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.