SHOLA SKY ISLANDS

Varsha MohanRaj

Lab Manager
RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
I’m fascinated by how wildlife manages to survive and adapt in landscapes that are increasingly shaped by people. As a conservation biologist, I’m interested in understanding how species respond to these changes and what that means for conservation.
Much of my work involves biodiversity assessments and ecological monitoring in human-dominated landscapes. Over the years, I’ve worked across different ecosystems studying birds, bats, and other wildlife, and I really enjoy field-based research that helps build a clearer picture of how ecological communities are changing.

PERSONAL AND OTHER INTERESTS

Outside of work, I enjoy reading, skecthing, swimming and spending time watching birds and other wildlife. I’m usually happiest near water with a good book, or sitting somewhere quiet pretending to sketch while actually getting distracted by whatever bird or animal shows up nearby.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Shola Sky Islands
    • Sholicola
  • Research Areas
    • Landscape Ecology >
      • Landscape mapping
      • Sky Island Birds
      • Avian Malaria
      • LTEO
    • Bioacoustics >
      • Sholakili Song Diversity
      • Jerdon's Courser
      • Passive Acoustics of Shola birds
      • Automated bird song detection
      • Detecting rare species with acoustic arrays
      • Forest Owlet
    • Bird Biogeography >
      • Peninsular birds
      • Forest Owlet
    • Citizen Science and Outreach >
      • Tirupati Bird Atlas
      • Capacity building
      • Young Naturalists of Andhra Pradesh
      • Sky Island Photostory
      • Sky Island Beatbox
    • Completed Projects
  • People
  • Publications
  • Opportunities
  • Open Source Data
  • Media Coverage
  • Acoustics Workshop '26
  • Acoustics Workshop '24
  • YBC26