Current Members
PhD Scholars
Snigdha Mukhopdhyay
sm14rs002@iiserkol.ac.in
Kushankur Bhattacharyya
kb13ip020@iiserkol.ac.in
Sandip Murmu
sm14ip019@iiserkol.ac.in
Manish Kumar Pathak
mkp17rs049@iiserkol.ac.in
Anwesha Acharjee
aa18rs054@iiserkol.ac.in
Dissertation Students
Susnato Das
sd16ms158@iiserkol.ac.in
Field Assistant
Basudev Ghosh
Past Members
PhD Scholars
Dr. Bishwarup Paul
(2013-2019)Thesis: Facets of brood theft in a tropical ant Diacamma indicum
Personal Webpage
Dr. Anoop K
(2013-2019)Thesis: Characterisation of recruitment during relocation in an Indian ant
Personal Webpage
Dr. Swetashree Kolay
(2010-2016)Thesis: Nesting biology and relocation dynamics in an Indian ant Diacamma indicum
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratoire d'Ethologie Experimentale et Comparee, Universite Paris 13
Dr. Rajbir Kaur
(2009-2015)Thesis: Behavioural Mechanism of Relocation in an Indian Queenless Ant Diacamma indicum
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johannes Gutenberg Universität,Mainz, Germany (2015-2018)
Dissertation Students
Sachin Suresh
(2018-2019)Thesis: Role of quorum in decision making regarding a new dwelling in an Indian ant.
Supraja Rajagopal
(2018-2019)
Prateek Kumar Sahu
(2017-2018)Thesis: To reunite or not to: Study on artificially fragmented Diacamma indicum colonies
Ishani Mukherjee
(2018)St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata
Thesis: Does Information of Target Nest Impact Relocation Dynamics in an Indian Ant?
Ashina S
(2015-2016)Thesis: Behavioural Assay for the Role of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in an Ant
Jolly Janette Mendonza
(2015-2016)Thesis: Preliminary Studies of Navigation in Context of Relocation in an Indian Ant
Abhinav Yadav
(2013-2014)Thesis: Antennal Amputation and its implications in the Indian Queenless Ant
Summer Trainees
Deeksha
IISER - Summer Internship (2019)
Sandhya Gandhi
IAS - Summer Internship(2019)
Anupama Nayak
JNCASR Summer Research Fellowship Program(2019)
P Prathibha
IISER - Summer Internship (2018)
Purbayan Ghosh
IISER - Summer Internship (2016)
Prateek Kumar Sahu
IISER - Summer Internship (2015)
Madhurima Mukherjee
IAS - Summer Internship (2014)
Chandrahas Piduri
IISER - Summer Internship (2013)
Dhiman Ray
KVPY Project (2013)
Ankita Singh
IAS - Summer Internship (2012)
Aswathi Basi
IAS - Summer Internship (2012)
Kiran Kumar
IAS - Summer Internship (2011)
Ashok Patidar
IAS - Summer Internship (2011)
Pratik Labhane
IAS - Summer Internship (2011)
Saswati Roy
IAS - Summer Internship (2011)
Chandan Sona
IISER - Summer Internship (2010 & 2009)
Tamal Roy
IISER - Summer Internship (2009)
Venkatesh K. M.
IAS - Summer Internship (2009)