Positions

• Professor, IISER-Kolkata, India (2018 - present)
• Associate Professor, IISER-Kolkata, India (2014 - 2018)
• Chairperson, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER-Kolkata, India (2012-2014)
• Assistant Professor, IISER-Kolkata, India (2008-2014)
• Postdoctoral fellow, Tufts University, Boston, USA (2002-2004)
• PhD, IISc, Bangalore, India (2002)

Publications

Under review

Paul, B., Acharjee, A., Murmu, S. & Annagiri, S. Achieving a balance between brood rescue and nest relocation on facing an emergency.

2021

Mukhopdhyay, S. & Annagiri, S. (2021) Importance of vision in tandem running during colony relocation in an Indian ant, Ethology . Bhattacharyya, K., Kolay, S. & Annagiri, S. (2021) The structure and importance of nest mounds in a tropical ant Diacamma indicum, Ecological Entomology. Karunakaran, A., Ghosh, P. & Annagiri, S. (2021). Faster transport through slower runs: ant relocation dynamics in nature. Ethology Ecology and Evolution .

2011-2020

Annagiri S. (2019) Diacamma. In: Starr C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. Mukhopadhyay, S. Pathak, M. & Annagiri, S. (2019). Path minimization in a tandem running Indian ant in the context of colony relocation 2019. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, jeb206490. Bhattacharyya, K. & Annagiri, S. (2019). Characterization of Nest Architecture of an Indian Ant Diacamma indicum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Insect Science, 19(6):9; 1-8. Paul, B. & Annagiri, S. (2019). Caught red-handed: Behaviour of brood thieves in an Indian ant. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, jeb193755. Sahu, P.K., Kolay, S. & Annagiri, S. (2019). To reunite or not: A study of artificially fragmented Diacamma indicum ant colonies. Behavioural processes, 158, 4-10. Chakraborty, S., Bhadra, A., Nandi, A. K., Annagiri, S., Deshpande, S., Lamba, S., & Gadagkar, R. (2018). Evolution of Reproductive Dominance in Animal Societies–Lessons From a Social Wasp. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 84(3), 695-705. Paul, B. & Annagiri, S. (2018). Tricks of the trade: Mechanism of brood theft in an ant. PLoS ONE, 13(2), e0192144. Karunakaran, A. & Annagiri, S. (2018). Individual and colony level choice during relocation to unequal target nests in an Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum. Insectes Sociaux, 65(1), 153-160. Kolay, S. & Annagiri, S. (2017). Deterioration in nest quality triggers relocation without affecting its dynamics in an ant. Insectes Sociaux, 64(3), 321–327. Annagiri, S., Kolay, S., Paul, B. & Sona, C. (2017). Network approach to understanding the organization of and the consequence of targeted leader removal on an end-oriented task. Current Zoology, 63(3), 269-277. Kaur, R., Joseph, J., Karunakaran, A. & Sumana, A. (2017). Characterization of recruitment through tandem running in an Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum. Royal Society Open Science, 4(1), 160476. Chakraborty, B., Mallick, A., Annagiri, S., Sengupta, S., & Sengupta, T. K. (2016). Deciphering a survival strategy during the interspecific competition between Bacillus cereus MSM-S1 and Pseudomonas sp. MSM-M1. Royal Society Open Science, 3(11), 160438. Paul, B., Paul, M. & Annagiri, S. (2016). Opportunistic brood theft in the context of colony relocation in an Indian queenless ant. Scientific Reports, 6 (36166). Kolay, S., & Annagiri, S. (2015). Tight knit under stress: colony resilience to the loss of tandem leaders during relocation in an Indian ant. Royal Society Open Science, 2(9), 150104. Kolay, S. & Annagiri, S. (2015). Dual response to nest flooding during monsoon in an Indian ant. Scientific Reports, 5(13716). Anoop, K. & Sumana, A. (2015). Response to a change in the target nest during ant relocation. The Journal of experimental biology, 218(6), 887-892. Kaur, R. & Annagiri, S. (2015). Influence of colony associated factors on nest selection in an Indian queenless ant. Ecological Entomology, 40(1), 78-84. Nandi, A. K., Sumana, A. & Bhattacharya, K. (2014). Social insect colony as a biological regulatory system: modelling information flow in dominance networks. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11(101), 20140951. Kaur, R. & Sumana, A. (2014). Coupled adult-brood transport augments relocation in the Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum. Insectes Sociaux, 61, 141-143. Sumana, A. & Sona, C. (2013). Key relocation leaders in an Indian queenless ant. Behavioural Processes, 97, 84-89. Nandi, A. K., Bhadra, A., Sumana, A., Deshpande, S. A. & Gadagkar, R. (2013). The evolution of complexity in social organization-A model using dominance-subordinate behavior in two social wasp species. Journal of theoretical biology, 327, 34-44. Kaur, R., Anoop, K. & Sumana, A. (2012). Leaders follow leaders to reunite the colony: relocation dynamics of an Indian queenless ant in its natural habitat. Animal Behaviour, 83, 1345-53. Sumana, A. & Sona, C. (2012). Studies on colony relocation in the Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum. Current Science, 102, 1373-74.

2001-2010

Bang, A., Deshpande, S., Sumana, A. & Gadagkar, R. (2010). Choosing an appropriate index to construct dominance hierarchies in animal societies: a comparison of three indices. Animal Behaviour, 79(3), 631-636. Bhadra, A., Jordan, F., Sumana, A., Deshpande, S. A. & Gadagkar, R. (2009). A comparative social network analysis of wasp colonies and classrooms: Linking network structure to functioning. Ecological Complexity, 6(1), 48-55. Sumana, A., Deshpande, S. A., Bhadra, A. & Gadagkar, R. (2008). Workers of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata do not perceive their queen across a wire mesh partition. Journal of Ethology, 26(2), 207-212. Bhadra, A., Iyer, P. L., Sumana, A., Deshpande, S. A., Ghosh, S. & Gadagkar, R. (2007). How do workers of the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata detect the presence of their queens?. Journal of theoretical biology, 246(3), 574-582. Deshpande, S. A., Sumana, A., Surbeck, M. & Gadagkar, R. (2006). Wasp who would be queen: a comparative study of two primitively eusocial species. Current Science, 91(3), 332-336. Sumana, A., Liebert, A. E., Berry, A. S., Switz, G. T., Orians, C. M. & Starks, P. T. (2005). Nest hydrocarbons as cues for philopatry in a paper wasp. Ethology, 111(5), 469-477. Liebert, A. E., Sumana, A. & Starks, P. T. (2005). Diploid males and their triploid offspring in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus. Biology letters, 1(2), 200-203. Sumana, A. & Starks, P. T. (2004). Grooming patterns in the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes dominulus. Ethology, 110(10), 825-833. Sumana, A. & Starks, P. T. (2004). The function of dart behavior in the paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus. Naturwissenschaften, 91(5), 220-223. Sumana, A. & Gadagkar, R. (2003). Ropalidia marginata-a primitively Eusocial wasp society headed by non-dominant queens. Current Science, 84(11), 1464-1468. Sumana, A. & Gadagkar, R. (2001). The structure of dominance hierarchies in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 13(3), 273-281.