Adhith Swaminathan
Base Manager – Andaman Nicobar Environment Team
Qualifications: M.Sc. Marine Environmental Management, University of York, UK, 2009.
B.Sc. Visual Communication, Madras University, Chennai, 2007.
Email: adhith.me@gmail.com
Profile:
Adith has been fascinated by the marine environment, sea turtles in particular, since the age of 10. Since completing his masters, he has been working with Dakshin as a part of the Biodiversity and Resource Monitoring programme. His first project with Dakshin, he worked as a researcher in Rushikulya, Orissa, India conducting mass nesting census over two consecutive nesting seasons from 2008-2010. Since 2010, he have been working on a leatherback sea turtle monitoring project based in Little Andaman of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The project, which was initiated in 2008 to study the nesting recovery of the leatherback turtles post the tsunami and earthquake of 2004, has evolved in to a long-term monitoring programme.
Other Positions:
Trustee: Students’ Sea Turtle Conservation Network
Editorial Assistant: Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter
Country Member: Marine Turtle Specialist Group: IUCN Species Specialist Commission
Projects:
Publications:
Post-Tsunami Status Of Leatherback Turtles On Little Andaman Island
A Compilation Of Data From Satish Bhaskar’s Sea Turtle Surveys Of The Andaman And Nicobar Islands
Post-Nesting Migratory Routes Of Leatherback Turtles From Little Andaman Island
Interesting Observations On Sea Turtles From The Chennai Coast Of India In 2016