Our Team
The Green Concept was founded by Dr. Rohan Shetti, Dr. Aboli Kulkarni, and Dr. Girish Kulkarni, experts in Landscape Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Environmental Analytics. Our team has since grown to include a diverse group of ecologists, botanists, environmental scientists, wildlife and conservation specialists, environmental engineers, and interns.
Our Mentors
Dr Aparna Watve
RLA, IUCN Coordinator
Western Ghats Plants Specialist Group
Dr Mandar Datar
Agharkar Research Institute
Plant Taxonomy and Ecology
Mrs Poorva Joshi
IUCN SSC Steering Committee, Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group | IUCN SULI | Founder, Bioconcepts
Our Associates
Mrs. Katrien Boonen
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PhD student at Jan Evangelista PurkynÄ› University (UJEP), Czech Republic. [Doctoral Researcher]
Specialising in dendrochronology, ecology and dendro-chemistry.
Extensive experience in life cycle assessments (LCAs), carbon footprint calculations and the development of models and tools for sustainability evaluation.​
Mr. Balachandra Hegde
Conservation Ecologist and Doctoral Researcher
Balachandra is an environmental scientist working on Microclimate Research, forest growth, and nature conservation. His research addresses human-wildlife conflict and the role of non-timber forest products (NTFP) in community ecology in Karnataka.
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Mr Rahul Prabhukhanolkar​
​GSS College, Belgaum
Bat Ecology, Environment management, Sustainability, Conservation, Policy
EIA and Biodiversity Assessment
Bat Ecology – Diversity, distribution, Acoustics,
Green Audits
Founder member – Makerspace, Belgaum and Science Hack Day India.
Sustainable tourism management
Dr. Hamsa Padmanabhan​
Physicist​​
​​Hamsa Padmanabhan is a physicist, having been the principal investigator of the Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Grant at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She obtained her Ph.D. from IUCAA, Pune, India and has a wide breadth of research expertise in the data-driven analyses of various astrophysical systems. She is interested in several aspects of geophysics and palaeontology, and their connections to today’s ecosystems and climate modelling.
Dr Rutuja R Kolte​
Plant Ecology, Biodiversity, Ethnobotany and plant-animal interaction and community conservation
• Angiosperm Taxonomy
• Expertise in the ecology of Western Ghats special focus on endemics of rock outcrops
• Member of IUCN - Western Ghats Plant
Specialist Group
• PBR (People’s Biodiversity Register)
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Mr. Swananda Khanapurkar​
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Swanand is a researcher, educator and freelancer in the science of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), Anthropocene and sustainability studies. He practices the science of CAS to understand, document and model the complex dynamics of coupled social-natural systems. ​​
Mr. Adarsh Satish Tayade​
​Data Analyses​
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Mr Satish Tayade focusses on data analytics and reporting systems. He specializes in SQL, Python and integrated platforms for querying the data consolidation.