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Talks and Posters

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

2023 #

  • Adhithi Balaji, Rakesh Muni, Shivani Jadega & Nandini Rajamani. To eat or not to eat: How three-striped palm squirrels (Funambulus palmarum) respond to novel food setups and items across urban and rural areas. Poster at the 14ᵗʰ Students Conference for Conservation Science, Coimbatore, 09-12 October 2023.

  • Kavitha Unni K K, Swati Udayraj, Deval Kadam, Senan D’Souza, Jehan Bhujwala, Shomita Mukherjee & Nandini Rajamani. Co-occurrence of sympatric carnivores across a matrix of habitat types. Poster at the 14ᵗʰ Students Conference for Conservation Science, Coimbatore, 09-12 October 2023.

  • Manzoor Dar, Harsha Kumar, Nandini Rajamani, & Manzoor Shah. Phytoliths reveal diet of the critically endangered Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu) in Kashmir. Talk at the 59ᵗʰ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Jeevan X Kodiyan, Prachi Thatte, Abi Tamim Vanak, Harsha Kumar, Uma Ramakrishnan, Shomita Mukherjee, & Nandini Rajamani. Comparative study of Jungle cat (Felis chaus) diet and habitat characteristics in Central India. Talk at the 59ᵗʰ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Kavitha Unni K K, Swati Udayraj, Deval Kadam, Senan D’Souza, Jehan Bhujwala, Shomita Mukherjee & Nandini Rajamani. Co-occurrence of sympatric carnivores across a matrix of habitat types. Poster at the 59ᵗʰ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Swati Udayraj, Aravind P S, Senan D’Souza, Rakesh Muni, Anupama M, Rithika S, Debarpita Das, H S Sushma & Nandini Rajamani. Investigating the impacts of urbanisation on the three-striped palm squirrel across a forest-to-urban gradient. Talk at the 59ᵗʰ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Aravind P S, Dhanesh P, Senan D'Souza & Nandini Rajamani. Nesting behaviour of a commensal squirrel in a highly modified landscape of the Western Ghats. Speed talk at the 59ᵗʰ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Rakesh Kumar Muni, Swati Udayraj, Aravind P S, Senan D'Souza & Nandini Rajamani. Understanding niche use and character displacement in closely related palm squirrel species in allopatry and sympatry. Poster at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Nivetha M, Senan D'Souza, Shijisha AC, Russel Ligon and R Nandini. Evidence for multi-functional selection of coat color and pattern in palm squirrels. Talk at the 59th annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Coimbatore, 02-06 July 2023.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Morphology and behavior allow predator avoidance in palm squirrels. Understanding Behaviour, IISER Kolkata. 27-30 June, 2023.

  • Swati Udayraj, Aravind P S, Senan D’Souza, Rakesh Muni, Anupama M, Rithika S, Debarpita Das, H S Sushma & Nandini Rajamani. Occupancy and abundance of the three-striped palm squirrel across an urbanisation gradient in a rapidly developing city in southern India. Poster at the 4th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Evolutionary Biology, Ahmedabad University, 9-11 February 2023.

  • Nivetha M, Senan D'Souza, Shijisha AC, Russel Ligon and R Nandini. Multi-functional evolution of palm squirrel coat color and pattern. Talk at the 4th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Evolutionary Biology, Ahmedabad University, 9-11 February 2023.

  • Harsha Kumar, Senan D'Souza & Nandini Rajamani. Evolution of lifestyle and associated behavioural traits in Lagomorphs. Poster at the 4th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Evolutionary Biology, Ahmedabad University, 9-11 February 2023.

2022 #

2021 #

  • Nandini Rajamani and Smrithi Haricharan. How to read a scientific paper. Invited lecture at Cotton University. 22nd June 2021.

  • Shomita Mukherjee and Nandini Rajamani. Role of small/medium-sized carnivores in tropical ecosystems. Expert talk at Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: 75 years of India’s Independence. Central Zoo Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. 18th June 2021.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Panelist in TED Circles TEDxPESU event: Appreciating Earth. 19th April 2021.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Indian giant squirrel Ratufa indica. Expert talk at Bharat Ka Amrut Mohatsav: Commemoration of 75 years of India’s Independence; Theme: Conservation to Coexistence. Central Zoo Authority, 31st March 2021.

  • Nandini Rajamani. How do small mammals adapt to change? Wildlife Week Celebrations, Pondicherry University. 21st - 22nd March 2021.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Evolutionary adaptations and responses to rapidly changing scenarios. Resource Person talk: Refresher Course in Life Sciences at S V University UGC - HRDC, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati. 26th February 2021.

2020 #

  • R Brawin Kumar. Bat Watching. Crow Nest Monthly Biodiversity talk series, Chennai. 26th December 2020.

  • Harsha Kumar. The fascinating world of butterfly behaviour. Karnataka Butterfly Festival. 13th November 2020.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Modeling palm squirrel distributions with crowdsourced and traditional data sources. Invited talk Cataloging and Mapping Life of India: Biodiversity informatics in India. Tenth Webinar of Biodiversity Conversations, organised by Biodiversity Collaborative, India. 19th October 2020

  • R Brawin Kumar. Conservation of Indian Biodiversity. Wildlife Week celebration 2020 at Department of Zoology, Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous) Erode, Tamil Nadu. 8th October 2020

  • Harsha Kumar, Senan D'Souza, Suyash Sawant, Viral Joshi and Nandini Rajamani. Influence of citizen science drives in documenting moth diversity of India. CitSci India 2020. 30th September 2020.

  • Bishwarup Paul, Senan D’Souza, Swati Udayraj, Aravind P S and Nandini Rajamani. Modelling palm squirrel distributions with citizen science, social media, and traditional data sources. CitSci India 2020. 28th September 2020.

  • Bishwarup Paul & Sumana Annagiri. Investigating break-ins: Intraspecific brood theft in a tropical ant. Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference. 20th-21st August 2020.

  • Bishwarup Paul & Sumana Annagiri. Investigating break-ins: Intraspecific brood theft in a tropical ant. 57th Annual Conference of the Animal Behaviour Society (Virtual). 30th July- 3rd August 2020.

  • R Brawin Kumar. Human elephant co-existence. Monthly Talk series of Salem Nature Society. 19th July 2020.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Understanding evolution and behaviour of squirrels in India. Humes Cafe Scientifique, Wayanad, Kerala. 16th July 2020.

  • R Brawin Kumar. Small mammals of Tamil Nadu – an Introduction. Weekly Bio Meeting at Podhigai Charal. 7th July 2020.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Adaptations of small mammals to cold in the Himalayas. Invited talk at the Annual Talks of the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. 23rd June 2020.
    R Brawin Kumar. Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation in Western Ghats. World Environment Day 2020 celebrations at Pasumpon Thiru Muthuramalinga Thevar Memorial College, Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu. 10th June 2020.

  • Swati Udayraj. Panelist in The call of the forest organised by SQIL on International Forest Day. 21st March 2020.

  • Nivetha M, Suyash S, Amira S, Shijisha AC and R Nandini. Evolution and significance of signaling traits in squirrels. IISER Tirupati Bio Day. 7th March 2020.

  • Senan D'Souza, Harsha Kumar and R Nandini. Adaptations of small mammals to cold in the Trans-Himalayas. IISER Tirupati Bio Day. 7th March 2020.

  • Nandini Rajamani. How do small mammals adapt to change? Invited talk at Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, 21st February 2020.

2019 #

  • Nandini Rajamani. Evolutionary adaptations and responses to rapidly changing scenarios. Teacher Training Program, Sree Venkateshwara University. 11th December 2019.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Birds - some natural history, behaviour and adaptations (high mountains & peninsular India). National Symposium on Avian Biology, Tirupati. 10th December 2019.

  • Harsha Kumar and Nandini, R. Evolution of mouth markings in Estrildid finches in the light of competition and brood parasitism. National Symposium of Avian Biology, IISER Tirupati. 8th December 2019.

  • Nivetha Murugesan, Viral Joshi and R. Nandini. Vocalization interaction between squirrel and bird communities: habitat selection, niche filling or camouflage? National Symposium of Avian Biology, IISER Tirupati. 8th December 2019.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Evolutionary adaptations and responses to rapidly changing scenarios. Invited lecture in Topics in Biology 2019: Evolution and Ecology. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. 21st November 2019.

  • Harsha Kumar and Nandini Rajamani. Evolution of burrowing and associated behavioral traits in Lagomorphs. Evolution 2019, Providence, RI, USA. 21st-25th June 2019.

  • Senan D'Souza, Swati Udayraj and Nandini Rajamani. Understanding species limits and genetic connectivity, and modelling range shifts of marmots in the Indian Trans-Himalayas. Evolution 2019, Providence, RI, USA. 21st-25th June 2019.

  • Nandini Rajamani. Small mammals in the Trans-Himalayan landscape and climate change. Invited talk at IIT Tirupati, 3rd April 2019.

  • Nivetha Murugesan, Aravind PS and Nandini Rajamani. Acoustic signals of species recognition in palm squirrels. Bioacoustics meeting, IISER. 14 March 2019.

2018 #

2017 #

  • Nandini Rajamani. Distribution and occurrence of marmots in the Trans-Himalayan regions of Kashmir and Ladakh. National Seminar on Himalayan Biodiversity: Characterization and bioprospection for sustainable utilization, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. August 2017.