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Vinod Raghavakurup

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Dr. Vinod T R, Program Director of CED (Centre for Environment and Development,
Thiruvananthapuram) earned Bachelor’s degree in Forestry (Birsa Agricultural
University, Ranchi, 1991), and Masters Degree in Forestry (Kerala Agricultural
University, 1994). Later pursued doctorate research (Wildlife Institute of India,
Dehradun, 1995-99) to earn Ph.D degree (Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 2000). Further,
Dr Vinod is a Diplomate (Kent University, UK, 2000) in Endangered Species
Management. He also trained in GIS and Remote Sensing (2006).
Dr. Vinod started his career at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun as Biologist (1995-
1999) under World Bank Supported FREEP project ‘An ecological study for the
conservation of biodiversity in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), Himachal
Pradesh, India: An Eco-development Approach. He served M.S. Swaminathan
Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai (2000-2002). He joined CED as Program
Coordinator in 2003 and later become the Program Director on 2009. During his tenure
in CED, he completed 26 research and development projects by various National and
International sponsors.
His research interests in forestry, wetlands, landscape management and climate
change have been fostered by several years of experience working in various states of
India, viz., Himachal Pradesh and Utharakhand in the North; Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
and Tamil Nadu along the east coast and Kerala in the west coast but deep in the
south. He authored 25 research papers, published 5 reports, guided 13 M Tech / MSc
students and edited 22 proceedings volumes of various Environment Congresses

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