Tarun Nair is a herpetologist and conservationist associated with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore (but views expressed on this podcast are personal). He has worked extensively in river systems across North India, rallying around the enigmatic Gharial.
Key popular articles:

Crocodile conservation doesn’t need a straw-man
Saltwater crocodiles in the Andaman and Nicobar have a PR problem
Of Government, God and Gharial: the ecological pogrom in Chambal's badlands

Key Journal articles:

Rigorous gharial population estimation in the Chambal: implications for conservation and management of a globally threa-tened crocodilian
River dolphin distribution in regulated river systems: implications for dry-season flow regimes in the Gangetic basin

Shownotes:

Valley School and Jiddu Krishnamurti
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT)
Gharial rivers: Chambal (primarily National Chambal Sanctuary), Son, Gandak, Tons, Betwa
Dr Jagdish Krishnaswamy
Imran Siddiqui and HyTiCoS
Rural emmigration and conservation opportunities - papers shared by Tarun (An upside to globalization: International outmigration drives reforestation in Nepal | Implications of Rural–Urban Migration for Conservation of the Atlantic Forest and Urban Growth in Argentina)

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