Mugdha Dhananjay KARNIK

Biography

Mugdha Dhananjay Karnik is director of extra-mural studies at the University of

Bombay in India, where she also earned her master's degree in sociology.

As director, she has organized many educational projects and science-oriented

activities for rural children and women. She has also successfully completed two

projects involving local students in the study of their own village ecosystem.

These create a database of local bio-resources as well as build students'

awareness of environmental issues. Recently, she organized a three day lecture

series for women and school and college students on various aspects of

environment and development in a rural area which is in the process of

industrialization. She organizes other educational activities regarding women's

rights, women's health, the Indian system of medicine (the Ayurveda) and legal aid

for rural women. For urban students, her unit organizes nature study trails, marine

trails, painting, sculpture and pottery camps, aquarium camps and astrophysics

camps.

This biography was last updated on August 10, 2007