Conference Presentation

  1. Habitat Structure and Tree Search Efforts Shape Occupancy and Detection of Endangered Red Pandas in Eastern Himalayas, India, Association for the Tropical Biology Conservation (ATBC), Xishuangbanna, China 2026

  2. Baseline Red Panda Occupancy Estimates in Eastern Himalayas, India. Conservation Asia Congress, Society for Conservation Biology, Kathmandu, Nepal 2026

  3. Does the Temperature-Humidity Index serve as a reliable welfare indicator for zoo red pandas? ASAB and International Ethological Congress Behaviour 2025, Kolkata, India 2025

  4. Behaviour and Conservation of Red Pandas. ASAB-RVC Audrey Eyton Animal Cognition and Animal Welfare Workshop, Devon, UK. 2022

  5. 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

  6. Welfare status of captive red pandas. Virtual UFAW conference on Recent advances in animal behaviour science VIII. 2021

  7. Drivers of psychological stress and behavioural diversity among captive Red Panda in India. Proceedings of ATBC-Asia Pacific Sri Lanka. 2019

  8. 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

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

  2. Monitoring the species’ physiology via a non-invasive faecal sampling approach. The 7th International Conference on Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine – VEIN 2026. University of Brawijaya, Indonesia. August 27, 2026

Internship, Training and Workshop

Advanced Bio-acoustic Workshop, IISER Tirupati, India and Cornell Lab, 2-7 February 2025

Primer to Conservation Bioacoustics, IISER Tirupathi, India. 14–21 July 2024

Animal Cognition and Welfare, ASAB-RVC, UK. 20–22 September 2022

Endangered Species Management, Darjeeling Zoo, India. 19th May – 21st July 2017

Recording bat acoustic using ultrasonic detectors, Karnataka, Centre for Wildlife Studies, India. 25–29 March 2017

Bird Census, Point Calimare Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India. 18–19 January 2017

Award

  1. Alwyn Gentry Best Oral Presentation Award from Biotropica at ATBC, China. 2026

  2. Best Talk presentation, 1st Prize, SAVS Research Day, The University of Adelaide, Australia. 2024

  3. CoalitionWILD EXCELerator Award, CoalitionWILD The WILD Foundation Global. 2021

  4. Silver Medal, M.Sc. Wildlife Biology, Bharathidasan University, India. 2019

  5. Best Field Work Award, A.V.C. College, India. 2018

  6. Best Talk presentation, CSIR National Conference on Wildlife Conservation, India. 2017

Grant

  1. ATBC Travel Grant by the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Xishuangbanna, China. 2026

  2. Field Botany Course Grant by the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Xishuangbanna, China. 2026

  3. Conservation Asia Conference, Nepal, Conference registration grant by the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Asia, 2026

  4. Conservation Asia Conference, Nepal, Travel grant by the Wildlife Trust of India, India, 2026

  5. Seed collaboration grant, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, the University of Adelaide, Australia, 2025

  6. Prakriti (Nature) Research Fellowship grant, Centre for Applied Research and People’s Engagement, India, 2025

  7. Developing Nations Student Research Grant, Animal Behaviour Society, USA, 2025

  8. ESA Travel Registration Grant, Ecological Society of America, USA, 2023

  9. ASAB-RVC Workshop Grant, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, UK, 2022

  10. ABS Diversity Travel Grant, Animal Behaviour Society, USA,2022

  11. Conference Attendance Grant, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, UK, 2022

  12. Travel Grant, Student Conference on Conservation Sciences, India, 2017 & 2018

Fellwoship

HDR Fellowship, The University of Adelaide, Australia. Sept 2024 – March 2028

Global Excellence Scholarship, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, March 2024 – Feb 2026, Declined

DST Project Fellowship, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India. July 2020 – Feb 2023

UGC NET Lectureship (lifetime), University Grant Commission, Gov. of India. Dec 2019 Life Time

TWFS Fellowship, Gov. of Maharashtra, India. Aug 2011 – May 2016

LIC Golden Jubilee Fellowship, Life Insurance Corporation, India. Aug 2011 – July 2012