Qualifications:
Ph.D. (Molecular Biology, TIFR, 1993)

Career: 
Research Associate, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; 1991-93    
Visiting Fellow, National Centre for Biological Sciences,Bangalore; 1993-1996
Associate Fellow, NIAS, Bangalore; 1996-2000,    
Fellow, NIAS, Bangalore; 2000-2005     
Professor, NIAS, Bangalore;2006-     

Research Interests:
Primate behavioural ecology; cognitive ethology; animal molecular genetics; evolutionary biology; conservation biology; philosophy of biology

Courses Designed:
Animal behavioural ecology (for Master's and Doctoral degrees)
Philosophy of biology (for Master's and Doctoral degrees)

Honours and Distinctions
National Prize, Secondary School Examinations, Government of India, 1977
National Talent Scholarship, NCERT, Government of India, 1977-1985
National Prize, BSc, Government of India, 1982
J. C. Nag Memorial Medal, Presidency College, Calcutta, 1982
University Prize for First Rank in Botany, BSc, University of Calcutta, 1982
J Sen Memorial Silver Medal, Botanical Society of Bengal, Kolkata, 1982
University Gold Medal for Botany, MSc, Calcutta University, 1984
Hiranath Memorial Medal, Botanical Society of Bengal, Kolkata, 1985
Member, Editorial Board, Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. 2001-
Resource Person, Indian Biology Olympiad Team, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, with effect from October 2004
Member of the International Jury to accompany the Indian team to the International Biology Olympiad, held in Beijing, China, July 2005.
Visiting Faculty at teh Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, for a period of three years from April 2004
Nominated as Member of the Board of Studies in Psychology of the University of Mysore for a period of three years from August 2--4
Nomited to the Research Advisory Board of the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore from August 2004

Selected Publications: 
Research Papers

Chakraborty D, Ramakrishnan U, Panor J, Mishra C and Sinha A. Phylogenetic relationships and morphometric affinities of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala, a newly-discovered primate in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press

Kumar R S, Gama N, Raghunath R, Sinha A and Mishra C. In search of the munzala: Distribution and conservation status of the newly discovered Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala. Oryx, in press

Kumar R S, Mishra C and Sinha A. Foraging ecology and time-activity budget of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala - a preliminary study. Current Science, in press

Mallapur A, Sinha A and Waran N. Improving the welfare of captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) through the use of structural and social enrichment. Zoo Biology, in press

Mallapur A, Sinha A, Seaman S and Waran N. Choosing indicators for the assessment of zoo lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) welfare. Animal Welfare, in press

Mallapur A, Waran N and Sinha A. The captive audience: The educative influence of zoos on their visitors. The Journal of Environmental Education, in press

Mallapur A, Sinha A and Waran N. Captive lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus husbandry practiced by zoos worldwide. International Zoo Yearbook, in press

Mallapur A, Waran N and Sinha A. A note on enrichment for captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, in press

Madhusudan M D, Shankar K, Kumar A, Mishra C, Sinha A, Arthur R, Datta A, Rangarajan M, Chellam R, Shahabuddin G, Sankaran R, Singh M, Ramakrishnan U and Rajan P D. 2006. Science in the wilderness: The predicament of scientific research in India's wildlife reserves. Current Science 91: 1015-1019 [pdf]

Sinha A, Kumar R S, Gama N, Madhusudan M D and Mishra C. 2006. Distribution and conservation status of the Arunachal macaque, Macaca munzala, in western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Primate Conservation 21: 145-148 [pdf]

Radhakrishna S, Goswami A and Sinha A. 2006. Population survey and conservation status of the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis in Assam and Meghalaya, northeastern India. International Journal of Primatology 27: 971-982 [pdf]

Mallapur A, Sinha A and Waran N. 2005. Influence of visitor presence on the behaviour of captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) housed in Indian zoos. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 94: 341-352 [pdf]

Mallapur A, Sinha A and Waran N. 2006. Use of enclosure space by captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) housed in Indian zoos. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 8: 175-186

Mallapur A, Waran N, Seaman S and Sinha A. 2006. Preliminary observations on the differences in reproductive behaviour between breeding and non-breeding captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) housed in Indian zoos. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 97: 343-348 [pdf]

Sinha A, Mukhopadhyay K, Datta-Roy A and Ram S. 2005. Ecology proposes, behaviour disposes: Ecological variability in social organization and male behavioural strategies among wild bonnet macaques. Current Science 89: 1166-1179 [pdf]

Sinha A, Datta A, Madhusudan M D and Mishra C. 2005. Macaca munzala: A new species from western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. International Journal of Primatology 26: 977-989 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2005. Not in their genes: Phenotypic flexibility, social traditions and cultural evolution in wild bonnet macaques. Journal of Biosciences 30: 51-64 [pdf]

Mallapur A, Waran N and Sinha A. 2005. Factors influencing the behaviour and welfare of captive lion-tailed macaques in Indian zoos. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 91: 337-353 [pdf]

Kumar R S, Mishra C and Sinha A. 2005. Discovery of the Tibetan macaque Macaca thibetana in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Current Science 88: 1387-1388 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2003. A beautiful mind: Attribution and intentionality in wild bonnet macaques. Current Science 85: 1021-1030 fulltext]

Ram S, Venkatachalam S and Sinha A. 2003. Changing social strategies of wild female bonnet macaques during natural foraging and on provisioning. Current Science 84: 780-790 [fulltext]

Sinha A. 2002. Reflective consciousness and the emergence of memes: Serial evolutionary pathways? Journal of Biosciences 27: 637-643 [pdf]

Krishnamurthy U, Ullal G R, Satishchandra P and Sinha A. 2000. Slow and fast kindling during hyperthermic stimulation in rats: Implications for hot water epilepsy. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 3: 183-185

Sinha A, Ullal G R, Shankar S K and Satishchandra P. 1999. Genetics of hot water epilepsy: A preliminary analysis. Current Science 77: 1407-1410

Sinha A. 1998. Knowledge acquired and decisions made: Triadic interactions during allogrooming in wild bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London: Biological Sciences 353: 619-631 [pdf; erratum: pdf]

Sinha A. 1997. Complex tool manufacture by a wild bonnet macaque, Macaca radiata. Folia Primatologica 68: 23-25 [pdf]

Premnath S, Sinha A and Gadagkar R. 1996. Dominance relationships in the establishment of reproductive division of labour in a primitively eusocial wasp (Ropalidia marginata). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 39: 125-132 [pdf]

Sinha A. 1995. Whose life is it anyway? A review of some ideas on the issue of animal rights. Current Science 69: 296?301 [pdf]

Premnath S, Sinha A and Gadagkar R. 1995. Regulation of worker activity in a primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata. Behavioural Ecology 6: 117?123 [pdf]

Sinha A. 1994. A search for non?oxidative pentose phosphate pathway mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Genetics 73: 65?79

Sinha A, Premnath S, Chandrashekara K and Gadagkar R. 1993. Ropalidia rufoplagiata: a polistine wasp society probably lacking permanent reproductive division of labour. Insectes Sociaux 40: 69?86 [pdf]

Sinha A and Maitra P K. 1992. Induction of specific enzymes of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway by glucono?d?lactone in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of General Microbiology 138: 1865?1873

Sinha A and Chandrashekara K. 1992. Some like it hot... A comment on Wehner, Marsh and Wehner. Nature 359: 593

Book Chapters

Sinha A. Of charitable cats and chimpanzee cultures: Reflections on the science of animal behaviour and cognitive ethology. In: Foundations of the Sciences (ed B V Sreekantan), Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, India, in press [pdf]

Sinha A. Bonnet macaque Macaca radiata. In: Mammals of South Asia: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation (eds A J T Johnsingh and N Manjrekar), McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, India, in press

Sinha A, Chakraborty D, Datta A, Gama N, Kumar, R S, Madhusudan M D, Mendiratta U, Ramakrishnan U and Mishra C. Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala. In: Mammals of South Asia: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation (eds A J T Johnsingh and N Manjrekar), McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, India, in press

Sinha A. Other minds: Social cognition in wild bonnet macaques. In: Advances in Cognitive Science (eds N Srinivasan, J Pandey and A K Gupta), Sage Publications, New Delhi, India, in press

Sinha A. Playing god or being human? Scientific and ethical perspectives in the cloning of human beings. In: History of Science and Philosophy of Science (ed P K Sengupta), Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, India, in press

Ram S and Sinha A. 2005. Food for thought: Behavioural strategies adopted by wild bonnet macaques to reduce social tension during provisioning. In: Wildlife Conservation, Research and Management (eds Y V Jhala, R Chellam and Q Qureshi), Technical Publication No RR-05/001, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India, pp 135-144

Sinha A. 2005. Of mice and men: Ethical issues in animal exploitation. In: Self, Society and Science: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives (ed D P Chattopadhyay), Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, India, pp 416-424 [pdf]

Singh M and Sinha A. 2004. Life-history traits in macaques: Ecological adaptations or phylogenetic relics? In: Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization (eds B Thierry, M Singh and W Kaumanns), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 80-83 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2004. Tactical deception in wild bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ed M Bekoff), Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, USA, pp 322-324 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2004. Social knowledge in wild bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ed M Bekoff), Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, USA, pp 1019-1021 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2004. Tool manufacture by a wild bonnet macaque, Macaca radiata. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ed M Bekoff), Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, USA, pp 1063-1065 [pdf]

Sinha A and Radhakrishna S. 2004. Social evolution in bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ed M Bekoff), Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, USA, pp 979-981 [pdf]

Satishchandra P, Ullal G R, Sinha A and Shankar S K. 1999. Pathophysiology and genetics of hot water epilepsy. In: Genetics of Focal Epilepsies: Clinical Aspects and Molecular Biology (eds S Berkovic, P Genton, E Hirsch and F Picard), John Libbey and Company, London, UK, pp 169-176

Premnath S, Sinha A and Gadagkar R. 1996. How is colony activity regulated in Ropalidia marginata? In: Readings in Behaviour (eds R Ramamurthy and Geethabali), New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, India, pp 160?167

Technical Reports

Kumar R S, Mishra C and Sinha A. 2007. A preliminary survey for macaques in central Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Interim Report. Nature Conservation Foundation and National Institute of Advanced Studies, Mysore, India

Sinha A, Kumar R S and Mishra C. 2006. Ecology and conservation of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala. NCF Technical Report No 15. Nature Conservation Foundation, National Institute of Advanced Studies, and International Snow Leopard Trust, Mysore, India

Sinha A, Datta A, Madhusudan M D and Mishra C. 2004. A report on the Tawang macaque Macaca sp. In: The high altitude wildlife of Western Arunachal Pradesh: a survey report (eds C Mishra, A Datta and M D Madhusudan). CERC Technical Report No 8. Nature Conservation Foundation, International Snow Leopard Trust, and Wildlife Conservation Society (India Program), Mysore, India, pp 39-44 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2001. The bonnet macaque revisited: Ecology, demography and behaviour. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas, Non-human Primates of India (ed A K Gupta), Vol 1(1): 30-39 [pdf]

Ramachandran R, Vasavi A R, Sinha A and Narasimha R. 2000. 'Science in Society: A New Social Contract' - A report on the Bangalore Symposium. Science, Technology and Society 5: 93-116

Sinha A. 1993. Molecular genetics of social wasps: A case study. In: Methods in Behavioural Ecology (ed R Gadagkar), Technical Report No. 24, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, pp 259?261

Conference Proceedings

Sinha A, Mukhopadhyay K and Datta-Roy A. 2003. Evolution of unimale social organisation in bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata radiata). Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India (eds R Annamalai, M Narayanan and J Vanitharani), Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College and Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, pp 110-115 [pdf]

Sinha A. 2003. Cognitive ethology: A behavioural lens into the primate mind. Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences (ed John Thomas K), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, India, pp 18-28 [pdf]

Radhakrishna S and Sinha A. 2003. Other societies: Social organisation and behaviour in primates. Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences (ed John Thomas K), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, India, pp 104-117 [pdf]

Datta-Roy A and Sinha A. 2001. Food, sex and society: Social evolution among wild bonnet macaques. Proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare (eds K N Ganeshaiah, R Uma Shaanker and K S Bawa), Oxford IBH, New Delhi, pp 727-731 [pdf]

Conference Abstracts

Robin V V, Thiollay J-M, Sinha A and Sancheti A. 2006. Population isolation in a naturally fragmented landscape: the white-bellied shortwing in the montane evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, southern India. Journal of Ornithology 147: 100. Abstracts of the Twenty-fourth International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany, August 2006

Sinha A. 2006. Of memes and macaques: Phenotypic flexibility, behavioural traditions and cultural evolution among wild bonnet macaques in the Bandipur National Park - Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India. International Journal of Primatology 27 (Suppl 1): Abstract No 578. Abstracts of the Twenty-first Congress of the International Primatological Society, Entebbe, Uganda, June 2006

Sinha A, Kumar R S, Datta A, Madhusudan M D and Mishra C. 2006. In search of the munzala: Behavioural ecology and conservation of a newly discovered primate, the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala, in western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. International Journal of Primatology 27 (Suppl 1): Abstract No 429. Abstracts of the Twenty-first Congress of the International Primatological Society, Entebbe, Uganda, June 2006

Mukhopadhyay K, Chatterjee M, Datta-Roy A and Sinha A. 2006. Food, sex and society: Ecological variability in social organisation and individual behavioural strategies among wild bonnet macaques in the Bandipur National Park - Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India. International Journal of Primatology 27 (Suppl 1): Abstract No 301. Abstracts of the Twenty-first Congress of the International Primatological Society, Entebbe, Uganda, June 2006

Sharma N and Sinha A. 2006. Primates in isolation: Managing fragments as a key to their conservation. Abstracts of the National Seminar on Zoology for Human Welfare, Zoological Society of Assam, Gauhati University, Guwahati, February 2006

Sharma N and Sinha A. 2005. Stepchildren of the seven sisters: The threatened primate diversity of northeastern India. Abstracts of the Fifth GÖttinger Freilandtage - Primate Diversity: Past, Present and Future, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany, December 2005

Sinha A. 2005. Animal minds: Cognition in wild bonnet macaques. Abstracts of the Indo-French Workshop in Neurosciences, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India, February 2005

Sinha A. 2004. Other minds: Social cognition in wild bonnet macaques. Abstracts of the International Conference on Cognitive Science 2004, Department of Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, December 2004

Mallapur A, Sinha A and Waran N. 2004. Visitor effect on behaviour of captive lion-tailed macaques housed in thirty-one Indian zoos. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium on Zoo Research (ed C Macdonald), BIAZA, London, UK, p. 31

Sinha A. 2003. Of memes and macaques: Behavioural inheritance in primate social systems. Abstracts of the Discussion Meeting on Genetic Determinism, Pelling, Sikkim, India, December 2003

Mallapur A and Sinha A. 2003. Managing wild animals in captivity in India: The surplus animal problem. Abstracts of the Third International Wildlife Management Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2003

Mallapur A and Sinha A. 2003. The welfare of threatened species in captivity: An immediate concern regarding wildlife management protocols in Indian zoos. Abstracts of the Third International Wildlife Management Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2003

Mallapur A, Choudhury B C, Sinha A and Waran N. 2002. Conservation breeding of an endangered macaque: The need for modernising macaque husbandry in India to initiate captive breeding programmes. Caring for primates: Abstracts of the Nineteenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Mammalogical Society of China, Beijing, China, pp. 86-87

Mallapur A, Choudhury B C, Sinha A and Waran N. 2002. A description of abnormal behaviour displayed by primates in Indian zoos. Abstracts of the Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour, Glasgow, UK, March 2002

Vasanthi A, Jiju K, Ullal G R, Sharma R, Medha A J and Sinha A. 2001. Effects of repeated transcranial electroconvulsive shock seizures on the development of kindling. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 45 (Supplement): 125. Abstract at the Forty-seventh Annual National Conference of the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, Pune, India, December 2001

Sinha A. 1999. Tactical deception in wild bonnet macaques: Evidence of intentionality. Advances in Ethology 34: 103. Abstract at the Twenty-sixth International Ethological Conference, Bangalore, India, August 1999

Subramanian K A and Sinha A. 1999. Social relationships influence decision-making during group fission in wild bonnet macaques. Advances in Ethology 34: 142. Abstract at the Twenty-sixth International Ethological Conference, Bangalore, India, August 1999

Ullal G R, Satishchandra P, Shankar S K, Sinha A and Panicker M M. 1999. Newer concepts in understanding hyperthermic kindling in rats. Abstract at the National Brain Research Centre Inaugural Colloquium, New Delhi, India, October 1999

Krishnamurthy U, Roopkala M S, Sinha A, Satishchandra P and Ullal G R. 1999. Are there fast and slow kindlers in hyperthermia-induced seizures? Abstract at the First Annual Conference of the Indian Epilepsy Association, Hyderabad, India, December 1999

Sinha A. 1996. Monkeys make good primatologists: Social knowledge in wild bonnet macaques. Abstract at the International Symposium on the Present and Future of Modern Biology, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India, October 1996

Sinha A. 1996. A new twist in an old macaque tale: Allogrooming relationships among wild female bonnet macaques. Abstracts of the Sixteenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, Madison, USA, p 286

Premnath S, Sinha A and Gadagkar R. 1994. Dominance behaviour and the resolution of intra?colonial conflicts in the primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia marginata. In: Les Insectes Sociaux (Abstracts of the Twelfth Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects) (eds A Lenoir, G Arnold and M Lepage), Université Paris Nord, Paris, France, p 242

NIAS Publications

Books

Menon S, Sreekantan B V, Sinha A, Clayton P and Narasimha R (eds). 2004. Science and Beyond: Cosmology, Consciousness and Technology in the Indic Traditions, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Special Publication (SP) 2-04

Menon S, Sinha A, Sreekantan B V (eds). 2002. Science and Metaphysics: A Discussion on Consciousness and Genetics, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Special Publication (SP) 10-02

Menon S, Narasimhan M G, Sinha A, Sreekantan B V (eds). 1999. Scientific and Philosophical Studies on Consciousness, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Special Publication (SP) 5-99

Book Chapters

Sinha A. 2004. A brave new world… Scientific and ethical issues in human cloning. In: Science and Beyond: Cosmology, Consciousness and Technology in the Indic Traditions (eds S Menon, B V Sreekantan, Sinha A, P Clayton and R Narasimha), National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, pp 3-13

Sinha A. 1999. Almost minds? The search for consciousness in nonhuman primates. Scientific and Philosophical Studies on Consciousness (eds S Menon, M G Narasimhan, A Sinha and B V Sreekantan), National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, pp 149-158 [pdf]

Sinha A. 1999. Putting the mind back into nature: The origin and evolution of consciousness. Scientific and Philosophical Studies on Consciousness (eds S Menon, M G Narasimhan, A Sinha and B V Sreekantan), National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, pp 159-167 [pdf]

Technical Reports

Radhakrishna S and Sinha A. 2006. Distribution and conservation of primates in Sri Lanka: A pilot study. Technical Report 2-06, Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation Group, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

Radhakrishna S and Sinha A. 2004. Population survey and conservation of the Bengal slow loris in Assam and Meghalaya, northeastern India. Technical Report 1-04, Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation Group, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India [pdf]

Sinha A. 2001. The monkey in the town's commons: A natural history of the Indian bonnet macaque. NIAS Report R 2-01, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India [pdf]

Ram S and Sinha A. 1999. Behavioural strategies adopted by wild bonnet macaques during natural foraging and provisioning. NIAS Report R 1-99, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

Current Projects/Consultancies

Social organisation and social relationships in wild bonnet and rhesus macaques, western and southern India
Demography, ecology and social evolution in wild bonnet macaques, Bandipur National Park-Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India
Communication and cognition in wild bonnet macaques, Bandipur National Park-Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India
Ecology, behaviour and conservation of macaques in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India
Ecology, molecular genetics and conservation of the lion-tailed macaque in Karnataka, southern India
Molecular genetics of the Arunachal macaque, bonnet macaque and the sinica group of macaques
Distribution and conservation status of the slender loris in the Eastern and Western Ghats, southeastern and southwestern India
Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the White-bellied shortwing in the Western Ghats, southwestern India
Ecology, behaviour and conservation of flying squirrels in the Western Ghats, southwestern India
Indo-Sri Lankan Collaborative Programme on Primate Research, Conservation and Education (with Sindhu Radhakrishna)

Programmes Currently Coordinated in NIAS

NIAS Course on An Integrated Approach to Knowledge and Information for University and College Teachers (with B K Anitha)

Programmes Currently Coordinated outside NIAS

Postgraduate Program in Wildlife Biology and Conservation, conducted in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society - India Program, Bangalore, the National Centre for Biological Studies, Bangalore, and Manipal University

Recent Lectures

What makes a species a species? Insights from the Arunachal macaque, a newly-discovered primate from northeastern India
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India; March 6, 2007

Monkeys of the deep forest: A new macaque from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; December 6, 2006

How monkeys see the world: The search for an animal mind
Thursday Colloquium, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India; November 30, 2006

Of monkeys, men and morals: Studying primates in India
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India; November 1, 2006

Social cognition in primates: Distributed cognition
Indo-German Lecture Workshop on Behavioural Neurobiology
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India; September 22, 2006

Social cognition in primates: Mental representation
Indo-German Lecture Workshop on Behavioural Neurobiology
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India; September 21, 2006

Of memes and macaques: Phenotypic flexibility, behavioural traditions and cultural evolution among wild bonnet macaques
International Primatological Congress, Entebbe, Uganda; June 29, 2006