Conference Presentation

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. 2021

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

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

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

Best Talk presentation, 1st Prize, SAVS 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. 2019

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

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

Grant

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

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

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

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, 2022

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

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