Anindya Sinha
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PhD (TIFR, Mumbai). Joined NIAS on 15th November 1996. Dean, Academic Affairs; 18 February 2013-Current. Most significant research contribution: Was responsible for the discovery of a new species of primate, the Arunachal macaque, in northeastern India although principal contributions have been in understanding the structure and evolution of the primate mind.
Research Interest:
Dr Anindya Sinha's wide-ranging research interests are in the areas of behavioural ecology and cognitive psychology of primates, animal molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, conservation biology and the philosophy of biology. He has a master's degree in botany, a doctorate in molecular biology, and has earlier worked on the biochemical genetics of yeast, the social biology of wasps, and the classical genetics of human disease. He is also interested in biology education and popularisation of science, and has lectured extensively in a variety of educational and research institutions.
Backgrounders
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Radhakrishna, Sindhu , and Anindya Sinha. 2010. “Living with elephants: Exploring the nature and cause of human-elephant conflict in India” ed. Narendar Pani. NIAS Backgrounders on Conflict Resolution B2. http://eprints.nias.res.in/217/.
Book Chapters
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Sinha, Anindya , and Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan. 2017. “Primates in Urban Settings”. In The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, Wiley and Sons Inc, 1-8.
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Huffman, Michael A, and Anindya Sinha. 2011. “Nature and culture in the wild: Biological foundations of behavioural traditions in non-human primates”. In Nature and Culture, Nature and Culture, eds. Roddam Narasimha and Menon, Sangeetha . New Delhi: PHISPC and CSC, 367–389. http://eprints.nias.res.in/265/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2010. “Playing God or Being Human? Scientific and Ethical Perspectives in the Cloning of Human Beings”. In History of Science and Philosophy of Science: A Historical Perspective of the Evolution of Ideas in Science, History of Science and Philosophy of Science: A Historical Perspective of the Evolution of Ideas in Science, ed. Pradip Kumar Sengupta. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, 473–480. http://eprints.nias.res.in/281/.
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Mishra, Charudutt , and Anindya Sinha. 2010. “Munzalas in the mist: The discovery of the Arunachal macaque”. In Voices in the wilderness: Contemporary wildlife writings, Voices in the wilderness: Contemporary wildlife writings, ed. Prerna Singh Bindra. New Delhi: Rupa and Company, 75–82. http://eprints.nias.res.in/272/.
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Mallapur, A , Anindya Sinha, and N Waran. 2007. “A world survey of husbandry practices for Lion-tailed macaques Macaca silenus in captivity”. In International Zoo Yearbook, International Zoo Yearbook, Blackwell Synergy, 166–175. http://eprints.nias.res.in/82/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2005. “Of mice and men: Ethical issues in animal exploitation”. In Self, Society and Science: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives, Self, Society and Science: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives, ed. DP Chattopadhyay. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations. http://eprints.nias.res.in/64/.
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Singh, Mewa , and Anindya Sinha. 2004. “Life-history traits: ecological adaptations or phylogenetic relics?”. In Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization, Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization, eds. Bernard Thierry, Singh, Mewa , and Kaumanns, Werner . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 80–83. http://eprints.nias.res.in/59/.
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Radhakrishna, Sindhu , and Anindya Sinha. 2003. “Other Societies: Social Organisation and Behaviour in Primates”. In Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences, Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences, ed. John K Thomas. Irinjalakuda: Department of Zoology, Christ College, 104–117. http://eprints.nias.res.in/62/.
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Sinha, Anindya , Kakoli Mukhopadhyay, and Anirban Datta Roy. 2003. “Eka adwitiya: Evolution of unimale social organisation in bonnet macaques”. In Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India, eds. J Vanitharani, Annamalai, R , and Narayanan, M . Mundanthurai: Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College and Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, 110–115. http://eprints.nias.res.in/60/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2003. “Cognitive Ethology: A Behavioural Lens into the Primate Mind”. In Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences, Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences, ed. John K Thomas. Irinjalakuda: Department of Zoology, Christ College, 18–28. http://eprints.nias.res.in/61/.
Books
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Menon, Sangeetha , Anindya Sinha, and BV Sreekantan, eds. 2014. Interdisciplinary perspectives on consciousness and the self. New Delhi: Springer. http://eprints.nias.res.in/652/.
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Radhakrishna, Sindhu , Michael A Huffman, and Anindya Sinha, eds. 2013. 43 Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects / Series Ed. Louise Barrett The macaque connection: Cooperation and conflict between humans and macaques. New York: Springer Verlag. http://eprints.nias.res.in/337/.
Journal Articles
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Vijayakrishnan, Sreedhar , Anand Kumar Mavatur, and Anindya Sinha. 2020. “The Elephant in the Room: Methods, Challenges and Concerns in the Monitoring of Asian Elephant Populations”. Gajah 52: 39-47.
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Nautiyal, Himani , Virendra Mathur, Anindya Sinha, and Michael A Huffman. 2020. “The Banj oak Quercus leucotrichophora as a potential mitigating factor for human-langur interactions in the Garhwal Himalayas, India: People’s perceptions and ecological importance”. Global Ecology and Conservation 22(e00985). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419308625.
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Sinha, Anindya , and Maan Barua. 2020. “Nonhuman Lifeworlds in Urban India”. The Philosopher 108(1).
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Vijayakrishnan, Sreedhar , and Anindya Sinha. 2019. “Human-Captive elephant relationships in Kerala: Historical perspectives and current scenarios”. Gajah 50: 29-35. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1829/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2017. “Scio Ergo Sum: Knowledge of the Self in a Nonhuman Primate”. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 97(4): 567–582. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41745-017-0043-3.
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Barua, Mann , and Anindya Sinha. 2017. “Animating the urban: an ethological and geographical conversation”. Social & Cultural Geography . https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14649365.2017.1409908.
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Gupta, Shreejata , and Anindya Sinha. 2016. “Not here, there! Possible referential gesturing during allogrooming by wild bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata”. Animal Cognition. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-016-1012-3.
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Sharma, Narayan , Michael A Huffman, Shreejata Gupta, Himani Nautiyal, Renata Mendonc, Luca Morinof, and Anindya Sinha. 2016. “Watering holes: The use of arboreal sources of drinking water by Old World monkeys and apes”. Behavioural Processes 129: 18-26. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1146/.
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Sharma, Narayan , MD Madhusudan, and Anindya Sinha. 2012. “Socio-economic drivers of forest cover change in Assam: A historical perspective”. Economic and Political Weekly XLVII: 64–72. http://eprints.nias.res.in/352/.
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Srinivasaiah, Nishant M, Vijay D Anand, Srinivas Vaidyanathan, and Anindya Sinha. 2012. “Usual populations, unusual individuals: Insights into the behaviour and management of Asian elephants in fragmented landscapes”. PLoS One 7: e42571. http://eprints.nias.res.in/353/.
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Sharma, Narayan , MD Madhusudan, P Sarkar, M Bawri, and Anindya Sinha. 2012. “Trends in extinction and persistence of diurnal primates in the fragmented lowland rainforests of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Northeastern India”. Oryx 46: 308–311. http://eprints.nias.res.in/546/.
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Robin, VV , Madhusudan Katti, Chetana Purushotham, Aditi Sancheti, and Anindya Sinha. 2011. “Singing in the sky: song variation in an endemic bird on the sky islands of southern India”. Animal Behaviour 82: 513–520. http://eprints.nias.res.in/392/.
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Robin, VV , Anindya Sinha, and Uma Ramakrishnan. 2010. “Ancient geographical gaps and paleo-climate shape the Phylogeography of an endemic bird in the sky islands of Southern India”. PLoS One 5: e13321. http://eprints.nias.res.in/270/.
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Kumara, Honnavalli N, Mewa Singh, Shanthala Kumar, and Anindya Sinha. 2010. “Distribution, abundance, group size and demography of dark-bellied bonnet macaque Macaca radiata radiata in Karnataka, South India”. Current Science 99: 663–667. http://eprints.nias.res.in/233/.
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Radhakrishna, Sindhu , Anirban Datta-Roy, N Swapna, and Anindya Sinha. 2010. “Population survey of the Bengal slow loris, Nycticebus bengalensis in Meghalaya, northeast India”. Primate Conservation 25: 105–110. http://eprints.nias.res.in/269/.
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Chakraborty, Subhankar , Debapriyo Chakraborty, Odity Mukherjee, Sanjeev Jain, Uma Ramakrishnan, and Anindya Sinha. 2010. “Genetic Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Region and Ecological Success in Macaques”. Behavior Genetics 40: 672–679. http://eprints.nias.res.in/219/.
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Mendiratta, Uttara , Ajith Kumar, Charudutt Mishra, and Anindya Sinha. 2009. “Winter ecology of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala in Pangchen Valley, western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.”. American Journal of Primatology 71: 939–947. http://eprints.nias.res.in/152/.
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Kumara, Honnavalli N, and Anindya Sinha. 2009. “Decline of the Endangered lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus in the Western Ghats, India”. Oryx 43: 292–298. http://eprints.nias.res.in/128/.
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Chakraborty, Debapriyo , Uma Ramakrishnan, Jikom Panor, Charudutt Mishra, and Anindya Sinha. 2007. “Phylogenetic relationships and morphometric affinities of the Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala, a newly described primate from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 838–849. http://eprints.nias.res.in/85/.
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Mallapur, Avanti , Natalie Warana, and Anindya Sinha. 2007. “A note on enrichment for captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus)”. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 108: 191–195. http://eprints.nias.res.in/84/.
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Krishna, Chaitanya Y, and Anindya Sinha. 2005. “Book Review: Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church. Simon G. Southerton”. Current Science 89: 567–568. http://eprints.nias.res.in/51/.
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Kumar, Suresh R, Charudutt Mishra, and Anindya Sinha. 2005. “Discovery of the Tibetan macaque Macaca thibetana in Arunachal Pradesh, India”. Current Science 88: 1387–1388. http://eprints.nias.res.in/19/.
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Sinha, Anindya , Aparajita Datta, MD Madhusudan, and Charudutt Mishra. 2005. “Macaca munzala: a new species from Western Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern India”. International Journal of Primatology 26: 977–989. http://eprints.nias.res.in/406/.
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Ram, Sunita , Suri Venkatachalam, and Anindya Sinha. 2003. “Changing social strategies of wild female bonnet macaques during natural foraging and on provisioning”. Current Science 84: 780–790. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2003. “Book Review: Imitation in animals and artifacts by K Dautenhahn and C L Nehaniv”. Current Science 85: 523–525. http://eprints.nias.res.in/50/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2003. “A beautiful mind: Attribution and intentionality in wild bonnet macaques”. Current Science 85: 1021–1030. http://eprints.nias.res.in/3/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 2002. “Reflective consciousness and the emergence of memes: Serial evolutionary pathways?”. Journal of Biosciences 27: 637–643. http://eprints.nias.res.in/66/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 1998. “Knowledge acquired and decisions made: triadic interactions during allogrooming in wild bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 353: 619–631. http://eprints.nias.res.in/67/.
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Sinha, Anindya . 1997. “Complex tool manufacture by a wild bonnet macaque, Macaca radiata”. Folia Primatologica 68: 23–25. http://eprints.nias.res.in/63/.
Miscellaneous
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Radhakrishna, Sindhu , and Anindya Sinha. 2004. “Population Survey and Conservation of the Bengal Slow Loris in Assam and Meghalaya, Northeastern India”. http://eprints.nias.res.in/7/.
Reports
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Sinha, Anindya . 2001. R2 The Monkey in the Towns Commons: A Natural History of the Indian Bonnet Macaque. Bangalore: National Institute of Advanced Studies. http://eprints.nias.res.in/65/.