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Amit Kaushik

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PhD Student, Integrative Conservation & Anthropology

I received my Masters's degree in Environment and Development from the School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University Delhi in 2016 and a Bachelor's degree in Commerce (Hons.) from the University of Delhi in 2012. My master's research focused on the spatial response of a wild herbivore species, Kiang (Equus kiang) to a nomadic-pastoral-indigenous community, Changpas, in the Rhupshu region (Changthang) in Ladakh, India. After my master's, I worked with the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India from 2018-21. In this project, we developed a Landscape Management Plan for Greater Panna Landscape in Central India. These experiences shaped my research interests in environmental anthropology, politics of (knowledge, translation, and scale), landscape connectivity, etc. I plan to conduct my doctoral research on the interactions between humans and wildlife with reference to landscape connectivity programs in Central India. 

Of note:

Board Member, Social Science Working Group, Society for Conservation Biology (2022-24)

President, Anthropology Graduate Student Organization, University of Georgia (2022-23)

Research Areas:
Research Interests:

environmental anthropology, wildlife conservation, livelihood practices, political ecology, socio-ecological landscapes, conflict

Selected Publications:

Masters Research:

“Habitat-Use Interactions between Kiang (Equus kiang) & Changpas (Nomadic Pastoral Community) in Tsokar basin, Ladakh.” Supervisor: Dr. Suresh Babu, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Asmita Kabra. Unpublished MA Thesis, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi, India. 2016. 

Reports:

1. Wildlife Institute of India, 2022. Integrated Landscape Management Plan for Greater Panna Landscape, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1830540

Education:

M.A., Environment & Development, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University Delhi, 2016

B.Com.(Honors), Commerce, University of Delhi, 2012

 

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