The Urban Slender Loris Project
Who we are
We are a team of ecologists, environmental educators, photgraphers, naturalists and primatologists working on developing a program on conservation of slender lorises in the urban landscapes of Bangalore. Dr. Kaberi Kar Gupta is the Principal Scientist of this project.
Kaberi Kar Gupta
Kaberi is an ecologist trained in wildlife biology from the Wildlife Institute of India, and in Anthropology from Arizona State University. She studied the Slender Loris in the wilder forests of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve for about a decade for her Ph.D. thesis research. Her current research draws upon her training in multiple disciplines to study the ecology of cities and other places where people live alongside wildlife. She is currently a visiting scientist at the Cetner for Ecological Science in Indian Institute of Sciences
Our team members are: Dr. Kartik Shanker, Indian Isntitute of Science; Dr. H.S. Sudhiara of Gubbi Lab, Dr. Gururaj K.V. of CISTUP, Indian Isntitute of Science, Dr. M.B. Krishna, Dr. AJith Kumar NCBS, Dr. Sindhu Radhakrishna, National Institute of Science; Dr. Madhususdan Katt, California State University Fresno, Mr. Adarsh Raju, Mr. Karthikeyan Srinivasan, JLR, Ms. Sugandhi Gadahar, Mr. Rana Belur, Mr. Saravankumar Salem, Ecotone; Ms. Uttara Mendiratta, Freeland India, Mr. Hariprakash JR, Mr. Rajeev B. Mr. Arun Ramasawamy, Mr. Sandeep J, Mr. Jaishankar. V, Mr. Hrishikesh More, Mr. Angad Achappa, and our team of citizen scientists in Bangalaore.