Sri M. S. Chaitra

Sri M. S. Chaitra is an Ecologist and Indic civilizational scholar currently working as Director, Aarohi, a registered non-profit organization, interested in working in the areas related to Culture, Environment and Society, Bangalore. Chaitra’s research currently involves understanding the crisis of biodiversity and its impact on human society in human dominated degraded semi-arid tropics. Current research programmes also involve addressing issues related to Development studies, politics of development environment conflict, post-development alternatives. He has worked with University of Mysore, Utkal University, Tumkur University, Wildlife Institute of India, CCMB-Hyderabad and Center for Ecological Sciences at IISc. Other than the core areas mentioned, he has also contributed to education policy and governance as the Director of Centre for Educational and Social Studies.