CIRRICULUM VITAE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Title Mr. First Name Akash Last Name Verma

Email verma.env@gmail.com

Skype akash.verma.87

Web-Page https://sites.google.com/site/vermaecology/

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Institution Year

M.Sc. Environmental Studies University of Delhi, India 2013

B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India 2010

Any other qualifications UGC NET 2013

CAREER PROFILE

Year Organization Department Designation Nature of Duties

July 2015 - May 2016

Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, India

Department of Environmental Science

Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc)

Teaching + Research (Undergraduate)

April 2014 - July 2015

Excelsior American School, Gurgaon, India

Department of Biology and Chemistry

Senior Teacher Teaching

June 2013 - March 2014

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Center for Ecological Sciences

Junior Research Fellow

Research

March 2011 - May 2013

R K SWAMY BBDO, Mumbai, India

RK SWAMY Interactive

Brand Associate Client Servicing

June 2010 - March 2011

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India

SAP (ABAP) Associate Software Engineer

Technical

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

1. Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) - Environmental Studies for Undergraduate

RESEARCH

Research Projects and Collaboration

Ongoing 1. Initiated project titled “Sustainability issues at high altitude: Understanding the biomass consumption

pattern by temporary settlements, and its impact on the distribution of Rhododendron campanulatum in the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern India.”

2. Initiated project titled “Feeding ecology of small carnivorous mammals around human settlements in high altitude western Himalayan region of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern India.”

3. Worked in the capacity of Project Assistant on Rufford Foundation funded project titled "Langur-livestock interactions in the high altitude meadow of the western Himalayas, India."

Completed 1. Planned and executed the Tree Census Project 2015-16 at Indraprastha College for Women, University of

Delhi. 2. Planned and executed the Indraprastha College & Public Transport Preference project. 3. Worked in the capacity of Research Assistant on Sea Turtle Monitoring Project, Orissa as part of the

MCTA project under Center for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. 4. Worked in the capacity of Research Assistant for the Ministry of Environment and Forest funded project

titled ‘Macro-scale pattern in species distribution of the inter-tidal benthic communities along the main land coast of India and establishment of an indicator based monitoring protocol’

Any Other Research 1. Master’s Dissertation titled ‘Understanding the mass nesting behavior of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys

olivacea) using meteorological and lunar phase data’ under the supervision of Dr. Kartik Shanker, Associate Professor, Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

2. Extended Essay for IB Diploma titled ‘The survival range of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in relation to pH value’.

Conference Papers Presented

1. A. Verma and S. Singh, "Perception of students towards public transport system in Delhi: case study of

Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi," in National Conference on Environmental Concerns

of 21st Century: Indian and Global Context, Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening), Delhi, 21st March, 2016.

2. A. Verma and K. Shanker, “Demystifying the mass nesting behaviour of olive ridley turtles in Odisha,

India”, in Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangalore, India, September, 2015

Conferences and Workshops Attended

1. National Conference on Environmental Concerns Of 21st Century: Indian And Global Context, 21-22

March 2016, Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening).

2. Student Conference on Conservation and Science - Bangalore, India, September 2015.

3. Conference on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2014.

4. Turtle Action Group (TAG) workshop on marine conservation in Jam Nagar, Gujarat, 2013.