Dr. Adarsh C.K.

Dr. Adarsh C.K., scientist, KFRI

Dr. Adarsh C.K.

Junior Scientist/Scientist B

Dr. Adarsh C. K. is a specialist in Sustainable Forest Management with over a decade of experience in Kerala’s forest ecosystems. His expertise spans forest ecology, mensuration, dendrochronology, forest health assessment, eco-restoration, plantation forestry, forest pathology, wood science, and agroforestry. He has extensively studied the floristics and edaphic attributes of Western Ghats forests. His research encompasses the taxonomy and ecology of butterflies, odonates, spiders, and polypores, with his M.Sc. and Ph.D. work focusing on polypore diversity, dead wood dynamics, and nutrient cycling. He is proficient in EIA, carrying capacity, NWFP value addition, seed treatment studies, and forest management legitimacy.