Research Interest

Animal Behaviour and Cognition, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology. Study system: the Indian feral dog.

  Academic Qualification

1. Ph.D. (Animal Behaviour) Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2008.
2. M.Sc. (Zoology) Calcutta University, 2001
3. B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry) Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur, Kolkata, 1999.

  Positions

1. Research Associate, DBT sponsored project on queen pheromone in Ropalidia marginata at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, 2007-2009.
2. Secretary of the Syllabus making Sub-committee of the Evolution meeting to be held in 2009 to celebrate 150 years of darwinism.
3. Fellow at IISER Kolkata (2009- )

  Awards

1. 3rd prize in the national level essay competition organized on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Zoological Society of India, September 1997.
2. 1st prize for essay on “A clean, green Calcutta” at the competition held to commemorate World Environment Day, organized by the Eureka Forbes Ltd and the Telegraph, June 1998.
3. K. S. Rao Memorial Award from Vivekananda College, Kolkata for 1st positon in the Dept. of Zoology of the college in the B.Sc examination, November 1999.
4. 3rd prize for poster on “Molecular basis of Plasmodium falciparum infection and its pathology” at the Seminar on Perspectives in Environmental Health: Vector and Water Borne Diseases, December 1999.
5. Junior Research Fellow, CSIR, Govt. of India, 2001-2003.
6. Senior Research Fellow, CSIR, Govt. of India, 2003-2006.
7. INSA medal for young scientist in Animal Sciences, 2009.