Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  sharmapokharel.sanjeeta.3skyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From 2022, To Present

  International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Group
• From 2022, To Present

  International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asian Elephant Specialist Group
• From 2015, To Present

  International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology Emerging Nations Member

Academic Degree

• 13 Aug. 2010

  M.S.（Kurukshetra University）
• 17 Mar. 2018

  Ph.D.（Indian Institute of Science）

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• Indian Institute of Science, Doctor of Philosophy,Center for Ecological Sciences, 修了
• Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University (India), Master of Science, Environmental Science, 修了

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• Tribhuvan University, Siddhanath Science Campus (Nepal), 卒業
• Tribhuvan University (Nepal), Bachelor of Science,Environmental Science, 卒業

Research History

• From 2024, To Present

  Kyoto University, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Hakubi Assistant Professor
• From 2022, To 2024

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, JSPS Postdoctoral (Standard) Fellow
• From 2020, To 2022

  Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (USA), SCBI Postdoctoral Fellow
• From 2018, To 2020

  Indian Institute of Science, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Chemical Ecology Postdoctoral Fellow
• From 2018, To 2018

  Kyoto University, Wildlife Research Center, JSPS core-to-core program: Visiting Scientist
• From 2017, To 2017

  Indian Institute of Science, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Research Associate
• From 2016, To 2016

  Kyoto University, Wildlife Research Center, JSPS core-to-core program: Exchange Researcher
• From 2011, To 2011

  Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)- Nepal, Research Assistant
• From 2009, To 2010

  Wildlife Institute of India (WII)- India, Research Intern

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0002-2103-9700

• J-Global ID

  202401013795131973

• Researcher number

  61009891

• External link

  https://sites.google.com/view/gajah-vigyan/

Website(s) (URL(s))

• https://www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/mem/sharma-pokharel/
• https://www.asia.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/members-en/sanjeeta_en/
• https://sites.google.com/view/gajah-vigyan/

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/Sanjeeta1

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  Large Mammal Ecology; Paleoecology; Asian Elephant Biology; Wildlife Endocrinology

Research Interests

• Large Mammal Ecology, Extinct Proboscidean Paleoecology, Asian elephant Ecology, Conservation Physiology, Behavioural Ecology

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science, Asian elephant physiology
• Environmental science/Agricultural science, Biological resource conservation
• Life sciences, Zoological sciences

Papers

• 

  Conserving the Asian Elephant: Ecological, behavioural, and cultural imperatives

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Honnavalli N. Kumara; M. Ananda Kumar

  Journal of Wildlife Science, 12 Aug. 2026, Peer-reviewed

  
• 

  Rethinking Behaviors of Free‐Ranging Asian Elephants in the Context of Human‐Altered Landscapes

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Nachiketha Sharma

  Ethology, 17 Apr. 2026, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 

  Physiological responses in free-ranging Asian elephant populations living across human-production landscapes

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel, Amir Kumar Chettri, Sunipa Chatterjee, Polani B. Seshagiri, Raman Sukumar

  Scientific Reports, Sep. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 

  A newly discovered woolly mammoth molar from off the Notsuke Peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan

  Keiichi Takahashi; Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Kodzue Kinoshita; Kazuhito Ishiwata; Yuji Soeda

  Journal of Fossil Research, Jan. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• 

  Physiological plasticity in elephants: highly dynamic glucocorticoids in African and Asian elephants

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Janine L Brown

  Conservation Physiology, 01 Jan. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 

  Viewing the rare through public lenses: insights into dead calf carrying and other thanatological responses in Asian elephants using YouTube videos

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Nachiketha Sharma; Raman Sukumar

  Royal Society Open Science, 18 May 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 

  The tail-tale of stress: an exploratory analysis of cortisol levels in the tail-hair of captive Asian elephants

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Hiroki Yoneda; Moe Yanagi; Raman Sukumar; Kodzue Kinoshita

  PeerJ, 04 Jan. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 

  Fermentation Ability of Gut Microbiota of Wild Japanese Macaques in the Highland and Lowland Yakushima: In Vitro Fermentation Assay and Genetic Analyses

  Goro Hanya; Janko Tackmann; Akiko Sawada; Wanyi Lee; Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Valdevino Gisele de Castro Maciel; Akito Toge; Kota Kuroki; Ryoma Otsuka; Ryoma Mabuchi; Jie Liu; Masaomi Hatakeyama; Eri Yamasaki; Christian von Mering; Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi; Takashi Hayakawa; Kentaro K. Shimizu; Kazunari Ushida

  Microbial Ecology, 24 Apr. 2020, Peer-reviewed

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• 

  Behavioural responses of free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) towards dying and dead conspecifics

  Nachiketha Sharma; Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Shiro Kohshima; Raman Sukumar

  Primates, 19 Aug. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• 

  Influence of the number of calves and lactating adult females in a herd on the adrenocortical activity of free-ranging Asian elephants

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Polani B. Seshagiri; Raman Sukumar

  Wildlife Research, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 

  Lower levels of glucocorticoids in crop‐raiders: diet quality as a potential ‘pacifier’ against stress in free‐ranging Asian elephants in a human‐production habitat

  S. S. Pokharel; B. Singh; P. B. Seshagiri; R. Sukumar

  Animal Conservation, 19 Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• 

  Assessment of season-dependent body condition scores in relation to faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free-ranging Asian elephants

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel; Polani B. Seshagiri; Raman Sukumar

  Conservation Physiology, 27 Jun. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Presentations

• Physiological plasticity in extant proboscideans: Adaptive responses in a rapidly changing world

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel

  The International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives (ICMR-IX), National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 2026

  
• A tale of the elephant who wandered beyond the ‘forest’

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel

  Living Together: Human–Wildlife Relationships in a Changing World Exploring Ecological, Ethical, and Cultural Dimensions of Coexistence. Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies (UJES), Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Interactive Meeting, Sep. 2025, Invited

  
• Elephants, Stress and Bardia: The future of elephant science in Nepal

  Pokharel, SS

  Bardia National Park (Nepal), 17 Jun. 2025, Invited

  
• Are elephants adapting to the altered ecosystems?

  Pokharel, SS

  Special Lecture Series, Kathmandu University (Nepal), 12 Jun. 2025, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Science behind stress: Learning the physiology of elephants

  Pokharel SS

  Sree Narayana College, India, 2024, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Rethinking wildlife research in Nepal through elephants’ lens

  Pokharel SS

  Nepal Development Research Institute, 2024, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Understanding the physiology of Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS

  Shree JCBM College, India, 2024, Invited

  
• Dead calf carrying behaviour in Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS; Sharma N

  International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology, 2024, Invited

  
• Learning the stories and science of Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS

  Aichi Prefectural Zuiryo High School, JSPS Science Dialogue Lecture series, Japan, 2023, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Understanding the physiological dimensions of Asian elephant ecology

  Pokharel SS

  University of Adelaide, Australia, 2023, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Why do elephants visit my village?

  Pokharel SS

  ENVIS: Amrita Viswha Vidyapeetham, India, 2023, Invited

  
• Physiological tunings: How elephants react to changing ecological contexts

  Pokharel SS

  4th DST-SERB School on Chemical Ecology, India, 2023, Invited

  
• Physiological plasticity in elephants

  Pokharel SS; Brown JL

  8th International Conference of International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology (Jim Corbett National Park, India), 2023

  
• Public lecture: The Jumbo Science: Understanding the basics of elephant ecology

  Pokharel SS

  ENVIS: Government of India, India, 2022, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Learning the lesser-known science of Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS

  The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): Wildlife Week Special Talk, 2022, Invited

  
• Endangered species: The Asian elephants and their science

  Pokharel SS

  World Organizations of Students and Youths (WOSY), India, 2021, Invited

  
• Public lecture: What we can learn from an elephant?

  Pokharel SS

  Heartfulness Organization- Youth Wing, India, 2021, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Understanding restoration: Insights into elephant ecology

  Pokharel SS

  Nilamber Pitamber University, India, 2021, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Opportunities in Wildlife Research

  Pokharel SS

  Career counselling lecture series, GB Pant University, India, 2021, Invited

  
• Solving conservation puzzles: Animals’ physiology as a clue

  Pokharel SS

  Society for Conservation Biology (SCB-Nepal chapter). Conservation Talk Series 4, Nepal, 2021, Invited

  
• Conservation, cortisol and elephants: Insights into the probable ‘stress’

  Pokharel SS

  Elephant Professional Lecture Series, Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, Thailand, 2021, Invited

  
• Stress and elephants: Physiological adaptation to the changing ecological milieu

  Pokharel SS

  The Evolution and Adaptation: Current Scenario conference, 2021, Invited

  
• Cortisol as a clue of physiological stress: Decoding in extant species and its insights into extinct species

  Pokharel SS; Brown JL; Kinoshita K; Seshagiri PB; Sukumar R

  VIII International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, 2021

  
• Public (Multiple lecture series): Elephant ecology and conservation

  Pokharel SS

  Kalinga Center for Rainforest Ecology, India, 2020, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Journey to the elephant land

  Pokharel SS

  Kurukshetra University, India, 2020, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Career in Wildlife Science

  Pokharel SS

  Wonder Girls Academy, India, 2020, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Nijgadh disaster and elephant puzzles

  Pokharel SS

  Power Shift Nepal. Nepal, 2020, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Effects of megaprojects on elephant ecology

  Pokharel SS

  Xavier Institute Talk Series, Nepal, 2020, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Know your elephants

  Pokharel SS

  Ministry of Environment and Forestry (ENVIS) and IISc, India, 2019, Invited

  
• Lower levels of stress in crop-raiding Asian elephants: diet as a potential ‘pacifier’

  Pokharel SS, Seshagiri PB, Sukumar R

  Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, 2019, Invited

  
• The tail-tale of stress: an exploratory study to assess hair cortisol in Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS, Yoneda H, Kinoshita K

  7th Conference of the International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology, Kruger National Park, South Africa (Best Presentation Award), 2019

  
• Influence of ecological correlates on the stress status of free-ranging adult female Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS; Seshagiri PB; Sukumar R

  8th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University, 2018

  
• Public lecture: What do tigers and elephants tell us?

  Pokharel SS

  Brigade School, India, 2017, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Elephant conservation and physiology

  Pokharel SS

  Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India, 2017, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Elephants among us

  Pokharel SS

  Green Skill Development Program by Government of India (ENVIS), India, 2017, Invited

  
• Herd-size, lactational-status and landscape affect stress status of free-ranging adult female Asian elephants: variations in fecal glucocorticoid metabolites

  Pokharel SS, Seshagiri PB, Sukumar R

  6th Conference of the International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology (ISWE), Florida, USA (International Travel Award), 2017, Invited

  
• Public lecture: Poetry and elephants

  Pokharel SS

  Friends of Elephants Society, India, 2016, Invited

  
• Chemical Communications in Elephants

  Pokharel SS; Sukumar R

  SERB Collaborations in Indian Chemical Ecology, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), 2016, Invited

  
• Stress physiology of free-ranging Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS; Seshagiri PB; Sukumar R

  15th International Elephant and Rhino Conservation and Research Symposium, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore, 2016

  
• Use of non-invasive tool to understand the stress status in free-ranging Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS; Seshagiri PB; Sukumar R

  National workshop on Reproduction and Welfare of endangered animals in conservation breeding, Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES-CCMB), 2015

  
• Ecological variations impact the stress status of free-ranging Asian elephants

  Pokharel SS; Seshagiri PB; Sukumar R

  5th Conference of International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology, Germany, 2015

  
• Influence of intrinsic and extrinsic stressors on the stress status of free-ranging Asian elephants.

  Pokharel SS; Seshagiri PB; Sukumar R

  International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto University, 2015

  
• Reviewing the probabilities of Glacier Lake Outburst Flooding in Nepal.

  Pokharel SS

  International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, India, 2010, Invited

  
• Influence of human-activities on avian diversity in and around the high-altitude alpine meadows of India

  Pokharel SS; Chaudhary S; Uniyal VP

  International Conference on Cooling the Earth, India, 2010, Invited

  

Books and Other Publications

• Childhood on the human-wildlife interface

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel, Single work

  The Kathmandu Post, Feb. 2026, Not refereed

  
• The Big Bulls of Bardia

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  The Nepali Times, 2025

  
• Making festivals elephant-friendly in Nepal

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  The Nepali Times, 2024

  
• Talking of elephants: A tug of war

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  The Himalayan Times, 2022

  
• Crossing the border: viewing through elephants’ lens

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  The Hindu, 2022

  
• Baby Bhunte Explains Causes of Stress Among Elephants and Ways to Assess It

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  Times of India (The Weather Channel), 2020

  
• Perspective: When an elephant dies

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  Current Conservation, 2018

  
• Learning from the Locals

  Pokharel, SS, Single work

  Sanctuary Asia, 37(2), 2017

  
• Asian elephant ‘Haathi’-WWF Learning Portal. A pictorial book on the ecology of Asian elephants.

  Pokharel SS; Pradhan NMB; Dahal S, Joint work

  WWF Nepal, Hariyo Ban Program, Nepal, 2017

  

Awards

• 03 Oct. 2025

  Editage (Cactus Communication) Tokyo, Editage Grant Grand Award 2025

  Japan, Japan society

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel
• 01 Mar. 2024

  Kyoto University, 16th Kyoto University Tachibana Award for Outstanding Women Scientists

  16th Kyoto University Tachibana Award for Outstanding Women Scientists, Japan, Japan society

  Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel
• 16 Oct. 2019

  International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology (ISWE), International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology (ISWE) People's Choice Presentation Award（国際野生動物内分泌学会）
• 06 Jun. 2017

  International Arbor Assays Travel Award（国際野生動物内分泌学会）
• 08 Sep. 2018

  Government of Nepal, Nepal Vidya Bhushan 'Ka'

  Nepal, International academic award

Media Coverage

• Fragmented forests and human disturbances create stress in Asian elephants

  Mongabay, Oct. 2025, Paper

  
• Elephants in fragmented habitats of South Bengal record higher levels of stress, reveals study

  The Hindu, Sep. 2025, Paper

  
• Beyond Borders, Beyond Barriers: A Nepali Woman’s Journey in Wildlife Science

  Nepal's Finest, Jul. 2025, Internet

  
• Radio Feature: Elephant Scientist Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel

  The BFBS Radio (Gurkha Network), Aaja ko Naari- Featuring Special Women of Nepal, UK, Jul. 2025, Media report

  
• How Animals Understand Death

  Nautilus, USA, Apr. 2025, Paper

  
• Exploring the science of Asian elephants: Interview with Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel

  Mongabay, May 2024, Paper

  
• The Elephant Next Door

  National Geographic, May 2023, Paper

  
• Elephants: culture, conflict and co-existence

  Te Ao Māori News, Apr. 2023, Internet

  
• Do animals grieve?

  Live Science, Sep. 2022, Paper

  
• Sind Elefanten glücklich und traurig wie wir Menschen?

  Zeit Online, Aug. 2022, Paper

  
• Elefanter bar med seg døde unger

  Forskning.no, Aug. 2022, Paper

  
• Les éléphants pleurent-ils leurs morts?

  Quebec Science, Jul. 2022, Paper

  
• YouTube helps Indian Institute of Science scientist's study jumbo grief

  Times of India, Jun. 2022, Paper

  
• ¿Lloran los elefantes a sus muertos?

  La Opinión de Málaga, Jun. 2022, Internet

  
• Scientists Are Using YouTube to Understand How Elephants Mourn Their Dead

  Smithsonian Magazine, Jun. 2022, Paper

  
• Les scientifiques aussi regardent des vidéos d’animaux sur YouTube. Mais pas pour les mêmes raisons

  Atlantico, Jun. 2022, Paper

  
• Pourquoi les scientifiques regardent, eux aussi, des vidéos d'animaux mignons sur YouTube

  The Geo, Jun. 2022, Paper

  
• Gunakan YouTube, Peneliti Amati Respons Gajah Asia Terhadap Kematian

  National Geographic (Indonesian), Jun. 2022, Paper

  
• Trauern asiatische Elefanten um ihre Toten?

  National Geographic (German), Jun. 2022, Paper

  
• मौत पर इंसानों की तरह दुख मनाते हैं हाथी, पहली बार हुए ये नए खुलासे

  Aaj Tak News (in Hindi), May 2022, Paper

  
• Mourning Elephant Mother Carries Dead Calf in Weeks-Long Ritual

  Nature World News, May 2022, Internet

  
• Researchers use YouTube videos to study elephants' response to death, say they may mourn

  Local 12, May 2022, Internet

  
• To Study Elephants in Mourning, Researchers Get Creative

  Newser, May 2022, Paper

  
• Scientists unravel the mystery of how elephants mourn their dead thanks to YouTube, report says

  Business Insider, May 2022, Paper

  
• Researchers study YouTube videos to learn more about how wild elephants react to death

  Phys.Org, May 2022, Paper

  
• Elephants may mourn deaths, researchers found using YouTube videos

  CBS News, May 2022, Paper

  
• Asian elephant mom carries dead calf for weeks, new eye-opening videos reveal

  Live Science, May 2022, Paper

  
• Elephants in mourning seen kicking and dragging dead herd members

  The Independent, May 2022, Paper

  
• Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists

  New York Times, May 2022, Paper

  
• YouTube videos reveal Asian elephants may mourn their dead

  Science, May 2022, Paper

  
• Descubren por qué los elefantes cargan los cadáveres de sus hijos muertos

  National Geographic (En Espanol), May 2022, Internet

  
• Le deuil des éléphants

  Radio France, May 2022, Media report

  
• Monkeypox, Pompeii aDNA, and Elephant Mourning Videos

  BBC Radio, May 2022, Media report

  
• Why scientists are also watching animal YouTube videos

  BBC News, May 2022, Internet

  
• Elephant’s tail tresses can tell their stress tales

  Research Matters, Sep. 2021, Paper

  
• Napping elephants in China go viral; Expert points out likely reason behind the 500-km journey

  International Business Times, May 2021, Paper

  
• Tail Hair Turn Stress Gauge for Researchers to Decipher Past Long-term Health of Elephants

  Times of India, Feb. 2021, Paper

  
• Question Corner: Can tail hair reveal stress levels in elephants?

  The Hindu, Feb. 2021, Paper

  
• Addressing the baby elephant: How this IISc researcher's cartoons are spreading awareness on elephant exploitation

  New Indian Express (edex live), Mar. 2020, Internet

  
• Asian elephants respond to dead and dying mates

  India Bioscience, Jan. 2020, Internet

  
• When elephant mothers worry

  The Hindu, Dec. 2019, Paper

  
• Asian elephants perceive distress and also respond to it, say researchers

  The Hindu, Sep. 2019, Paper

  
• The lament of the Asian elephant for the death of a baby

  El Pais (in Spanish), Sep. 2019, Paper

  
• When chemistry meets life: Searching for signals in elephant dung

  Ken Magazine, Feb. 2019, Paper

  
• Elephants’ conflict of diet

  Down to Earth, Feb. 2019, Paper

  
• Rich diet lowers stress in crop-eating elephants

  The Hindu, Nov. 2018, Paper

  
• Stress affects wild Asian elephants too, reveals a study by IISc student

  New Indian Express, Aug. 2017, Internet

  
• Elephant dung shows the stress levels

  The Hindu, Aug. 2017, Paper

  
• Freeze-dried dung gives clues to Asian elephant stress

  BBC News, Aug. 2017, Paper

  
• Role of youths for conserving biodiversity and ecosystem

  All India Radio (Interview), Jul. 2010, Media report

  

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Environmental Ecology I

  1103, Spring, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Environmental Ecology I

  1103, Spring, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, 2

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Jul. 2026

  Scientific Committee, International Committee on Mammoths and Their Relatives
• From 2024, To Present

  Core member, Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology (EvoThan) Collective
• From 2022, To Present

  Associate Editor, European Journal of Wildlife Research

Academic Contribution

• Grant Reviewer, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Grant

  Supervision (editorial)

  American Philosophical Society (USA), From 2027

  
• Grant Reviewer, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Grant

  Supervision (editorial)

  American Philosophical Society (USA), From 2026

  
• Guest Editor (Special Issue)

  session chair, etc., Supervision (editorial)

  Royal Society Interface Focus, From 2025, To 2026

  
• 

  Guest Editor: Special Issue on 30 Years of Elephant Conservation in India

  session chair, etc.

  Journal of Wildlife Science, From 01 Aug. 2025, To 12 Aug. 2026

  
• Associate Editor

  session chair, etc.

  European Journal of Wildlife Research, From 01 Aug. 2022, To Present

  
• Peer Reviewer

  Peer review

  Applied Ecology | Royal Society Proceedings B | Philosophical Transactions B | Animal Conservation | Animal Behavior and Cognition | Applied Animal Behaviour Science | Conservation Physiology | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | International Journal of Primatology | PeerJ | PloS One | Scientific Reports | Wildlife Research | Zoo and Wildlife Medicine | Journal of Wildlife Science | Evolutionary Psychological Science | Integrative Conservation | Journal of Biosciences | Primates |, From 05 May 2017, To Present

  
• The Hakubi Camp (2024)

  Panel moderator

  The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, From Feb. 2025

  
• Conference Proceedings Reviewer

  Peer review

  Students Conference for Conservation Science | The 7th Conference of International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology, Kruger National Park, SA | The International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology Virtual Event |

  

Social Contribution

• Conservation Cartoonist

  Contributor

  https://bhuntelephant.com/, Bhunte the baby elephant, From Dec. 2016, To Present

  
• Humboldt Nepal-Germany Initiative for capacity building of female researchers

  Guest, Panelist

  Women in Science and Technology, Nepal, From 2022

  
• VIII International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives

  Host, Other

  Indian Institute of Science, India, From 2021

  
• Stress and elephants: Physiological adaptation to the changing ecological milieu

  Panelist

  The Evolution and Adaptation: Current Scenario conference, GITAM University India, From 2021

  
• Lower levels of stress in crop-raiding Asian elephants: diet as a potential ‘pacifier’

  Panelist

  Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan, From 2019

  
• Workshop for Stakeholders on Reducing Train-Elephant Accidents in N. West Bengal

  Other

  Indian Institute of Science, India, From 2018

  
• Animal Physiology Workshop

  Host

  Student Conference for Conservation of Science-SCCS, From 2016

  
• International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology, Kyoto University

  Host

  EvoThan Collective