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The Coexistence Fellowship is a transformative programme that empowers pairs of fellows, including local community members, to collaboratively develop culturally grounded, equitable conservation practices focused on human-wildlife coexistence across India. It aims to shift conservation paradigms by centering community knowledge, fostering mutual learning, and building a movement of conservation practitioners rooted in empathy, reciprocity, and shared stewardship. Candidates are encouraged to apply as a team of two.

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The two-year fellowship includes mandatory training components including modules on different aspects of conservation and coexistence. Fellows are assigned mentors who guide the fellows throughout their fellowship. The fellowship program team supports the fellows throughout the fellowship period.

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Fellowship Team:

Principal Investigator: Samira Agnihotri                         Co-Investigator: Anindya ‘Rana’ Sinha        Fellowship Coordinator: Srividya Vathsal                  

 

 

Advisory Committee:

 Dipti Arora                                                      MD Madhusudan                                    Nachiket Kelkar                                Sahil Nijhawan                                              Suganya Sankaran

 

 

Mentors for the first and second cohorts:

Anindya ‘Rana’ Sinha                                 Annu Jalais                                         Aritra Kshettry

Madhuri Ramesh                                         Marianne Manuel                          MD Madhusudan

Nitin Sekar                                                      Ravi Chellam                                    Sahil Nijhawan

Samira Agnihotri                                          Seema Lokhandwala                    Tarsh Thekaekara

Ursula Münster                                            Venkat Ramanujam                       Yashendu C Joshi

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​​​This fellowship is supported by the British Asian Trust, the Elephant Family and the Rainmatter Foundation, and is being conducted at The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology.

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For any further questions or queries, please refer to the FAQ section or contact us at coexistence.fellowship@gmail.com

 

 

 

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