Climate Change: An Indian perspective

Professor Madhav Gadgil

December 15, 2008, 11.30AM - 1PM

About the Speaker

Prof. Madhav Gadgil (b. 1942) was the first biology student at Harvard University to receive a Ph.D degree for a thesis based on mathematical modeling; which was subsequently recognized as a Citation Classic. His scientific interests focus on ecology and evolutionary biology, conservation biology, human ecology, natural resource management and ecological history, and he has published around 225 scientific papers and 6 books. Madhav Gadgil was the holder of the Maharashtra State Junior and Pune University High Jump records; these outdoor interests are at the root of his life-long, vigorous pursuit of ecological field work. Madhav Gadgil has been a Lecturer on Biology at Harvard, a Distinguished Indo-American Lecturer at UC Berkeley and a Visiting Professor at Stanford. From 1973 to 2004 he was on the faculty of Indian Institute of Science, where he established the Center for Ecological Sciences. He has been elected to all the Science Academies of India, the Third World Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Science. He is an Honorary Member of the British and American Ecological Societies. He is a recipient of Shantiswarup Bhatnagar and Vikram Sarabhai Awards, Volvo Environment Prize and Harvard University's Centennial Medal, Karnataka's Rajyotsava Award and Padma Buhushan.