Doctoral Student
vvasudev@student.ubc.ca
Themes
Restoration, Landscape Ecology, Nature-People Relationships, Riparian Forests, Habitat Integrity, Ecosystem Services
Academic Qualifications
2023-2027 | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2022 | Master of International Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2018 | Diploma, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Dehradun, India
2017 | M.Sc., Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
2015 | B.Sc. Life Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Research experience
2023 | Research Assistant, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Project: Tropical Forest Landscape Restoration and role of bamboo in restoring landscapes
2022 | Project Intern, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India
Project: Terrestrial-aquatic continuum approach to assess linkages between ecological communities and riverscape health
2018-2021 | Project Fellow, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India
Project: Augmentation and Recovery of Tiger Population in Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Odisha.
2017 | Dissertation trainee, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India
Project: Waterbird abundance and diversity along the stretch of Ganga River impacted by Narora Barrage.
2016 | Summer Intern, Council on Energy Environment and Water, Delhi, India
Project: Water use efficiency in Indian Thermal Power Plants: A scope for improvement.
2013-2015 | Student Researcher, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Development of zero discharge, affordable, eco-friendly and carbon neutral biofuel using in-house horticultural waste
Professional experience
2022- 2023 | Consultant, Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology, India
Teaching experience
- Graduate Teaching Assistant for Master of Sustainable Forest Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, for the course Advanced Geomatics for Natural Resource Management | September- December 2023
- Invited Resource Person for Post Graduate Diploma in Wildlife Science and Management (Management Plan Development Module) for Indian Forest Service conducted by Wildlife Institute of India | 30 June- 1 July 2022 | Theni, Tamil Nadu
- Invited Resource Person for Landscape Management Plan and Monitoring with reference to the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project at Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Spatial prioritization of habitat patches in Panna Landscape, Central India considering flagship species and biodiversity richness using Marxan Connect | 2020
- Invited Lecture: Use of Telemetry in Wildlife Monitoring- as part of one week Thematic Course for Frontline Staff (Range Officers) of Odisha State Forest Department at Odisha Forest Rangers’ College, Angul | January 15, 2019.
- Invited Lecture: Introduction and practical demonstration of Fragstats and Marxan under the Landscape Ecology Module of M.Sc. Wildlife Sciences at Wildlife Institute of India (2019-2021) | October 2020
Awards and scholarships
Scholarships
2023 | Contributor’s Award for attending the 11th IALE World Congress by the Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology
2023 | IRALE’s Travel Award for attending 59th Annual Meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 2nd-6th July, 2023
2022 | Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship for securing highest GPA and showing leadership skills in Master of International Forestry, UBC
2018 | Golden Jubilee Scholarship for securing highest GPA in Post Graduate Diploma
2010-12 | Scholarship for academic excellence in Higher Secondary School Examinations
Awards
2023 | Second Prize for Poster Presentation at the 11th World Congress of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, 10-15 July, 2023.
2018 | Gold medallist of the Post Graduate Diploma course of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing.
2015 | Award of Best Innovation Idea for the Project-Development of zero discharge, affordable, eco-friendly and carbon neutral biofuel using in-house horticultural waste, by Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi.
2014 | Sh. Suresh Kumar Trikha Memorial Prize for academic excellence in the University Examination held in 2014.
Fellowships for Doctoral Studies
2023
- Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA)
- Faculty of Forestry Strategic Recruitment Fellowship (SRF)
- International Tuition Award
- President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
Professional affiliations
- Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology (IRALE) | Student Member and Newsletter Editor (April 2019 to Present)
- Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) | Student Member
- Ecosystem Service Partnership (ESP) | Student Member
- Young Ecosystem Service Specialists (YESS) | Student Member
- Ecological Restoration Alliance, India | Student Member
Poster presentations
- Vasudeva, V., Atkore, V., Innes, J.L., Krishnamurthy, R. (July, 2023). Exploring multi-taxa based ecological indicators to inform riparian integrity in a tropical watershed. Poster Presentation at the 11th World Congress of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, 10-15 July,2023.
- Vasudeva, V., Pal, R.S., Behera, G., Gupta, S.K. and Ramesh, K. (August, 2019). Rebuilding Satkosia for Tigers: Experiences and Future Strategies. Poster presented at 15th Internal Annual Research Seminar, Wildlife Institute of India, August 19-20, 2019.
Oral presentations
- Vasudeva, V., and Innes, J.L. (July, 2023). Ecosystem Restoration in India: What role does Bamboo play? Oral Presentation at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, In-Person, Coimbatore, India, 2-6 July 2023.
- Vasudeva, V., Behera, G., Pal, R.S., Krishnamurthy, R. (October, 2021). Understanding Tiger movement and habitat use using three-dimensional landscape measures- A case study of Satkosia Tiger Reserve, India. Oral presentation at the First Annual Symposium of Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology, Virtual Platform, 3-5 October, 2021.
- Vasudeva, V., Badola, R., and Hussain, S.A. (October, 2019). Waterbird abundance and diversity along the stretch of Ganga River impacted by barrage. Oral Presentation at First International Conservation Conference, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, October 21-23, 2019.
- Vasudeva, V. and Pant, V. (December 2018). An Experimental study on Pelletization of Horticultural Waste and Combustion Analysis. Oral Presentation at Third International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Challenges, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, December 18-21, 2018.
Talks
- Terrestrial-aquatic continuum approach to assess linkages between ecological communities and riverscape health (Approach and Main Findings).Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History. 3 July 2023.
- Terrestrial-aquatic continuum approach to assess linkages between ecological communities and riverscape health (Approach). IRALESymposium- National Wildlife Week. 7 October 2022.
Publications
1. Vasudeva V., Makwana, M., Pokhariya, K., Nazareth, O.J., Jelil, S.N., Bandyopadhyay, M., Gupta, D., Verma, S., Krishnamurthy, R. (2023). Contextualizing landscape ecology in wildlife and forest conservation in India: a Review. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s40823-023-00084-z
2. Makwana, M., Vasudeva, V., Cushman, S.A., Krishnamurthy, R. (2023). Spatially explicit modelling of dispersal and colonization opportunity for tiger (Panthera tigris), in Central India. Landscape Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10980-022-01590-x
3. Vasudeva, V., Upgupta, S. U., Singh, A., Sherwani, N., Dutta, S., Rajaraman, R., Chaudhuri, S., Verma, S., Johnson, J. A. and Krishnamurthy, R. (2022). Conservation Prioritization in a Tiger Landscape: Is Umbrella Species Enough?. Land 11(3): 371.
4. Vasudeva, V., G. Behera, S.P. Behera, S.K. Panda, P. Ramasamy, P.R. Karat, S.K. Gupta & K. Ramesh (2021). Coat colour variation in Common Palm Civet in Satkosia, eastern India calls for the need to revisit taxonomic and distribution status. Mammal Tales #32, In: Zoo’s Print 36(6): 15–17.
5. Vasudeva, V., Ramasamy, P., Pal, R.S., Behera, G., Karat, P.R. and Krishnamurthy, R. (2021) Factors Influencing People’s Response Toward Tiger Translocation in Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Eastern India. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 2:664897. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.664897
6. Vasudeva, V., Nandy, S., Padalia, H., Srinet, R., & Chauhan, P. (2021). Mapping spatial variability of foliar nitrogen and carbon in Indian tropical moist deciduous Sal (Shorea robusta) forest using machine learning algorithms and Sentinel-2 data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(3), 1139-1159.
Non Peer-reviewed Work
1. Vasudeva, V., Sugam, R, Neog, K. (2017). Water use efficiency in Indian Thermal Power Plants: A scope for improvement. Issue Brief. CEEW, New Delhi. [Available online at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342347105_Water_use_efficiency_in_Indian_Thermal_Power_Plants_A_scope_for_improvement]
2. Vasudeva, V. 2021. Sustainable rural livelihoods and community participation in restoration: A case study from Southern India. UBC Wiki OpenCase Studies. [Available online at
https://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:Open_Case_Studies/FRST522/2021/Sustainable_rural_livelihoods_and_community_participation_in_restor
ation:_A_case_study_from_Southern_India]
Thesis
Vasudeva, V. (2017). Waterbird abundance and diversity along the stretch of Ganga River impacted by Narora Barrage. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Master’s Thesis, pp 116.