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 undergoing the Ram Hattikudur Advanced Training for 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