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Tiger King has now been watched by millions of people across the globe and its viewership is increasing daily. Sarika has an important perspective to share about the series based on her experience in science media along with research on captive tigers in the United States and wild tigers in India. Her blog, "Ten things you need to know about Tiger King" was published on Jackson Wild's website. Go check it out to get the real conservation story behind the sensationalized drama.
Sarika Khanwilkar made a video sharing a message of hope and reflection on behalf of the 11th World Wilderness Congress (WILD11). You can watch it by clicking here.
WILD11 was an international conference that was to be held in Jaipur, India. The Project Dhvani team that includes Sarika Khanwilkar, Pooja Choksi, and Vijay Ramesh, had planned a panel discussion to take place at the event. The congress was cancelled due to the global pandemic but Sarika was able to share her thoughts on how we move forward despite this. You can find Sarika's video right under Jane Goodall! Community engagement and outreach updates
Wild Tiger believes in teaching the next-generation of budding scientists and policy-makers about wildlife conservation and career development. Accomplishments and Status:
Research updates Forest health and forest livelihoods in central India Sarika’s research uses high resolution satellite imagery to classify land cover (such as trees, bare ground, urban areas, and water) and create maps, and household questionnaires to understand how people are using the forest. Accomplishments and Status:
Project Dhvani Sarika has partnered with Pooja Choksi and Vijay Ramesh, fellow PhD candidates at Columbia University to start Project Dhvani. This project utilizes the burgeoning interdisciplinary science of sound ecology, which uses sound recordings, big data and machine learning to measure the state of our forests and identify vocalizing species in a particular area. Accomplishments and Status:
PhD in Ecology and Evolution, Columbia University in New York In 2019, Sarika completed all her coursework, and passed her oral exams to qualify as a doctoral candidate. Sarika was honored to be selected as a U.S. Fulbright Student Researcher to India in 2020. During her Fulbright year, Sarika will be doing fieldwork and, as apart of the Critical Language Enhancement Award, she will study the Hindi language in Dehradun, Uttarkhand, India before she begins her research and community engagement. Sarika will complete her language, research and community engagement work for her Fulbright year in India in February 2021. Since the beginning of her PhD, Sarika has received funding from: Columbia University's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology and the Society for Conservation Biology. TRACT and advancing conservation efforts in India Sarika has been learning and working with TRACT (Tiger Research and Conservation Trust) led by Poonam and Harshwardhan Dhanwatey since 2015. From April – June 2017, Sarika was in Kuno-Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh working as a Field Researcher with Devavrat Pawar. Accomplishments and Status:
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