Jagdish Krishnaswamy
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Love of flowing rivers and flourishing forests. Sourdough baker. Applied Bayesian.
Bengaluru, India
Joined January 2019
On 26 August 2025, IIHS University welcomed our first cohort of students across our Master’s and Doctoral programmes. Introductions to curricula, faculty, programme pedagogy and approach, Campus tours, food, play, and everyone getting to know each other - suffice to say, it was
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IIHS researchers are amongst over 650 climate scientists from across the world picked to contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), expected in 2029. The IPCC’s assessment reports are the most comprehensive, peer-reviewed
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To respond to the challenge of climate change, we must also change. We must change our habits and our world-view.
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Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Dean - IIHS School of Environment and Sustainability, features in a new Mongabay India article exploring Tamil Nadu’s work on heat stress. The study maps how land-use change and urban sprawl have intensified heat exposure across the State—affecting over 74
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This is terrible and tragic disaster. Rescue, relief and rehabilitation is the priority now. Let us hope this will be followed by some focused attention to planning of settlements and infrastructure in the Himalaya in the face of climatic hazards and fragile geology.
GoogleEarth3D vid of Dharali area enroute Gangotri in Uttarkashi where massive flashflood in Kheerganga today has caused large scale destruction. No info on source of debris. Was it moraine debris? Was there any landslide lake burst? Kheerganga has blocked Bhagirathi flows there.
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Nihal Ranjit, Senior Associate, IIHS Practice; IIHS School of Environment and Sustainability, researches climate adaptation and disaster recovery across India's coastal regions. His work dives into how environmental risks transform communities, livelihoods, and mobility patterns,
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Dr. Sulochana Gadgil, who has just passed away, was one of India's finest climate scientists. Her research over almost five decades greatly enhanced our understanding of the Indian monsoon. After her doctoral work at Harvard and post-doctoral work at MIT, she returned to the
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Sulochana Gadgil, renowned for her pioneering work on the Indian monsoon. She also played a key role in setting up the Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences at IISc, and served as its Chair from 1989-1996. https://t.co/pxyWZJ4g3N
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A new study by IIHS researchers, featured in Mongabay India, uses satellite data and over 43,000 eBird checklists to uncover how 19 bird species in Bengaluru respond to rising temperatures and changing green cover. While some birds seek tree-filled zones, others thrive in more
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All green spaces may not always be beneficial to bird species. While some species prefer and need vegetated zones, others thrive in urbanised areas due to food availability and adaptation to city life. Anusha Krishnan reports. https://t.co/pb9o9eQBtX
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What determines where birds live in a city? If you guessed green spaces, you’d probably be right. But heat and the presence of heat islands in the city seem to be equally, if not more important...
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How do rising urban temperatures and changes in tree cover affect bird diversity in our cities? The Hindu has featured the work of IIHS researchers Ravi Jambhekar and Dilip Naidu (Consultants, IIHS Research), and Jagdish Krishnaswamy (Dean – IIHS School of Environment and
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Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli, widely revered as Aranya Rishi (sage of the forest), died at his home in Solapur on June 18, 2025. He was 93. “He was an encyclopaedia of the forest,” says Atul Deulgaonkar, veteran journalist and author. @hellomishra
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Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli, widely revered as Aranya Rishi (Sage of the Forest), passed away at his home in Solapur on the evening of June 18, 2025. He was 93.
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Maruti Chitampalli made a remarkable and unique lifelong contribution to literature, natural history and wildlife conservation. May he inspire us to value and cherish India's biodiversity and natural heritage. https://t.co/oRHpcf8Ivb
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During his tenure, he played a key role in wildlife and forest management, especially in ornithology, and represented India at several international conferences, presenting papers on biodiversity and...
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We work across the entire continuum from semi-wild to urban, and the faculty are known for their cutting edge teaching, training, research and practice in both biophysical and social dimensions of sustainable transformations of coupled human-natural systems.
24 hours extension to apply or finish your application for the IIHS University's Master's and PhD programmes. Applications close midnight 21 June 2025. Submit your application now: https://t.co/eDwCm6zoXl
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You can check out the profiles of our experienced faculty who will be teaching in the various Master's programmes. Their research and training has contributed to the crafting of cutting edge courses in concepts, practice, methods and skills.
Last few days to apply to IIHS University Masters programmes 📢
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Fresh water ecosystems are one of the most threatened biomes on earth. We have aquatic ecologists, climate scientists and hydrologists who can work with you to craft cutting edge and exciting PhD research. Check out our profiles and also the topics in the PhD prospectus.
I invite motivated ecologists and ecohydrologists to apply to the fully funded PhD programme. We have a network of long term sites in the Western Ghats, Himalayas, floodplains of Northern India and Central India in partnership with other institutions and scientists.
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I invite motivated ecologists and ecohydrologists to apply to the fully funded PhD programme. We have a network of long term sites in the Western Ghats, Himalayas, floodplains of Northern India and Central India in partnership with other institutions and scientists.
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