PhD student Mr. Manish Pathak (17RS049) working under the supervision of Prof. Annagiri Sumana has received the prestigious Rosemary Grant for working on the last chapter of his thesis that deals with rescue of ants trapped inside their nest! He will examine not only rescue strategies but also explore if more closely related female ants and immature individuals are preferentially rescued as they are more valuable for the colony.

This international grant from the Society for the Study of Evolution consists of $3500 and has been given to an Indian student working in India for the first time in more than one decade of its existence.