Arjun Kamdar receives the Taru Lalvani Award for Environmental Protection
Second-year PhD student Arjun Kamdar received the Taru Lalvani Award for Environmental Protection from the Rotary Club of Bombay for his research and applied conservation work on helping humans and wildlife thrive together in India. Arjun is a PhD student at the Department's Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, and is supervised by Prof Andreas Kontoleon and Prof Lucia Reisch. Arjun's work is based on behavioural science for biodiversity conservation action, research, and policy.
The award is made to individuals or organisations who have made a substantial and practical contribution to environmental protection and conservation in India. As part of the award, Arjun spoke about his work on human-wildlife coexistence, human behavioural pathways to conservation, and how co-evolved human-animal cultures are an important aspect to the future of conservation in India.
This news article was originally published on the Department of Land Economy website on 23 October 2026.