Education:
Ph.D. in agricultural ornithology (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka).

Positions Held:
•   State Coordinator: Indian Bird Conservation Network, BNHS, Mumbai.
•   Member: Heron Specialist Group, IUCN, Switzerland
•   Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai (Member, Editorial Board)
•   Ornithological advisor: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike on management of municipal solid waste.

Projects:
•   Population and movement of Indian avifauna (Bird migration studies); Principal Investigator: Dr Sálim Ali (Bombay Natural History
    Society, Mumbai). 1980-1981.
•   Midwinter Waterbird Census in Bangalore region. (Asian Waterfowl Bureau/Wetland International, Malaysia and Karnataka State
    Department of Forests.) 1987-1996.
•   Status survey of Yellow-throated Bulbul in inland south India. (Self-funded.) 1991-1993.
•   Survey of Indian heronries (Oriental Bird Club, Bedford, U.K.) 1993-1995.
•   Red Data Book of Indian Birds: with Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore. 1993-1996.
•   Threatened Birds of Asia: The Red Data Book for Asia . (BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.) 1997-1998.
•   Status Survey of Broad-tailed Grassbird in Karnataka: with Oriental Bird Club, Bedford, U.K. 2003-2005.

Selected Publications:
•   Distribution, status and conservation of Indian heronries. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 93 (3): 459-486. 1996.
•   Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book . (Co-edited with N. J. Collar, A. V. Andreev, S. Chan, M. J. Crosby
    and J. A. Tobias) BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K. 2001. ( The accounts of each of the Indian/Asian threatened birds can be
    downloaded at http://www.rdb.or.id/. The book is also available as a CD ROM from BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
    & BNHS, Mumbai.)
•   Heronries of Andhra Pradesh. Mayura 13: 1-27. 2001.
•   Distribution, status and conservation of Indian heronries. In Petronia: Fifty Years of Post-Independence Ornithology in India
    (A Centenary dedication to Dr. Salim Ali) (Eds: J. C. Daniel and G. W. Ugra). 1 st Ed. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society &
    Oxford University Press. 2003.
•   Status, habitat, habits and conservation of Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon) in south India.
    (Co-authored with J. N. Prasad and S. Karthikeyan). Proceedings of the BNHS Journal Centenary Seminar (November 13-15, 2003)
    (in press). 2005.
•   Heronries of Kerala. Malabar Trogon 3: (1): 2-15. 2005.
•   An assessment of the Impact of August 2005 floods to nesting birds and their habitat at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka.
    (Co-authored with O. C. Naveein.) Unpublished impact assessment report submitted to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,
    Karnataka State Forest Department, Aranya Bhavan, Bangalore. Pp 19+iii. 2005.