Conference Presentations

Behaviour and Conservation of Red Pandas. ASAB-RVC Audrey Eyton Animal Cognition and Animal Welfare Workshop, Devon, UK.

2022

Predictors of adrenal and gonadal Hormones in relation to biological and management factors among captive Red Pandas in Indian zoos. ADVETCON CSIR-CCMB Hyderabad India

2021

Welfare status of captive red pandas. Virtual UFAW conference on Recent advances in animal behaviour science VIII.

Drivers of psychological stress and behavioural diversity among captive Red Panda in India. Proceedings of ATBC-Asia Pacific Sri Lanka.

2019

2021

Drivers of psychological stress and behavioural diversity among captive Red Panda in India. Student Conference of Conservation Sciences (SCCS), IISC Bangalore India.

2018

Invited Talk: Red Panda – Behavioural Aspects and Conservation. MVR Snake Park and Zoo Parassinikadavu, Kerala, India. International Red Panda Day, 18th Sept 2021

2021

Awards

Best Talk presentation, 1st Prize, S Research Day, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

2024

CoalitionWILD EXCELerator Award, CoalitionWILD The WILD Foundation Global.

2021

Silver Medal, M.Sc. Wildlife Biology, Bharathidasan University, India.

Best Field Work Award, A.V.C. College, India.

2018

2019

2017

Best Talk presentation, CSIR National Conference on Wildlife Conservation, India.

Grants

ESA Travel Registration Grant, Ecological Society of America, USA.

2023

ASAB-RVC Workshop Grant, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, UK.

2022

ABS Diversity Travel Grant, Animal Behaviour Society, USA.

Conference Attendance Grant, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, UK.

2022

2022

2017 & 2018

Travel Grant, Student Conference on Conservation Sciences, India.

Fellwoships

HDR UARS Fellow, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

Sept 2024 – March 2028

Global Excellence Scholarship, University of Exeter , United Kingdom

March 2024 – Declined

DST Project Fellow, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India.

July 2022 – Feb 2023

UGC NET Lectureship (lifetime), University Grant Commission, Gov. of India.

TWFS Fellow, Gov. of Maharashtra, India.

Aug 2011 – May 2016

Dec 2019

LIC Golden Jubilee Fellow, Life Insurance Corporation, India.

Aug 2011 – July 2012

Internship, Training and Workshops

Primer to Conservation Bioacoustics, IISER Tirupathi, India.

14th July – 21st July 2024

Animal Cognition and Welfare, ASAB-RVC, UK.

20th – 22nd Sept 2022

Endangered Species Management, Darjeeling Zoo, India.

Recording bat acoustic using ultrasonic detectors, Karnataka, India.

25th – 29th March 2017

19th May – 21st July 2017

Bird Census, Point Calimare Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India.

18th – 19th Jan 2017