She is a post graduate in Zoology from Kerala University (S.N.College, Cherthala). She joined CERC as a program officer in ATREE CERC Habitat Learning project on  May 2017. Her area of interest includes; Fish Taxonomy, Ichthyology, Biodiversity and Education. She had been working with KUFOS (Kerala University for Fisheries and Ocean Studies) for the last four years as SRF under Centre for Inland Fishery Database (Kerala State Govt. Plan Project).

A passionate researcher on human-nature interactions, gender and environment, and agriculture. She is particularly interested in addressing the problems at the grassroots level and always strikes a chord with the local community. She has experience in technology modules in Natural Resource Management, particularly in the primary sector, to initiate institutional interventions and building awareness among farmers, especially women in building their livelihoods with climate-resilient technologies. She is the project lead “Synthetic sanitary pad free panchayat” and apart from gender-related activities, she has been leading the interventions in the agriculture sector, playing a key role in the promoting responsible agriculture in the rice bowl of Kerala.

Sreekuttan V N is currently working as a project assistant in ATREE-CERC Alappuzha. He completed his graduation in Zoology from S.B college changanacherry under M.G University and completed his masters in Zoology from S.D College Alappuzha under the University of Kerala. He is an active member of the Center for Research on Aquatic Resources (CRAR). His works in ATREE involves developing innovative products out of the troublesome aquatic weed “Eichhornia crassipes”, provide technical support and actively engage in all projects carried out by ATREE-CERC. Recently he developed handmade paper from water hyacinth. His aspire is to become a researcher in the field of conservation biology.