Madhav Gadgil

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For the environmental report, see
Gadgil Commission
.
Madhav Gadgil
Human Ecology, Ecological history
InstitutionsHarvard University
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil (born 24 May 1942) is an Indian ecologist,

Gadgil Commission.[4][5]

He is a recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1981 and followed it up with the third highest award of the Padma Bhushan in 2006.[6]

Academic career

Gadgil was born on 24 May 1942

Mumbai University in 1965.[10][11]

Harvard years

Gadgil was encouraged to join

Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Initially intending to do research under Mead, Gadgil later changed subjects by hearing lectures of E. O. Wilson, "the brightest young star in the ecology-evolution end of biology at Harvard at that time," and subsequently did his doctoral research on mathematical ecology and fish behaviour, under the guidance of William Bossert,[8] one of Wilson's former students.[12]

It earned him a PhD in 1969.[13] Subsequently, he received a Fellowship from IBM to continue his work as a research fellow at the Harvard Computing Center and simultaneously worked as a lecturer of biology at the university for two years.[13]

Return to India

He returned to India in 1971

University of Goa.[15][16]

In 1976, when the

National Advisory Council.[18] He is a member of the National Tiger Conservation Authority[17] and is the chairman of the committee proposing Environmental Education Curriculum at School level.[19] In 2010, when the Government of India constituted an expert panel, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), to examine the ecological issues related to the Western Ghats, he was selected as the chairman of the panel.[20]

Personal life

Gadgil, an active sportsman during his college years, held the Maharashtra State Junior and

Pune University high jump records in 1959 and 1961 respectively. He has also represented Pune University at the All India University Athletic meet.[21] He is married to Sulochana Gadgil, a noted meteorologist and a Harvard scholar, whom he met during his Fergusson College years.[14] The couple has a daughter, who is a journalist cum Spanish teacher, and a son, a mathematician.[11][14] The family lives in Pune, his home town. His life story has been recorded in a biographical book, Vidnyanyatri – Dr. Madhav Gadgil, written in Marathi by A. P. Deshpande.[22]

Legacy

Nilgiris
Biosphere Reserve
Poomparai village in the foothills of Western Ghats.

One of the major contributions of Gadgil is his effort towards the preservation of ecology of India. His early researches in the 1980s have helped in the identification of the

ecosystems.[17][25] His contributions, as a member of the draft committee, has been reported in the preparation of the Biological Diversity Act 2002[26] and the manual he prepared for the People's Biodiversity Registers has been accepted by the National Biodiversity Authority.[21] He is still associated with the Authority in the preparation of a biodiversity inventory at the local bodies' level.[21]

Gadgil is known to have done extensive researches in the areas of population biology, conservation biology, human ecology and ecological history. His researches have been documented by over 250 scientific articles,[10] published in various journals and magazines.[27] He developed a penchant for writing at an early age and his first publication was a series of ten articles on animal behaviour, published in Srishtidnyan, a Marathi language science magazine, when he was studying in the 10th standard.[17] His doctoral thesis is reported to have been a citation classic.[17][28] He published his first book in English, This Fissured Land, a book on the ecological history of India, in 1992.[29] The next book, Ecology and Equity: The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India,[30] again co-authored by Ramachandra Guha, was released in 1995, followed by Nurturing Biodiversity: An Indian Agenda, a book co-authored by P. R. Seshagiri Rao, in 1998.[31] In 2005, he published two books, Diversity : The cornerstone of life[32] and Ecological Journeys.[33] As a part of his responsibilities as a Pew Fellow in Conservation and the Environment,[34] he has contributed towards the preparation of People's Biodiversity Registers and has published a manual, People's Biodiversity Registers: A Methodology Manual.[35][36] Some of his books have been translated into many languages and serve as texts for academic studies.[24] He has also published two books,[15] Nisarganiyojan Lokasahabhagane being one among them,[28] and over 40 articles in Marathi and handled a fortnightly column on natural history, in The Hindu, from 1999 till 2004.[21] He handles a monthly column in the Marathi daily, Sakal.[21]

Books
  • Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha (1992). This Fissured Land. Oxford University Press India. p. 312.
    ISBN 9780198077442
    .
  • Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha (1995). Ecology and Equity: The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India. Routeledge. p. 223.
    ISBN 978-0415125246
    .
  • Madhav Gadgil, P. R. Seshagiri Rao (1998). Nurturing Biodiversity: An Indian Agenda. Centre for Environment Education. p. 163.
    ISBN 9788186385135
    .
  • Madhav Gadgil (2005). Diversity : The cornerstone of life. Vigyan Prasar. p. 64.
    ISBN 8174800263
    .
  • Madhav Gadgil (2005). Ecological Journeys. Orient Blackswan. p. 257.
    ISBN 9788178241128
    .
  • Madhav Gadgil (2013), Science, democracy and ecology in India. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
    ISBN 978-8187614760 [37]

Awards and recognition

Dr. Madhav Gadgil and Col. Ashwin Baindur at Wikidata workshop in Pune on 18 September 2017

The

US National Academy of Sciences in 1991[40] and he serves as a member of the British Ecological Society and Ecological Society of America.[3][39]

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

social entrepreneur from Bangladesh.[43]

Gadgil received the

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar Award.[21]

He received the Fergusson Gaurav Puraskar 2019, for being an Outstanding Alumnus from his

Alma Mater, Fergusson College
on 6 January 2019.

Eponymy

Elaeocarpus gadgilii, is a tree species described in 2021 from the Nelliampathy hills in Palakkad district of Kerala, India named in honour of him. [47]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gadgil, Madhav. "My Fundays". The telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Centre for Ecological Sciences". Indian Institute of Science. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "HONORARY MEMBERSHIP AWARD" (PDF). Ecological Society of America. 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. ^ "FDI does not benefit any country". ReDiff Business. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel" (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Forests. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "IAS Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. ^ a b Gadgil, M. (September 1993). "In love with life". Seminar (409): 25–30.
  9. ^ "Shri. Dhananjayrao Gadgil". Saharakar Bharati. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "INSA Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  11. ^
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  12. ^ (Michael L. Lewis 2003, pp. 109–137)
  13. ^ a b c "2015 Tyler Laureates". University of Southern California. 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  14. ^ a b c Sulochana Gadgil (2015). "My tryst with the monsoon" (PDF). Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Visiting Research Professor". University of Goa. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Madhav Gadgil to file Goa's ecological history". VN. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h "Indian Institute of Astrophysics profile". Indian Institute of Astrophysics. 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  18. ^ a b c "Why India must protect the Western Ghats from getting lost". Hindustan Times. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  19. ^ "User profile". Encyclopedia of Earth. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  20. ^ a b "Gadgil committee recommendations on Western Ghats ideal, practical: Experts". Times of India. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g "National Institute of Engineering profile" (PDF). National Institute of Engineering. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  22. ISBN 9788174345516. Archived from the original
    on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  23. ^ a b "Vested interests harm Western Ghats". Deccan Herald. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  24. ^ a b c "Tyler Prize". University of Southern California. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  25. ^ a b "Central University of Orissa DSc". 2013. Odisha Samachar. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  26. ^ "People's Biodiversity Registers". Centre for Ecological Sciences. 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  27. ^ "IAS Open Access Repository". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  28. ^ a b "National Institute of Ecology profile". National Institute of Ecology. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  29. ISBN 9780198077442
    .
  30. ISBN 978-0415125246
    .
  31. ISBN 9788186385135
    .
  32. ISBN 8174800263
    .
  33. ISBN 9788178241128
    .
  34. ^ "PEW Fellow". The PEW Charitable Trusts. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  35. ^ "KVIFF Honours". Kirloskar Vasundhara. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  36. ^ Madhav Gadgil (2006). "Ecology is for the People: A Methodology Manual for People's Biodiversity Register" (PDF). Centre for Ecological Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  37. ^ "CPPR Quarterly Lecture Series- Prof. Madhav Gadgil".
  38. ^ "NASI Fellow". National Academy of Sciences India. 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  39. ^ a b "Honorary Fellow ATBC". Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  40. ^ "Foreign Associate". [U.S. National Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  41. ^ "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  42. ^ "Harvard Centennial Medal". Harvard University. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  43. ^ "Volvo Environment Prize". The Volvo Environment Prize Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  44. ^ "H K Firodia awards". H K Firodia Foundation. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  45. ^ "Georgescu-Roegen Award". The Energy and Resources Institute. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  46. ^ "Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil, US scientist Jane Lubchenco share 2015 Tyler Prize". Zee News. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  47. ^ Manoharan, M.A., Prabhukumar, K.M., Arjun, S.K., Jose, S. and Veerankutty, S., 2021. Elaeocarpus gadgilii (Elaeocarpaceae), a new species from Western Ghats (India). Phytotaxa, 489(1), pp.87-93.

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