I have a Masters degree in Forestry from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. After my Masters, I joined NCBS, and worked in Kodagu and other parts of central Western Ghats. My work involved studying the effects of forest fragmentation on vegetation communities, plant functional traits and ecosystem services in these rainforests. I also worked with NCF during 2014-15 on rainforest restoration in the Anamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu. I later joined the Karnataka Forest Department and worked in M.M. Hills Wildlife Sanctuary for five years. The influence of my previous work experience with NCF and my passion towards the rainforest brought me back to NCF. I am now based at the Tropical Ecology and Restoration Field Centre (TERFC), Kadamane, and will be involved in establishing and monitoring permanent vegetation plots and ecological restoration for a long term management. I will also be coordinating and managing other TERFC research activities.