Ram Vaishnav
Head - Citizen Science & Engagement at Citizen Science Global Partnership
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Top SchoolRam Vaishnav is a technology-driven conservationist with 12 years of experience blending software engineering and citizen science to advance biodiversity monitoring and community engagement. As Head of Citizen Science & Engagement at The Naturalist School and Education Director at CitizenScience.Asia, he designs strategy, builds networks across India and Asia, and applies automation and custom web tools to scale data collection and analysis. A former engineering lead with hands-on experience at Arcesium and DE Shaw, he uniquely combines backend/frontend engineering chops with ecological program design—having converted datasets to Darwin Core for GBIF and built AI chatbots to support mentorship. He played a pivotal role in rapidly growing India's City Nature Challenge participation and now contributes to IUCN task forces and Red List assessments, bringing citizen science into formal conservation workflows. Recently honored with the Dharmavana International Youth Biodiversity Award, he’s also pursuing a PhD on citizen science for biodiversity, signaling a rare mix of practitioner impact and academic inquiry. Based in Hyderabad, he quietly bridges global open-source and UN platforms to make environmental data actionable.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Citizen Science for Biodiversity, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Citizen Science for Biodiversity at TDUAdvanced Diploma in Animal Protection Laws program, Law, Advanced Diploma in Animal Protection Laws program, Law at National Academy of Legal Studies & Research (NALSAR) University HyderabadHigher Secondary Education, Higher Secondary, Higher Secondary Education, Higher Secondary at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV)Bachelor's Degree, Computer Applications, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Applications at University Maharaja College, JaipurMaster's Degree, Computer Applications, Master's Degree, Computer Applications at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy)
English, Hindi, Gujarati, German
Github Skills (92)
threejs10
experiences10
daydream10
3d10
game-development10
game-engine10
cannonjs10
fitbit10
html10
aframe10
oculus10
webgl10
virtual-reality10
oculus-quest10
mozilla10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
gurumukhi/webassembly-cheatsheet
Oct 2019 - Jul 2021
Learn webassembly through the cheatsheet
Contributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 9 months
rustwasmerwebassemblycheatsheet
gurumukhi/youtube-screenshot
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
Cross browser addon for youtube video screenshots
Contributions:15 commits, 20 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 2 months
firefoxcross-browserbrowserscreenshotsyoutube-video
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