PADMA LADON

PADMA LADON

Post-Doctoral Fellow


Contact Information

  • PhD (School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)​​​​​​​

  1. Worked as a lecturer in Eliezer Joldan Memorial College, Leh-Ladakh, India from 25th Jun -10th Aug, 2015.
  2. Worked as a Research Fellow under the program entitled “Network Programme on Convergence of Traditional Knowledge Systems for Integration to Sustainable Development in the Indian Himalayan Region” - A Task Force under National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE), funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST) Year August, 2015 to Aug, 2020. 

  •  High Altitude Ecosystem, Mountain Agropastoralism, Pasture Ecology
     

  1. Student member for International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS).
  2. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Student Member

 

  1. Ladon, P., & Garkoti, S.C. 2024. Impact of declining traditional agropastoral practices on soil system in high-altitude pastures of Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya. Catena, 243, 108228.
  2. Ladon, P. & Garkoti, S.C., 2024. Local institutions in Ladakh, India: community-based resource management in mountain agropastoralism. Current Science (00113891), (7).
  3. Ladon P. 2024. Preserving Agropastoral Practices in Ladakh: An Ecological Necessity. The Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies. Shiv Nader University. 17 July.
  4. Ladon P, Nüsser M, Garkoti SC. 2023. Mountain agropastoralism: traditional practices, institutions and pressures in the Indian Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh. Pastoralism. Nov 20;13(1):30.
  5. Borah N, Ladon P, Garkoti SC. 2023. Ethnopedological knowledge of upland Karbi Community: A case study from Dima Hasao District of Assam, North-Eastern Himalaya, India. Vol 22(1), January 2023, pp 30-39.

 

  • Garkoti SC, Semwal RL, Borah N, Ladon P. 2018. Glimpses of Traditional Societies and Their Knowledge Systems in Indian Himalayan Region. ISBN 978-93-5321-621-4 2018 Volume 1. Pg. 80.

 

  1. Oral presentation on “Soil nutrient concentration with increasing elevational pattern in high altitude pastures in Leh Ladakh, India” by Padma Ladon and Satish Chandra Garkoti, session SSS4.4, abstract EGU22-11805, oral presentation.
  2. Paper presented on Understanding the potential of Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation in the 19th Conference of International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS), held on 31st Aug-4th Sep, 2019 at Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Leh-Ladakh, India. 
  3. Paper presented on Traditional Knowledge Systems in adaptation to Climate Change: Insights from Indian Himalayan Region and volunteered in Conference on Science and Geopolitics of Himalaya-Arctic-Antarctic (SaGHAA- IV), held on 30th Nov and 1st Dec, 2017 at Convention Center, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 

 

  1. Presented a paper titled, “Mountain Pastures, Floristic Composition and Local Practices: Case Study from Leh Ladakh, India”, during a(n) Online Poster Discussion session on 16 December, 2022 at the Fall Meeting 2022. The Fall Meeting 2022 took place on 12-16 December, 2022 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, USA.
  2. Online poster presentation on “Role and Status of High-Altitude Pastures in Combined Agriculture in Leh Ladakh, India” during a(n) Poster session on 16 December, 2021 at the AGU Fall Meeting 2021. The AGU Fall Meeting 2021 took place on 6-17 December, 2021 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • Peer-reviewed an article for the journal Trees, Forests and People (Elsevier).