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Indra P. Acharja
Department of Biology | Texas State University | San Marcos TX
Welcome! I am a conservation ecologist and doctoral candidate at Texas State University, where my research focuses on the ecology and biology of the critically endangered White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis) — the world's rarest heron, with fewer than 60 individuals remaining in the wild.
My work combines field ecology, remote nest monitoring, habitat assessment, and conservation breeding to understand and reverse this species' decline across its Himalayan range in Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Before joining Texas State, I served at the Royal Society for Protection of Nature in Bhutan — first as Project Officer and later as Chief Conservation Officer — where I led the establishment of the White-bellied Heron Conservation Center, home to the world's first ex-situ population of this species, and helped secure an endowment of over $3 million for its future.
I hold an MFS from Yale University and an M.Sc. from the Forest Research Institute (Deemed) University, India.
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