Harini Nagendra is an Indian ecologist who uses satellite remote sensing coupled with field studies of biodiversity, archival research, institutional analysis, and community interviews to examine the factors shaping the social-ecological sustainability of forests and cities in the south Asian context.[1][2] Her areas of interest include Urban sustainability, Ecology and development, Land change, Biodiversity and conservation.
Harini Nagendra | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Known for | Book: Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future, 2016, Oxford University Press. She is also noted for her work on sustainability studies, remote sensing studies, also for her work as an ecologist and environmentalist. |
| Awards | Clarivate-Thomson Reuters Web of Science 2017 India Research Excellence Citation Award, 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar Award for Collective Governance of the Commons |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology |
| Institutions | Azim Premji University |
Early and personal life
editNagendra was born in 1972 in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.[3]
Born to a botanist mother, Nagendra was inspired by her to pursue a career in the field of science. Nagendra is married and has a daughter.[2]
Education
editNagendra finished her B.Sc. from Bangalore University in 1992. In 1995, she did her M.S. in biological sciences from the Indian Institute of Science.[4]
Nagendra finished her PhD in December 1997 from the Indian Institute of Science in Ecological Sciences.[1]
Career
editNagendra is currently a professor of sustainability at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore.[5] She coordinates the Centre for Urban Sustainability in India at Azim Premji University.[6] Larger global crisis of sustainability motivates Nagendra to research on the subject.[7]
She was a visiting researcher at the University of California, San Diego in 1998. She was an independent researcher from 2003 to 2013.[2] She has worked in a variety of contexts in forests and cities of South Asia and globally.[8] Nagendra served as Hubert H Humphrey Distinguished Visiting Professor at Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2013.[4]
She has over 150 scientific publications to her name, writes widely on her research through Indian newspapers and other forums. She also engages with international research, including being on the Steering Committee of the Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society and a Lead Author on the 5th IPCC Report – Working Group III.[8]
Nagendra's recent book “Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future” (Oxford University Press India, 2016) examines the transformation of human-nature interactions in Bangalore from the 6th century CE to the present, addressing the implications of such change for the urban sustainability of fast-growing cities in the global South.[5][8]
In 2022, Nagendra's debut mystery novel, The Bangalore Detectives Club, was published in the U.S., U.K. and India.[9]
Bibliography
edit- The Bangalore Detectives Club series:
- The Bangalore Detectives Club. 2022. ISBN 1408715171.
- Murder Under a Red Moon. 2023. ISBN 1639363734.
- A Nest of Vipers. 2024. ISBN 1639366156.
Awards
editIn 2006, Nagendra received the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.[8]
She is a recipient of a 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award for her research and practice on issues of the urban commons.[1][10]
In 2017, Nagendra received Clarivate award for interdisciplinary research in India.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Harini Nagendra". The Conversation. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ten women, ten questions: Harini Nagendra". IndiaBioscience. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Harini Nagendra, Ph.D." Harini Nagendra, Ph.D. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Azim Premji University". azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Harini Nagendra". downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "People: Harini Nagendra". azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "We know what we need to do, but we won't do it". deccanherald.com. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Harini Nagendra". edX. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "The Bangalore Detectives Club". fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ PhD, Harini NagendraAzim Premji University · School of Development 39 56 ·. "Harini Nagendra | PhD. | Azim Premji University, Bengaluru | School of Development". ResearchGate. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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