches to minimize ambiguities in anuran description.
In: 2nd National Conference of the Western Ghats Forum on “Integrating Science and Management of
Biodiversity in the Western Ghats.
16. Gururaja KV, Sameer Ali and Ramachandra TV. 2004. Amphibian distribution pattern to assess the ecological
status of an aquatic ecosystem. In: Lake-2004, International conference on conservation, restoration and
management of lakes and coastal wetlands. Bhubaneswar.
17. Sreekantha, Gururaja KVandRamachandra TV. 2004. Aquatic ecosystem conservation value assessment using
fresh water fishes. In: Lake-2004, International conference on conservation, restoration and management of
lakes and coastal wetlands. Bhubaneswar.
18. Gururaja KV and Krishnamurthy SV. 2003. Anuran assemblages of Transitional Zones of Fragmented Habitats in
the Western Ghats, India. In: 90th Session of India Science Congress, Bangalore.
19. Chandrasekhar AS and Gururaja KV.1996. Ecological study of Wetlands of Shimoga city. Paper presented in
Salim Ali Centenary Seminar on Conservation of Avifauna of Wetlands and Grasslands. Bombay Natural History
Society.
20. Gururaja KV. 1996. Present status of Malabar Lark & Ashy Crowned Finch Lark in Shimoga City. In: Pan-Asian
Ornithological Congress and Bird-Life Asia. Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore.
Media Outreach
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In Regional Language (Kannada)
1. Beauty pageant of biodiversity, the dancing queen from Karnataka. 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206060249170979&set=a.1990106078018.119761.1404330
680&type=1&theater
2. Survey on vanishing Slender Loris in Bangalore. 2014.
http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=19164&boxid=4354649
3. Frogs of the Western Ghats on Finger Tips. 2014.
http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=17734&boxid=15936886
4. A potter frog in the Western Ghats. 2014. http://www.prajavani.net/article/ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ-ಘಟ್ಟದಲ ್ಲೊಂದು-‘ಕುೊಂಬಾರ’-ಕಪ್ ೆ
5. An extraordinary frog called Kumbara night frog. 2014.
http://epapervijayavani.in/Details.aspx?id=14496&boxid=15521878
6. Western Ghats: Discovery of Kumbara frog. 2014.
http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=13251&boxid=3211562
7. Advitiya kappe shibira – 2. 2013. http://www.athreebook.com/2013/07/blog-post_19.html
8. Mandukopakhyana. 2012. Part I - http://www.athreebook.com/2012/09/blog-post_7.html
Part II - http://www.athreebook.com/2012/09/blog-post_14.html
In English
9. Underneath the mango tree. 2015. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tpmetroplus/article6888331.ece
10. Top 10 weirdest animal stories of 2014: Editors’ Pick for National Geographic.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/pictures/141223-animals-weirdest-oddest-2014-editorspicks/#/ton-ten-ww-2014-09_87177_600x450.jpg
11. Top 10: New Animal Species Discovered This Year. 2014.
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/discoveries/top-10-new-animal-species-discovered-this-year
12. Rare bush frog breeds inside bamboo. 2014. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141029-rare-frog-breedsinside-bamboo
13. Android apps to aid wildlife research. 2014. http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/05/0735.pdf
14. A Croak and Tell Story. 2014. http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/A-Croak-and-TellStory/2014/09/21/article2439272.ece
15. New species of frog does handstand during mating ritual. 2014.
http://www.biznews.com/green/2014/05/21/watch-new-species-frog-handstand-mating-ritual/
16. New frog species shatter gender stereo types. 2014.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/New-frog-species-shatter-genderstereotypes/articleshow/35316983.cms
17. Only known 'potter' frog packs eggs in mud. 2014. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25630-zoologgeronly-known-potter-frog-packs-eggs-in-mud.html#.VMsxZGiUf2M
18. A New Frog Species That Stands on its Head While Laying Eggs and Then Carefully Covers the Eggs with Mud.
2014. http://www.amphibians.org/news/a-new-frog-species-that-stands-on-its-head-while-laying-eggs-andthen-carefully-covers-the-eggs-with-mud/
19. New Frog Mates Doing Handstands, Does “Pottery”. 2014.
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/16/new-species-frogs-animals-india-mating/
20. Indian Scientists discover new species of ‘Dancing Frogs’ 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india27330603
21. K V Gururaja and his world of frogs. 2014. http://www.caleidoscope.in/alternative-lifestyle/k-v-gururaja-andhis-world-of-frogs
22. Frog disappear from urban landscape. 2013.
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HgVXtBco9WraoSOhXG64cM/Frogs-disappear-from-urban-landscape.html
23. Gubbi Labs: When research makes money. 2013.
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/32Sydu02IOd7yT3XSYqThN/Gubbi-Labs--When-research-makesmoney.html
24. Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of the Western Ghats. 2012. http://www.amphibians.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/10/FrogLog104.pdf
25. Review of Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of the Western Ghats. 2012.
http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/103/06/0724.pdf
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26. Croaking paradise. 2011. http://www.timescrest.com/life/croaking-paradise-6212
27. Project to reclaim lost amphibians. 2011. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/183915/project-reclaimlost-amphibians.html
28. City’s pollution intake 5 times national intake. 2011.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/city%E2%80%99s-pollution-intake-5-times-national-limit-544
29. Save the frogs. 2010. http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article420630.ece
30. Frog croaks are warming signals. 2010. http://dc.deccanchronicle.com/node/131808/print
31. Hit and Run. 2010. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/1929
32. New frog species found in Kerala. 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/20/stories/2008012051041800.htm
33. Frog species skips tadpole stage. 2006. The New Indian Express.
34. Extinct frog stages comeback. 2006. Deccan Herald
Public Talk
1. Water and Ecosystem: Do frogs tell anything about it? 2015. Parikrma Festival of Science for School Children,
Bangalore.
2. Field training on Biodiversity Assessment. 2014. Regional Centre of Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable
Development (RCIBSD), Gangtok, Sikkim.
3. Apps, Bioblitz and Citizen Science in Hornbill Conservation: Lessons learnt from Frog studies. 2013. Hornbill
Conservation Workshop, Dandeli.
4. Frog watch. 2013. Citizen science initiative with Bamboo Rustling at Honeyvalley, Coorg
5. Frog Note. 2013. Citizen science initiative on frog identification and monitoring, Bisle.
6. It’s all in the behavior: Use of behavior in taxonomy. 2013. Traditional and Modern Approaches in Animal
Taxonomy, GKVK Campus, Bangalore
7. Introduction to NetLogo. 2013. In Agent Based Modeling for Studying Social and Ecological Systems, Gubbi
Labs, Bangalore.
8. Amphibians of the Western Ghats. 2013. In Srishti Sambrama, BNMIT, Bangalore
9. Kappegala Jeevana, Navoo swalpa kaliyona (Lets learn from Frogs life). 2013. District level student-scientist
interaction programme. Yadagiri.
10. Staring at the stats. 2012. In Research and Statistical Essentials, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore
11. Environment and Diversity. 2012. In Greening with Goethe, International Youth Conference, IISc, Bangalore.
12. Introduction to Amphibians and Amphibian Research. 2012. In Amphibian Diversity and Research
Methodologies, Poorna Prajna College, Udupi.
13. Data, Statistics and Analysis. 2012. In Research Essentials Course, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore
14. Mapping Essentials in Ecology: 2012. In Mapping Essentials open source GIS course, Gubbi Labs and NIAS,
Bangalore
15. Amphibian diversity and ecology. 2012. In Frog workshop, Bisle Nature Camp, Bisle.
16. Ecology and Behavior in Anurans of the Western Ghats: 2012. In Amphibian workshop at Koyna, Maharashtra.
17. Catchment based research in wildlife conservation: Looking from frog’s perspective. 2012. In Research
Priorities for the Conservation of Western Ghats, at Karnatak University, Dharwad.
18. Kanmareyaguttive kappegalu-Ulisaluive halavudaarigalu! (Vanishing frogs-Ways to save them). 2012. On Save
the Frogs Day at Multi-Dimensional Learning Space, Gubbi.
19. Climate change, biodiversity and Amphibians. 2012. Rural Literacy and Health Programme, Mysore.
20. Species distribution model: Application in Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation. 2012. National Seminar on
Recent Advances in Biological Sciences, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore.
21. Influence of urban-rural gradient on wetlands of Bangalore: A case study using amphibians: 2012. MaDePro,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, (EPFL), IISc, Bangalore.
22. Urban biodiversity: Do we need them or not: 2012. District level student-scientist interaction programme.
Bangalore South District, KRVP, Bangalore.
23. Basic and Advanced Statistical Analysis in Biology. 2011. Training workshop on Biomonitoring of Wetlands,
Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore.
24. Amphibians of the Western Ghats. 2011. In: Workshop on advancing frontiers of amphibian conservation,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
25. Are we losing our croaking friends? 2011. In: Vacation Training Program on Bio-Resources, ATREE, Bangalore.
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26. a) Biogeographic Linkages: Frogs that hopped in and out of India. b) Unique breeding behavior in arboreal and
stream dwelling anurans of the Western Ghats. 2011. Biology and Behavior of Amphibians, Mangalore
University.
27. Kappe and Climate Change. 2011. In: HSBC-ATREE interactive programme. Bangalore
28. UbhayajeevigalaVismayaLoka: 2011. District level student-scientist interaction programme. Haveri.
29. UbhayajeevigalaVismayaLoka: 2011. District level student-scientist interaction programme. Shimoga.
30. UbhayajeevigalaVismayaLoka: 2010. District level student-scientist interaction programme. Belgaum.
31. UbhayajeevigalaVismayaLoka: 2010. District level student-scientist interaction programme. Gokak.
32. Batrachology in India. 2010. AIRIM, Amboli.
33. Amphibians: Are they ‘canaries in a coal mine’? 2010. In: Indo-US student exchange programme, Forest Trails,
Bangalore.
34. Amphibians: What do we know about them? 2010. In: Vacation Training Program on Bio-Resources, ATREE,
Bangalore.
35. Taxonomic research in Indian Batrachology: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. 2010. In:
Biosystematics: Taxonomic awareness in the current Biotechnological scenario. St. Philomena’s College,
Mysore.
36. Research on Research: A Researchers outlook on Researching. 2010. In: Quantitative Techniques in
Biodiversity Assessment. SRTM University, Nanded
37. Mesmerizing World of Amphibians. 2010. In: Student Scientist Interaction, Central College Bangalore.
38. Mesmerizing World of Amphibians. 2010. In: Student Scientist Interaction, Koppala District.
39. a) Ecological Statistics: An oxymoron to understand complex world. 2009. In: Urban lake monitoring and
management. CiSTUP, IISc, Bangalore.
b) Ecological Monitoring Techniques. 2009. In: Urban lake monitoring and management. CiSTUP, IISc,
Bangalore.
40. Amphibian diversity and conservation in the Western Ghats, India. 2009. In: Conservation of Natural
Resources and Waste Management, St. Agnes College, Mangalore.
41. Ecological statistics: a philosophical bent to mathematical mindset. 2009. In: AICTE-QIP short term training
programme on Environmental Management, IISc, Bangalore.
42. Amphibians as Ecomanagers. 2009. In: AICTE-QIP short term training programme on Environmental
Management, IISc, Bangalore.
43. Amphibian survey and monitoring in Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve: A habitat based approach. 2009.
Conservation management plan for DATR, Kulgi Nature Camp
44. Ecological Niche Modeling: Detective Novels of the Century. 2009. In: AICTE-QIP short term training
programme on GIS and Remote Sensing applications in Environmental Management, IISc, Bangalore.
45. Hands on training to Forest managers and students on Amphibian Sampling. 2009. In: Ecological Assessment
of Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve, Kulgi Nature Camp.
46. Ecology, Evolution, Environment, Amphibians and more. 2008. In: One day workshop for the Biology Teachers
of PU Colleges in Shivamogga District, Shivamogga.
47. a) Models and Modeling: Implications in Conservation;
b) Patterns of Distribution: What do they convey? 2008. In: Refresh course in Wildlife Conservation and
Management, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka.
48. Ecology, Environment, Amphibians and more. 2008. In: Southern Zone Master Resource Persons’ Training
Programme, RVEP, IISc, Bangalore.
49. Amazing world of amphibians. 2008. Vacation Training Program on Bio-Resources, ATREE, UAS School,
Bangalore.
50. a) Ecology, Environment, Amphibians and more;
b) Ecological modelling and Amphibian distribution. 2008. In: AICTE-QIP short term training programme on
GIS and RS applications in Environmental Management, IISc, Bangalore.
51. Numismatics, Biodiversity and Statistics: Beyond collections! But behind numbers!! 2008. In: Biodiversity
Assessment Workshop, Mangalore University, Mangalore.
52. a) Remote sensing and GIS application in amphibian studies;
b) Ecological Modeling and amphibian distribution and
c) Bizarre breeders of biodiversity hotspot. 2007. In: First SERC School in Herpetology, North Orissa University,
Baripada, Orissa
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53. Ecological modeling in Environmental Management. 2007. In: Continued education course on Environmental
management, IISc, Bangalore.
54. Ecological modeling. 2006. In: Continued education course on Environmental management, IISc, Bangalore.
55. Ecomanagers. 2005. In: Continued education course on Environmental management, IISc, Bangalore.
56. Environmental management using Bioindicators. 2004. In: Distance learning course on Environmental
management, IISc, Bangalore.
57. Ecosystem management using Bioindicators. 2004. In: Short term course on Municipal Solid Waste
Management, IISc, Bangalore.
58. Amphibians as Bioindicators. 2003. In: Environmental Management course at Dharwad.
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Mapping your neighbourhoods. 2015. Neralu, Citizen led event, NGMA, Bangalore.
Staring at the stats. 2014. Central Pollution Control Board, Zonal office, Bangalore.
Citizen Science: Their role in Amphibian diversity and behavioural studies. 2014. St. Theresa College,
Ernakulam.
Mapping Monsoon Messengers. 2014. Earthwatch Institute, Delhi.
Frogs and People. 2014. Workshop on Leveraging Citizen Science in Conservation Research at the SCCS,
Bangalore.
Calls, colours and Combats: Not for war, but for mate. 2014. ATREE, Bangalore.
Monsoon Messengers from the Western Ghats of India. 2014. Brown bag discussion, Detroit Zoo.
Finding Frogs in Urban Environment. 2014. Mysore Science Foundation, Maneyangala, Kalamandir, Mysore.
Lessons learnt from lesser known frogs 2014. SGASC Degree College, Koppala.
Amphibians. 2013. Interactive, hands on education programme for School Children, KCRE, Agumbe.
Amphibian World. 2013. Interactive, hands on programme at Sri Ramakrishna Matt, Ragihalli, Bangalore.
Amphibian World. 2013. Education programme for Pre-University teachers at Sri Krishna Pre-University
College, Banashankari, Bangalore.
Beyond discovery and behind evolution: What do amphibians of the Western Ghats convey? 2012. National
Seminar on Conservation of faunal diversity of Western Ghats: problems and perspectives, Sri JCBM College,
Sringeri, Karnataka.
Forgotten functional aspects of blue spaces in Bangalore. 2012. 4th Foundation day, CiSTUP, IISc.
Amphibians. 2011. Sri Ramakrishna Matt, Ragihalli, Bangalore.
Biodiversity of the Western Ghats: Focusing on Amphibians. 2011. Western Ghats Biodiversity, Sahyadri
Science College, Shimoga.
Chemistry in Batrachology: Treasure trove everywhere!!! 2011. In: Inaugural address to State level children
seminar on Chemistry in betterment of human life, RV Teachers’ Training College, Bangalore.
Kappe Research. 2011. GREEN-GLOW: Growing Resourceful Environmental Education Networks, Green
Leaders, Organizations and Workspaces. Seshadripuram High School, Bangalore.
Behavioural Ecology in Anurans: Issues and Insights from the Western Ghats. 2010. Wildlife NCBS, Bangalore.
Amphibians: Save them, love them and know them. 2010. SDM Aided Highschool, Ujire.
Batrachology in India. From a bleak future to a bright career. 2010. Jain University, Bangalore.
Frogs in the City: What do they indicate? 2010. In: Save the Frogs day, CiSTUP, IISc, Bangalore.
Urban Ecology: Will We Act Before It’s Too Late? 2010. In: CiSTUP Foundation day lecture series. CiSTUP, IISc,
Bangalore.
My experience with FOSS. 2009. In: Open Source GIS in India: Present Scenario. Discussion meet at CiSTUP,
IISc, Bangalore.
Night life of Night frogs. 2009. In: Ecology and the Environment in India – Past, Present and Future. Centre for
Ecological Sciences’ Silver Jubilee Symposium, Faculty Hall, IISc, Bangalore.
Batrachology in India – The future looks bright even in the recession! 2009. Department of Environmental
Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore.
Hussain, Karnataka, Blue eye, Bamboo and Naming Ceremony: A taxonomic journey of an ecologist. 2008. In:
National Conference on Taxonomy Teaching and Research: The Relevance in the National Context at R.K.
Parikh Arts and Science College, Petlad, Gujarat.
The croakers’ world. 2008. Vidyavahini College of Education, Tumkur.
Ecological modeling. 2006. Foreign delegates from NCERT, Bangalore.
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