[3] He is the co-founder and director of Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore[4] and a visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds.

[2] He worked on resource use in and around forests and its impact on large mammal conservation for his PhD thesis under the guidance of Anindya Sinha.

[6] He uncovered the links between coffee production in Brazil and patterns of cattle grazing and ownership in and around the forests of Bandipur.

[7] Madhusudan was conferred the Whitley Award, popularly called Green Oscar in May 2009 in recognition of his work to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the Western Ghats.

[2][8] Madhusudan and NCF have said the grant from the award of £30,000, donated by HSBC, will go towards conservation activities, primarily for crop protection, in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.