Background
Mallapur, Avanti Daughter of Vijay and Kiran Mallapur.
Mallapur, Avanti Daughter of Vijay and Kiran Mallapur.
Bachelor of Science, Bangalore University, 1997. Master of Science, Wildlife Institute India, Dehradun, 1999. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004.
Research fellow Wildlife Institute India, Dehradun, 1997—1999, project manager, 1999—2000, National Institute Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 2001—2004. Private practice India, 2004—2005. Visiting faculty Forest Department, Mysore, 2006.
Faculty research assistant University Maryland, College Park, 2006—2008. United States branch coordinator Sumatran Orangutan Society, Hyattsville, since 2007. Visiting lecturer Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore, 2001.
Visiting faculty Bangalore University, 2002. Teacher National Zoo, New Delhi, 2003—2004. Instructer Forest Department Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 2003—2004.
Visiting lecturer Wildlife Trust India, Pune, Maharashtra, 2003. Consultant International Fund Animal Welfare, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 2005.
Wildlife conservator Sumatran Orangutan Society, Hyattsville, 2007—2009. Member of International Society Applied Ethology, Society Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior Society.
Married Anand Ramanathan, June 11, 2001.