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Mr. Rohan Sarkar, PhD student at The Dog Lab, DBS, has been awarded First Prize for poster presentation at the ISAZ 2023 conference
Mr. Rohan Sarkar, PhD student at The Dog Lab, DBS, has been awarded First Prize for poster presentation at the ISAZ 2023 conference held at the University of Edinburgh during 11-14 June 2023. Rohan also received a students’ travel grant from ISAZ and a SERB travel grant to attend the conference.
PhD student of DBS working with Prof. Sumana Annagiri have received Student Research Grants for 2023
PhD student of DBS working with Prof. Sumana Annagiri have received Student Research Grants for 2023, from the Animal Behaviour Society.
* Mr. Manish Kumar Pathak – $1500, Topic – Examination of how ants rescue nestmates when they face an “Earthquake” and if they show any preferential rescue towards some of their nestmates as compared to others.
* Ms. Anwesha Acharjee – $1995, David Tuber Applied Animal Behaviour award, Topic – Impact of pesticides on the memory of a non-target tropical ant.
* Mr. Subhasis Halder – $2000, Physiochemical mechanisms of queen control via a novel fertility signal in an ant.
PhD students of DBS have been selected for the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) in this cycle
PhD students of DBS have been selected for the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) in this cycle. Their names along with the names of their supervisors are given below.
Eshika Halder (Supervisor – Prof. Annagiri Sumana)
Sauratej Sengupta (Supervisor – Prof. Supratim Datta)