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Madhav Gadgil has been always interested in sharing his scientific understanding andenvironmental concerns with the broader public. His first series of popular scientificarticles on animal behaviour, written when he was 16 years of age, were published in theMarathi science magazine, Srishtidnyan. He has subsequently written about 40 populararticles in Marathi and over 200 in English. His book, “This Fissured Land: an EcologicalHistory of India” has been widely read, being reprinted every year over the last decade,and has been translated in Malayalam and Marathi. For the last five years he has beenwriting a fortnightly natural history column for “Hindu”. These articles begin with ashort poem composed by himself.Madhav Gadgil has served as a <strong>Lecture</strong>r on Biology at Harvard University, as aDistinguished Indo-American <strong>Lecture</strong>r at University of California at Berkeley and as aVisiting Professor of Human Biology at Stanford University. Since 1973 he has been onthe faculty of Indian Institute of Science, where he became a Professor in 1981. MadhavGadgil has been awarded the National Environment Fellowship, and the Pew ScholarsAward in Environment and Development. He has been elected to all the ScienceAcademies of India, the Third World Academy of Sciences and the U.S. NationalAcademy of Science. He is an Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society and theEcological Society of America. He is a recipient of Shantiswarup Bhatnagar and VikramSarabhai Awards, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar Gold Plaque, Volvo Environment Prize andHarvard University's Centennial Medal. He was awarded the Rajyotsava Award byGovernment of Karnataka and Padmashri by President of India.AWARDSIBM Fellow Harvard Computing Center 1968-69National Environmental Fellow 1979-81"Padma Shri" awarded by the President of India 1981Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Biological Sciences 1986Vikram Sarabhai Award of the Indian Council of Social Science Research 1990PEW Scholars Award in Conservation and the Environment 1993Centennial Medal for 2002 from Harvard University, USAVolvo Environment Prize 2003MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIESForeign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1991-Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences 1992 -Fellow, Indian National Science Academy 1983-Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences 1979-Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences 1991-Honorary Member, British Ecological Society, 1994-Honorary Member, Ecological Society of America, 2001-PUBLICATIONSAbout 200 scientific papers, 200 popular articles, 5 books
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