Prithiviraj Fernando

Dr. Prithiviraj "Pruthu" Fernando, with affiliations at both the Centre for Conservation and Research (Sri Lanka) and the Center for Environmental Research at Columbia University, is a leading expert in the conservation and management of tropical biodiversity.

He has accomplished considerable field experience in Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh and India. Pruthu has studied elephants for almost a decade, and has wide experience in radio tracking studies, ecological, behavioral and genetic study of elephants. He is a member of the IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group.