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, 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. Environmental Science, Kuvempu University Thesis: Effect of Fragmentation on Distribution and Ecology of Anurans in Some Parts of Central Western Ghats. 1999 M.Sc. Environmental Science, Kuvempu University Dissertation: Habitat characters of major (Boulenger) in some parts of Western Ghats 1997 B.Sc. Botany, Zoology and Chemistry. Sahyadri Science College, Shivamogga

Academic and Research Appointments 2015 - present Chief Scientist, Gubbi Labs LLP, Bangalore. 2009 – 2014 Research Scientist, CiSTUP, Indian Institute of Science. 2003 – 2009 Research Associate, CES, Indian Institute of Science. 1999 – 2002 Junior and Senior Research Fellow, Kuvempu University.

Teaching Interest and Experience Ecology – Fundamental concepts; , population and community; Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecology and Movement Ecology Behavioural Ecology – Parental care, Reproductive character displacement and character evolution in anuran 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, 2. Amphibian Ecology, 2011. National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore Under Graduate 3. 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 19 Peer reviewed 51 National 34 Non-peer reviewed 2 Books 4 Google Citations 283 h index 9 scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=ybO__OoAAAAJ&hl=en

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 of the Western Ghats, India. Biological Journal of Linnaean Society. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12388.

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, ). Zootaxa, 3796 (1): 033–061. dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.2

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 saxicola from the Western Ghats of India. Current Science, 105(12):1735-1740.

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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. 2

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 (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 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: 19- 34. 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 .

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 4

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 . 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-frog- with-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 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, 1971- 2011. (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 8

Earthwatch Institute, UK International Society for Behavioural Ecology Research Advisor – Kalinga Center for Rainforest Ecology Advisor – Save the frogs

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-ಘ糍ಟದಲ ್ಲ⢂ದು-‘ಕು⢂ಬಾರ’-ಕ꣍ ೆ 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/tp- metroplus/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-editors- picks/#/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-breeds- inside-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-Tell- Story/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-gender- stereotypes/articleshow/35316983.cms 17. Only known 'potter' frog packs eggs in mud. 2014. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25630-zoologger- only-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-and- then-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-india- 27330603 21. K V Gururaja and his world of frogs. 2014. http://www.caleidoscope.in/alternative-lifestyle/k-v-gururaja-and- his-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-makes- money.html 24. Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of the Western Ghats. 2012. http://www.amphibians.org/wp- content/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 10

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-reclaim- lost-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 . 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.

Invited Lectures/Training/Teaching Programs www.slideshare.net/gururajakv 1. Mapping your neighbourhoods. 2015. Neralu, Citizen led event, NGMA, Bangalore. 2. Staring at the stats. 2014. Central Pollution Control Board, Zonal office, Bangalore. 3. Citizen Science: Their role in Amphibian diversity and behavioural studies. 2014. St. Theresa College, Ernakulam. 4. Mapping Monsoon Messengers. 2014. Earthwatch Institute, Delhi. 5. Frogs and People. 2014. Workshop on Leveraging Citizen Science in Conservation Research at the SCCS, Bangalore. 6. Calls, colours and Combats: Not for war, but for mate. 2014. ATREE, Bangalore. 7. Monsoon Messengers from the Western Ghats of India. 2014. Brown bag discussion, Detroit Zoo. 8. Finding Frogs in Urban Environment. 2014. Mysore Science Foundation, Maneyangala, Kalamandir, Mysore. 9. Lessons learnt from lesser known frogs 2014. SGASC Degree College, Koppala. 10. Amphibians. 2013. Interactive, hands on education programme for School Children, KCRE, Agumbe. 11. Amphibian World. 2013. Interactive, hands on programme at Sri Ramakrishna Matt, Ragihalli, Bangalore. 12. Amphibian World. 2013. Education programme for Pre-University teachers at Sri Krishna Pre-University College, Banashankari, Bangalore. 13. 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. 14. Forgotten functional aspects of blue spaces in Bangalore. 2012. 4th Foundation day, CiSTUP, IISc. 15. Amphibians. 2011. Sri Ramakrishna Matt, Ragihalli, Bangalore. 16. Biodiversity of the Western Ghats: Focusing on Amphibians. 2011. Western Ghats Biodiversity, Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga. 17. 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. 18. Kappe Research. 2011. GREEN-GLOW: Growing Resourceful Environmental Education Networks, Green Leaders, Organizations and Workspaces. Seshadripuram High School, Bangalore. 19. Behavioural Ecology in Anurans: Issues and Insights from the Western Ghats. 2010. Wildlife NCBS, Bangalore. 20. Amphibians: Save them, love them and know them. 2010. SDM Aided Highschool, Ujire. 21. Batrachology in India. From a bleak future to a bright career. 2010. Jain University, Bangalore. 22. Frogs in the City: What do they indicate? 2010. In: Save the Frogs day, CiSTUP, IISc, Bangalore. 23. Urban Ecology: Will We Act Before It’s Too Late? 2010. In: CiSTUP Foundation day lecture series. CiSTUP, IISc, Bangalore. 24. My experience with FOSS. 2009. In: Open Source GIS in India: Present Scenario. Discussion meet at CiSTUP, IISc, Bangalore. 25. 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. 26. Batrachology in India – The future looks bright even in the recession! 2009. Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore. 27. 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. 28. The croakers’ world. 2008. Vidyavahini College of Education, Tumkur. 29. Ecological modeling. 2006. Foreign delegates from NCERT, Bangalore.

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