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Archives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchOH-003-49https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/archival_objects/23620Venkatram, Preeti ShreeMukherjee, ShomitaVenkatram, Preeti ShreeShomita Mukherjee, 2024-06-222024-06-22115 MinutesengShomita Mukherjee is a Senior Principal Scientist at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore, with over three decades of experience in wildlife research, conservation genetics, and carnivore ecology. She holds an MSc and PhD in Wildlife Science from the Wildlife Institute of India. Her doctoral research was on habitat use and coexistence of sympatric small carnivores in Sariska Tiger Reserve. Mukherjee has worked with leading conservation institutions including the Wildlife Trust of India, Tiger Watch Ranthambhore, National Centre for Biological Sciences and SACON. Her research integrates ecology, phylogeography, morphology, and molecular tools, with a strong focus on small wild cats, owlets, and other threatened taxa. She has led nationally significant projects, including the Conservation Action Plan for the Critically Endangered Forest Owlet and genomic studies on Rusty-spotted Cats, Fishing Cats, and other felids. As an educator and mentor, she teaches Conservation Genetics, Carnivore Ecology, and Evolutionary Ecology, supervises postgraduate and doctoral research, and conducts capacity-building workshops across India. Mukherjee has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments and has been a member of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group since 1995.Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. See https://archives.ncbs.res.in/accessOral History: Ecology and Conservation, OH-003