Ashok supports conservation planning and habitat restoration challenges. As a nature conservationist he has successfully translated and elevated scientific inference into practical program strategies for different elements, including biodiversity inventories, spatial planning, forestry expeditions, documentation, monitoring, and conservation sociology.In order to support the suitable effective mechanism at the landscape level for nature conservation, he believes that ecosystems should be connected, comprehended, and analyzed.He is a habitat restoration practitioner and ecology catalyst who works in the public and private sectors to conserve forests, rivers, and wetlands, shaping programmes while navigating governmental affairs and policy.His work centered on habitat restoration in the central Indian landscapes, eastern and north-eastern regions, and capacity building initiatives at various levels of government and communities.Ashok is not just a biodiversity expert but also a nature photographer who has held many photo exhibitions, published books, articles in newspapers and magazines, and broadcast interviews on national radio.Biodiversity Expeditions: Successful Research Expeditions to Study Flora, Fauna, and Other Conservation Aspects of Wild India's Riverine Forests and WetlandsPublished work: Authored 5 books on wild natural resources (Macrophytes of Bhoj Wetland 2019; Common Plants of the Riparian Zone of the River Narmada 2018; Aquatic plants of Eastern India. A Pictorial Guide 2015; Glimpses of Biodiversity of Odisha 2015; Biological Diversity of Regional Plant Resource Centre: - An enumeration of wild and introduced plant species and wild animals 2014)AREAS OF EXPERTISEHabitat restoration & Ecology, Conservation Planning, Spatial Analysis, Field Expeditions, Conservation Photography.