Dr. V. S. Ramachandran

Dr. Ramachandran completed his doctoral dissertation in Forest Ecology under the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. He studied vegetation dynamics of timber-extracted evergreen forests and cardamom and coffee plantations at Nelliampathy in the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. He has nearly eight years of research experience and five publications in journals of repute.

Research Experience

1. Senior Research Fellow in the project Species Recovery of Dipterocarpus bourdillonii and Humboldtia bourdillonii, Two Critically Endangered Endemic Trees of Western Ghats, funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India from Nov. 2006 through April 2009 at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi.
2. Research Fellow in the project Evaluation of Plant Diversity and Restocking of Selection-Felled Gaps in the Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests of Nelliampathy R.F. in the Western Ghats of Kerala, funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India from June 2002 to January 2005 at KFRI, Peechi.
3. Research Fellow in the project Preparation of a GIS Database of Riparian Systems of Periyar Tiger Reserve from Nov. 2001 to March 2002, funded by World Bank Eco-development Programme at KFRI, Peechi.
4. Participated in the ecological field research undertaken as a part of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Inventory Programme of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Network of Colleges, Universities and NGOs, organised by Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Study Area -- Dhoni Hills, Palakkad.