Krithi Karanth

Dr. Krithi Karanth, a visionary explorer and esteemed conservation scientist, hails from a lineage deeply dedicated to environmental stewardship. The daughter of a tiger biologist and conservationist, Karanth grew up with an abiding love for India’s natural wonders. By the age of two, she regularly saw tigers and leopards, at eight years old she was tracking tigers with her father, and by the time she was a teen she was out setting camera traps in the surrounding environment.

Armed with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Policy from Duke, a Master’s in Environmental Studies from Yale, and a B.S. and B.A. in Environmental Science and Geography from the University of Florida, she brings a formidable academic foundation to her pioneering work. Her research in India and Asia spans 25 years and encompasses many issues in human dimensions of wildlife conservation. She has conducted macro-level studies assessing patterns of species distributions and extinctions, impacts of wildlife tourism, consequences of voluntary resettlement, land use change, and understanding human-wildlife interactions. She has published 100+ scientific and popular articles.