Slide decks

Curated list of slide decks I’ve created for conferences, talks, or just for sharing resources/ideas. I prefer to make slide decks using Quarto and previously RMarkdown (using xaringan), over PowerPoint and its kin. Here, I share the slides along with their source code, videos, and other linkable resources.

State of India’s Birds 2023

Oral Presentation in the Public Engagement & Citizen Science session of AOS 2026, where I discuss the State of India’s Birds 2023 effort

Fledging into the World of Ecological Research

In this session of alumni talks for the current batch of Green Army members, I outline my journey from clueless and naive BSc student whose world opened up via the peer group of Green Army, to falling in love with ecological science, and finally to my current research work. I give an overview of the State of India’s Birds 2023 effort, as an example of what can be done with a large amount of fun data.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on birding and birds in India

There is no phenomenon in the recent past that has had a more devastating impact on human life than the COVID-19 pandemic. A speed talk summarising how this phenomenon has affected citizen science efforts in bird monitoring in India.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on birding and birds in India

There is no phenomenon in the recent past that has had a more devastating impact on human life than the COVID-19 pandemic. How has this phenomenon affected citizen science efforts in bird monitoring in India?