Harini Nagendra, 2022-08-26

"Harini Nagendra is an ecologist and academic, known for her work in urban ecology, conservation, and sustainability. With a career spanning over three decades, she began her journey with a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science in the 1990s, focussing on satellite remote sensing for biodiversity assessment in the Western Ghats. Her research has since evolved to encompass broader issues of community-based conservation, urban sustainability, climate change and the intricate relationships between people and nature.

Currently, Nagendra serves as a Professor of Ecology at Azim Premji University, Bangalore and leads the Research Centre and Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability at the University.

She is a prolific author, with numerous publications in leading scientific journals, and her books include Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future and Shades of Blue: Connecting the Drops in India’s Cities. She is also a writer of crime fiction novels.

Her contributions have earned her numerous accolades, including the 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award and the 2017 Clarivate Web of Science award for interdisciplinary research in India. "