I'm Dhanush Shetty aka Dhanush C S, I was born in Hassan and being brought up in Chinakurali, a village close to Melkote Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Mandya, Karnataka, India.

Currently, I'm doing my doctoral studies at the Centre for Wildlife Studies on understanding wild elphants in the human dominated landscapes.

Before it, I did the Ram Hattikudur Advanced Training in Conservation at Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. Also working as a Consultant for Humane Society International & The Liana Trust part time. Previously, I have worked as reserch intern at Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), Rainforest Connection (RFCx) in their collaborative Elephant acoustic project and in GIZ's Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Project’. I have done my masters in Wildlife and Management and Bachelors in Agricultural biotechnology. During my Master’s I have worked on Elephants of the coffee land: “Human elephant conflict in coffee based agroforestry systems of Chikmagalur, Western Ghats, India” A funded project by Vision group on Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, India;

I'm always curious to know about mysterious nature and like to work with people who strive to preserve the endangered species ranging from flying mini mammal (Bats) to mega mammal (Elephants). I have my interest in Birding, Herping, Origami, Advanced science in ancient mythology, Stone inscriptions. I love Coffee, Carnatic music, Mythological stories, Comics, Collecting Commemorative coins and Postage Stamps. I do create Wildlife Illustrations, Code, Map in my spare time.

Research Interests:

Human dimensions of Wildlife, Geospatial Ecology, Bioacoustics, Community Conservation, Coexistence, Conservation Genetics, Conservation ecology, #SciComm, #Tech4wildlife