Amira Sophia SP, Masters's student at AVC Mayiladuthurai College, submits her Master's thesis titled "A study on the acoustics of Malabar giant squirrel, Ratufa indica, in Kodaikanal".

CitSci India 2020 virtual conference, where the lab presents two posters - one on Squirrels (Bishwarup, Senan, Swati, Aravind) and one on Moths (Harsha, Suyash, Senan, Viral). Nandini is on the Steering Committee of the event and co-author on a poster with researchers from SACON.

Swati Udayraj, a PhD student at the Sciurid Lab, successfully defends her PhD dissertation titled "Understanding squirrel distribution in response to anthropogenic change in South Asia".

Read our collaborative paper on sustainable food production in Andhra Pradesh, published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems "Integrated land systems for sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation in the semi-arid to moist tropics: stakeholder perspectives from Andhra Pradesh, India"

Kavitha Unni, BSMS student at IISER Tirupati, defends her Masters thesis titled "Understanding patterns of sympatry and resource partitioning in mesocarnivores", a collaborative project with Dr Shomita Mukherjee, SACON-WII.

Nandini is an invited panellist at the Arctic Circle India Forum Meeting, 3- 4 May 2025, New Delhi, where she talks about our work on small mammals in the trans-Himalaya.

Nandini is an invited speaker at the Healing Earth 5.0 conference hosted by Ashoka University, New Delhi, between 7-8 May 2025, where she talks about how small mammals adapt to their environments.

Shreya Peter, Masters student from MIT Pune, submits her thesis. She worked with the Sciurid Lab on palm squirrel feeding habits.

Aritra Bhattacharya, Masters student from Pondicherry University, submits and defends his thesis. He worked with the Sciurid Lab on palm squirrel nesting habits across elevations.

Nandini is an invited speaker at the Genome Informatics Across Scales Conference at NCBS-TIFR, between 23rd – 26th April, 2025.

Nandini is a panelist at the India Science Fest 2025, held at Ferguson College, Pune.

Manzoor Dar successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled "Assessment of species diversity, functional traits, and dietary signatures of plants in relation to feeding ecology of critically endangered Cervus hanglu hanglu (Hangul) in Dachigam National Park" at the University of Kashmir. Manzoor was co-advised by Prof Manzoor Shah (University of Kashmir) and Nandini.

The Sciurid Lab wishes you a year of small mammals and adventure!

Nivetha Murugesan defends her dissertation titled "Evolution of color and pattern traits in squirrels: an integrative approach".

Harsha Kumar defends his dissertation titled "Adaptations of pikas to alpine stressors of the Tibetan Marginal Mountains".

Our paper on haying behaviour in pikas is published in the Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmamma...

The lab attends IWEC 2024, where multiple people present their work. IISER Tirupati researchers and alumni represent! More here https://x.com/swatiudayraj/sta...

Mingyur Rigzen's article on conserving glaciers in Ladakh titled "Melting Glaciers And Human Adaptability" is published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 42 No. 6, June 2022. https://sanctuarynaturefoundat...

Rithika S, MSc Ecology student at Pondicherry University, defends her Master's thesis titled "A study on the usage of a citizen science platform as a tool for biodiversity analysis across the urban-rural gradient of Tirupati".

Harsha Jagadeesh, BSMS IISER Tirupati, submits her Master's thesis titled " A study on camouflage-influenced behavioural decisions in Funambulus palmarum".

Keerthi O., BSMS IISER Tirupati, submits her Master's thesis titled "Coat colouration and camouflage advantages in giant squirrels in the genus Ratufa".

Mrugank Dake, BSMS IISER Tirupati, submits his Master's thesis titled "Statistical and machine learning approaches to squirrel acoustics".

Anushesh Nigam, BSMS IISER Tirupati, submits his Master's thesis titled "Macronutrient analysis of three-striped palm squirrel's diet".

Shijisha AC, BSMS IISER Tirupati, submits her Masters thesis titled "Evolution of coat colour variation in palm squirrels: An image analysis of museum specimens".

Pranav Unnikrishnan, BSMS IISER Tirupati, submits his Masters thesis titled "Explaining the evolution of colour & patterns in squirrels using meta-analyses and experimental approaches".

Athira Aravind, Masters student at Mar Athanasios College For Advanced Studies, submits her Master's thesis titled "Amplification and Sequence Analysis of Nuclear gene (EMB) of Indian Euphorbia species".

Evolution 2019 meeting (ASN/SSB/SSE) at Providence, RI, USA. Talk (Nandini) and poster (Harsha).

Athira Aravind, Master's student at Mar Athanasios College For Advanced Studies, submits her Masters thesis titled "Amplification and Sequence Analysis of Nuclear gene (EMB) of Indian Euphorbia species"

Dhanesh P, Master's student at AVC College Mayiladuthurai, submits his Master's thesis titled "Nest site selection in Funambulus palmarum."