Ravi Jambhekar

Assistant Professor
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Ravi Jambhekar is a landscape ecologist and urban ecologist who focuses on plant–animal interactions, community ecology, and animal behaviour. After completing his PhD in Ecology, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Azim Premji University, on the impact of urbanisation on birds and documenting long-term trends in bird populations in Bengaluru.

His current work focuses on documenting biodiversity and designing long-term monitoring schemes for the upcoming IIHS, Kengeri Campus. He uses art, illustrations, and popular science to communicate the research that he does to the general public.

Thematic areas

Climate Change, Ecosystems, Education, Methods, Sustainability Science, Urban Science

Education

  • 2019 – PhD, Animal Behaviour, Community Ecology and Landscape Ecology, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India
  • 2011 – MSc, Environmental Science, University of Pune, India
  • 2009 – BSc, Zoology, D. G. Ruparel College, University of Mumbai, India
  • Planning for adaptive ecological restoration and nature-based solutions in peri-urban and rural warehouse sites (2024–2025)
  • Scoping assessment on sustainable mountain settlements across the Hindu Kush Himalaya countries (2023–present)
  • Greening urban food systems: Building sustainable urban agriculture practices in Bengaluru through nature-based solutions (2023–2025)
  • Applying a biodiversity lens for a sustainable city (2023–2024)
  • Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene (NATURA) (2022–present)
  • Restoration of social-ecological systems of Tamiraparani riverscape (2022)
  • Forest Ecology and Environment Services course (2022–present)
  • Improving green and blue spaces in urban India: Restoration of Hennagara Lake in Bengaluru (2021–2022)
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