Shruthi Gopirajan Andaladi Thekkethil, M.Sc.
- Doctoral student
- Research group “Sylvanus – Increasing resilience and reducing trade-offs during forest transformations”
- Room: 506
- Phone: +49 721 608-22292
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Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Fields of work
- Vulnerability and adaptation of socio-ecological systems
- Forest fire ecology
- Social forestry
- Post-fire restoration and adaptation
- Regional focus: Western Himalayan Region (Uttarakhand, India)
Current projects
- Dissertation “Assessment on pre-fire vulnerability and post-fire adaptation measures in the forests of the Western Himalayas: a socio-ecological study on the large forest fire of 2016 in Uttarakhand, India”
Professional background
| since 2022 | Doctoral student at ITAS |
| 2021 - 2022 | Analyst at the Indian PAC Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| 2021 | Research associate - Geography at the Acadecraft Pvt. Ltd., Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 2018 - 2019 | Research internship at the Indira Gandhi Conservation Monitoring Centre (IGCMC) of WWF - India Secretariat, New Delhi, India |
| 2018 - 2020 | Master degree (M.Sc.) in Environmental Sciences at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| 2015 - 2016 | Undergraduate research fellow at the University of Delhi, Innovation Project “Comparative Genomics of Dengue Virus to Explore Potential Candidates for Novel Vaccine Targets” |
| 2015 - 2018 | Bachelor degree (B.Sc.) in Life Sciences at the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India |
Selected publications
Gopirajan, A. S.; Kumar, P.; Joshi, P. K. (2021)
Unraveling the complex and dynamic Himalayan socio-ecological systems: a systematic review. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-28
doi: 10.1007/s10668-021-01527-5
Gopirajan AT, S.; Kumar, P.; Chauhan, N.; Joshi, P. K. (2020)
Influence of socio-environmental risks on natural resource-dependent socio-ecological systems in Central Himalaya. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 1-20
doi: /10.1080/10807039.2020.1861427