Devika Rathore Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru Area, India

• Led the Population Assessment of World's Snow leopards (PAWS) project on snow leopard ecology in the trans-Himalayas of India. This included camera trapping surveys in remote locations, training staff and mentoring interns/volunteers and estimating snow leopard prey densities (leading and training individuals/stakeholders for ungulate surveys).• Worked for GSLEP (Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Programme) on illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and understanding motivations of hunting in… Show more • Led the Population Assessment of World's Snow leopards (PAWS) project on snow leopard ecology in the trans-Himalayas of India. This included camera trapping surveys in remote locations, training staff and mentoring interns/volunteers and estimating snow leopard prey densities (leading and training individuals/stakeholders for ungulate surveys).• Worked for GSLEP (Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Programme) on illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and understanding motivations of hunting in these landscapes to inform the global database and policy-making decisions.• Estimated and collected data on populations of Nilgiri tahr in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR)• Participated in a Community-based conservation workshop at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan organized by Snow Leopard Trust between 5 snow leopard range countries. Show less

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Researched on an independent thesis titled “Occupancy of Blackbuck (Antilope Cervicapra) in Moyar Valley, Tamil Nadu”. Worked on estimating the status of blackbuck occupancy using spatial replicates.• Identified and modelled factors influencing blackbuck occupancy, with a special focus on Prosopis juliflora, to generate baseline data in the Moyar Valley of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India.

Anand, Gujarat, India

• Worked on a thesis titled “Impact Assessment of National Rural Livelihood Mission in Jharkhand” which involved analysing and compiling primary data collected from rural communities in Ranchi and West Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand.• Researched through fuzzy cognitive maps to understand the outreach of government schemes and the adaptive capacity of livelihood assets to vulnerability.

Delhi, India

Part-time gig during my under graduation! :)

Master Of Science (Msc), Environmental Studies And Resource Management, 7.22

Activities and Societies: President of the Photography Club, Basketball, Event Management Team • Scaled the East Rathong Glacier, West.

Ba (H), Geography, 74.3%

Activities and Societies: Magazine Editor, Photography Society (Snapshot), Student Union Member, Event Head and coordinator, Worked.

Commerce, 92%

Cgpa 9.0