Prof. Atul Joshi is an Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies and he has has done Ph.D. in forest-grassland vegetation dynamics from National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore and Manipal Academy of Higher Education; M.Sc in Forestry from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun; Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

Prof. Atul has a Post-PhD work experience of over five years. He was associated with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Evolution (ATREE), Bangalore as Fellow in Residence. Prior to this, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at ATREE. 

His research interests include Community and ecosystems ecology, Community Forest Management, and Ecological History. His Ph D research focussed on examining the role of climate and humans in the structure and function of forest-grassland mosaic ecosystems in the southern Western Ghats, India. 
During his association with ATREE as a Post-doctoral fellow and then as a faculty, he established long term in-situ experiments in tropical savanna ecosystems to investigate the role of grazing and fire in grassland diversity and productivity; he also studied the socio-ecological aspects of community forest management in Central India and conducted outreach activities to facilitate sustainable forest and grassland management by local communities. 

During his spare time, Atul enjoys gardening, nature walks, and reading.