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In this chapter, we assess the impacts of such transformations on the lives of India’s largest land mammal, the Asian elephant and discuss the adaptations displayed by this species to human-induced change, with a particular focus on how the successful exploitation of rurban agricultural resources has allowed for the appearance of spatially and temporally flexible behavioural innovations that, in turn, have impacted the life-history strategies of a threatened elephant population in a peri-urban region of southern India

The study describes the creation of four simple metrics to estimate: 1. the ratio of ‘green’ vegetated areas to the ‘blue’ water spread areas, defined as the ‘Green-blue ratio’ (GBA); 2. The ratio of ‘blue’ water spread areas to ‘built-up’ ratio around the lakes, defined as the ‘Blue to Built-up ratio’ (BBA), 3. the percentage of impervious surface area (ISA) and 4. the pace of urbanisation in the dynamic zones (DZ) of urban lake environments.

A case study from Odisha, India on the socio-technical constraints among fishers to utilise the services of marine fishery advisories provided to them.

An analysis of the transformational processes, habitat fragmentation and resilience of Pulicat lake, India, a coastal ecosystem is presented in this co-authored publication. 

This edited book discusses Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) from conception to implementation in building resilience and urban sustainability. The book emphasizes on infrastructures, institutions, and perceptions as three main pillars of implementing and managing successful BGI, with a special focus on Asia.

March 14 (3/14) is all about mathematics. It is Pi (3.14) Day and the International Day of Mathematics.  Greater global awareness of mathematical sciences is vital to developing emerging areas like AI and understanding climate change.  Mathematics is the common language of the planet, whichever way it is written. Sound mathematical knowledge is essential to progress in all domains of learning. Simplification is not only valid in mathematics, but it teaches us to simplify the complexities of life.

Mineral Chemistry and Geological studies  on basement  cores from  deep boreholes drilled in  Koyna seismogenic region also indicated that   metamorphic fabric  in them developed under amphibolite facies condition, similar to Killari.

Archaeometallurgy pertains to the technological study of metallic archaeological artefacts and art objects to gain insights into the manufacturing techniques and history of technology and to also the provenance and sources of metal which could help in their classification. The trajectory of some metals used in antiquity is traced in this paper. 

We investigate Mesoarchean volcanic The studied rocks of the Simlipal complex are from a tiger reserve in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha (India), having the  oldest (3.45–3.44 Ga) granitoids