Indu K Murthy

@cstep.in

Principal Research Scientist
CSTEP

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Multidisciplinary, Forestry
3166

Scholar Citations

27

Scholar h-index

51

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Operationalizing the loss and damage fund: a case for equity and justice in India's climate response
    S Lama, J Shukla, S Dhyani, IK Murthy
    Climate and Development, 1-15 , 2026
    2026
  • Strengthening women’s livelihoods through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): Policy strategies for resilience and inclusion: The Bhubaneshwar …
    S Narayanan, K Raghunathan, K Kosec, MH Paul, D Kumar, SB Agnihotri, ...
    Intl Food Policy Res Inst , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The SDG accelerator: Circular economy solutions through efficient sustainable consumption
    A Khajuria, P Verma, A Vella, D Zanini-Freitag, H Xin, IK Murthy, JK Arora, ...
    Circular Economy 4 (2), 100140 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 32
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Water-Energy-Food Nexus Resilience: Global Insights and Implications for India
    T Madappa Cheranda, H Santhanam, IK Murthy
    EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU25-9262 , 2025
    2025
  • Heatwave health risk index for Karnataka, India
    V Thakkar, V Srinivas, PM Siddhappanavara, T Madappa, A Jeganathan, ...
    The Journal of Climate Change and Health 22, 100428 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The Journal of Climate Change and Health
    V Thakkar, V Srinivas, PM Siddhappanavara, T Madappa, A Jeganathan, ...
    2025
  • District-Level Climate Risk Assessment for India
    S Dasgupta, A Barua, IK Murthy, PL Borgohain, T Baghel, P Sankhyayan, ...
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • NAVIGATING THE FINE LINE: DEFINING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ADAPTATION AND LOSS &DAMAGE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
    IK Murthy, S Sahay, I Feldman, D Ouazar, H Bachegour, TM Cheranda, ...
    2023
  • Strategy for Promoting Interdisciplinary Solar Geoengineering Research in India
    G Bala, BS Sushma, IK Murthy, NH Ravindranath
    RFF Working Paper Series , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Exploring synergies between India's climate change and land degradation targets: Lessons from the Glasgow Climate COP
    S Dhyani, H Santhanam, R Dasgupta, D Bhaskar, IK Murthy, K Singh
    Land Degradation & Development 34 (1), 196-206 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 28
  • Accelerating circular economy solutions to achieve the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals
    A Khajuria, VA Atienza, S Chavanich, W Henning, I Islam, U Kral, M Liu, ...
    Circular Economy 1 (1), 100001 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 332
  • Post‐pandemic recovery through landscape restoration
    S Dhyani, D Bhaskar, H Santhanam, IK Murthy
    Restoration Ecology 30 (5), e13617 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 14
  • Biodiversity and biomass carbon dynamics: Insights from long-term monitoring in the western ghats
    IK Murthy, MA Khalid, V Sathyanarayan, M Beerappa, S Bhat, M Prashant, ...
    Forest Dynamics and Conservation: Science, Innovations and Policies, 213-230 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • Promoting blue-green infrastructure in urban spaces through citizen science initiatives
    IK Murthy, MA Khalid
    Blue-Green Infrastructure Across Asian Countries: Improving Urban Resilience … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Realigning developmental programmes for reducing climate vulnerability for adaptation: Case study of Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme in India
    IK Murthy, KA Gadpayle, P Bisen, TM Cheranda
    Climate Change: The Social and Scientific Construct, 279-298 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • for Adaptation: Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
    IK Murthy, KA Gadpayle, P Bisen, TM Cheranda
    Climate Change: The Social and Scientific Construct, 279 , 2022
    2022
  • Circular Economy
    A Khajuria, VA Atienza, S Chavanich, W Henning, I Islam, U Kral, M Liu, ...
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • District-level changes in climate: historical climate and climate change projections for the southern states of India
    S Vidya, IK Murthy
    CSTEP , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 7
  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
    C Blundo, J Carilla, R Grau, A Malizia, L Malizia, O Osinaga-Acosta, ...
    Biological Conservation 260, 108849 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 164
  • Mitigation co-benefits of carbon sequestration from MGNREGS in India
    NH Ravindranath, IK Murthy
    Plos one 16 (5), e0251825 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in India
    GTHRNH Indu Murthy, Mohini Gupta, Sonam Tomar, Madhushree Munsi, Rakesh Tiwari
    Journal of Earth Science and Climate Change 4 (1) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 351
  • Accelerating circular economy solutions to achieve the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals
    A Khajuria, VA Atienza, S Chavanich, W Henning, I Islam, U Kral, M Liu, ...
    Circular Economy 1 (1), 100001 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 332
  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
    C Blundo, J Carilla, R Grau, A Malizia, L Malizia, O Osinaga-Acosta, ...
    Biological Conservation 260, 108849 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 164
  • Forest conservation, afforestation and reforestation in India: Implications for forest carbon stocks
    NH Ravindranath, RK Chaturvedi, IK Murthy
    Current Science, 216-222 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 150
  • Agroforestry to achieve global climate adaptation and mitigation targets: are South Asian countries sufficiently prepared?
    S Dhyani, IK Murthy, R Kadaverugu, R Dasgupta, M Kumar, ...
    Forests 12 (3), 303 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 143
  • MGNREGA for environmental service enhancement and vulnerability reduction: rapid appraisal in Chitradurga district, Karnataka
    R Tiwari, HI Somashekhar, VRR Parama, IK Murthy, MSM Kumar, ...
    Economic and political weekly, 39-47 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 140
  • Mangrove area assessment in India: Implications of loss of mangroves
    SC Sahu, HS Suresh, IK Murthy, NH Ravindranath
    J. Earth Sci. Clim. Change 6 (5), 280 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 131
  • Agricultural and livelihood vulnerability reduction through the MGNREGA
    T Esteves, KV Rao, B Sinha, SS Roy, B Rao, S Jha, AB Singh, P Vishal, ...
    Economic and Political Weekly, 94-103 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 119
  • Nontimber forest product extraction, utilization and valuation: a case study from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, southern India
    K Narendran, IK Murthy, HS Suresh, HS Dattaraja, NH Ravindranath, ...
    Economic Botany 55 (4), 528-538 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 115
  • Financial valuation of non-timber forest product flows in Uttara Kannada district, Western Ghats, Karnataka
    IK Murthy, PR Bhat, NH Ravindranath, R Sukumar
    Current Science, 1573-1579 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 91
  • Impact of Agroforestry Systems on Ecological and Socio-Economic Systems: A Review
    PPJPK Indu K Murthy, Subhajit Dutta, Vinisha Varghese
    Global Journal of Science Frontier Research 16 (5) , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 89
  • Deforestation and forest degradation in India–implications for REDD+
    NH Ravindranath, N Srivastava, IK Murthy, S Malaviya, M Munsi, ...
    Current Science, 1117-1125 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 80
  • Greenhouse gas inventory estimates for India
    SK Sharma, A Choudhury, P Sarkar, S Biswas, A Singh, PK Dadhich, ...
    Current Science, 405-415 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 70
  • Joint forest management in India and its ecological impacts
    KS Murali, IK Murthy, NH Ravindranath
    Environmental Management and Health 13 (5), 512-528 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 67
  • Special issue on estimation of baselines and leakage in carbon mitigation forestry projects
    JA Sathaye, K Andrasko
    Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 12 (6), 963-970 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 63
  • A comparative analysis of regeneration in natural forests and joint forest management plantations in Uttara Kannada district, Western Ghats
    IK Murthy, KS Murali, GT Hedge, PR Bhat, NH Ravindranath
    Current Science, 1358-1364 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 50
  • Vegetation Structure and Composition of Tropical Evergreen and Deciduous Forests in Uttara Kannada District, Western Ghats under Different Disturbance Regimes
    DMBRS Indu K. Murthy., Savithri Bhat., Vani Sathyanarayan., Sridhar Patgar ...
    Tropical Ecology 57 (1) , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 49
  • Climate change and forests in India: adaptation opportunities and challenges
    M IK, R Tiwari, NH Ravindranath
    Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 1-15 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 47
  • Forest area estimation and reporting: implications for conservation, management and REDD+
    NH Ravindranath, IK Murthy, J Priya, S Upgupta, S Mehra, S Nalin
    Current Science, 1201-1206 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 43
  • Greening India Mission
    NH Ravindranath, IK Murthy
    Current Science, 444-449 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 41