Ph.D: Vegetation dynamics across landscapes in Kodagu region of Western Ghats, South India.
Research Areas:
Biodiversity, Conservation.
Awards / Fellowships:
National Fellowship for Higher Education of Schedule Tribes (2016-2020).
Publications /Journals / Articles:
Neikha, Vimhaseno & Nagaraja, B.C. (2019). Vegetation composition across elevational gradients of Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu, Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Research in Advent Technology, vol. 7, issue no. 2.
Neikha, Vimhaseno & Nagaraja, B.C. (2019). Tree Diversity and Endemism Pattern in Maskutta Wildlife Range, Western Ghats, India. Indian Forests, vol. 145, issue no. 7, pp. 631- 636.
Neikha, Vimhaseno & Nagaraja, B.C. (2019). Tree Species richness and distribution along an elevational gradients of Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary India. Ecology, Environment and Conservation, vol. 25, issue no. 3, pp. 1221-1229.
Neikha, V., & Nagaraja, B.C. (2019). Tree species richness across two protected areas in Kodagu, Western Ghats, India. In Nandini, N., Kumar, M., & Nagaraja, B.C (Eds.). Contemporary Environmental Issues-Concerns and Management, Bangalore University, Bangalore, pp. 142-149.
C. Nagaraja, R.K. Somashekar & Neikha, V. (2018). Reproductive Biology of Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. in Western Ghats Region of South India. In Sharathchandra, R.G. & H. Raja Naika (eds.) ‘Biotechnological solutions for  sustainable environmental management’, Tumkur University, India, 79 – 82.
7th June 2019: Poster presentation entitled ‘Tree species richness across two protected areas in Kodagu,Western Ghats, India’ on World Environment Day organized by Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bengaluru.
1st-5th July 2018: Speed talk presentation in ‘Association for Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation -2018’ held at Kuching, Malaysia.
21st-22nd March 2018: Poster presentation entitled ‘Endemic tree resources of Makkuta wildlife range, Kodagu district’ at National Conference on Recent advances in creation, conservation, management and utilization of tree resources for sustainable future, College of Forestry, Ponnampet, India.
7th January 2017: Poster presentation entitled ‘Mountains:Why is it important?’, at International conference on Science and Technology for Management of Emerging Environmental Issues, 2017 held at Bangalore University, India.
12th October-23rd November 2016: Oral presentation entitled ‘Vegetation dynamics across landscapes in Kodagu district of Western ghats in south India’, at Advance Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation – XTBG, 2016 held at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
5th June 2015: Poster presentation entitled ‘Biodiversity and ecosystem services’ for World Environment Day programme at Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.
