I am an Aquatic Biologist with BSc degree in Aquaculture and an MSc in Applied Fisheries and Aquaculture from St. Albert’s College, Kochi, India. Since leaving University, I worked as a Researcher at Conservation Research Group (CRG) carrying out freshwater fish inventories in the major rivers of the region. Currently I work as a Program Officer at the Community Environmental Resource Center of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Alleppey, Kerala. My research area is fairly broad and I have worked on alien invasive species in inland aquatic ecosystems of Kerala, use of local knowledge in freshwater fish conservation, sustainable harvesting of aquatic resources and on freshwater turtle conservation