Publications

	R Srikanth co-authored Professor, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Programme Air quality in Bengaluru improves significantly post the lockdown https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/air-quality-in-bengaluru-improves-significantly-post-the-lockdown/article31516048.ece Co authored with V P Lavanya . The Hindu Business Line
	Anindya Sinha, Sayan Banerjee co-authored Anindya Sinha is Professor; Sayan Banerjee is PhD Scholar, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme ‘The devil is in the detail’: Peer-review of the wildlife conservation plan by the Wildlife Institute of India for the Etalin hydropower project, Dibang valley. https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/issue/view/540/showToc Zoo’s Print, May 2020 This report was prepared in response to the Forest Advisory Committee’s (FAC) recommendation to conduct “a multiple seasonal replicate study on biodiversity assessment” of the 3097 MW Etalin Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The review has found that the study was conducted in under five five months from February to June 2018 and cannot be considered as a ‘multiple seasonal replicate’ study as it does not represent three seasons in Arunachal Pradesh.
	Rudrodip Majumdar co-authored Assistant Professor, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Programme Novel Dimension Scaling for Optimal Mass Flow Rate Estimation in Low-Temperature Flat Plate Solar Collector based on Thermal Performance https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2451904920300871 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, May 2020 In this study, a simplified energy equations-based dynamic model is used to develop working relationships for calculating the collector dimensions and the optimum heat transfer fluid (HTF) mass flow rate for achieving a predefined thermal efficiency. The computational results for the geometrical configuration corresponding to an average DNI, calculated from actual solar radiation data, indicate that to achieve a fixed temperature and a collector efficiency, the required HTF mass flow rate increases with an increasing level of solar radiation.
	V V Binoy co-authored Associate Professor, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme The Bold are the Sociable’: Personality traits and laterality in an indigenous megafish, the Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-020-00744-8#:~:text=The%20present%20study%20explored%20the,of%20central%20and%20southern%20India. Co-Authored with Vishwanath Varma, Harsh Vasoya, Anushka Jain. Ichthyological Research 67: 483–492 The present study explored the relationships between the personality traits boldness, activity, exploration, and sociability, and lateralized utilisation of brain hemispheres in the hatchery-reared juveniles of Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree), an endangered megafish inhabiting the rivers of central and southern India.
	Sindhu Radhakrishna co-authored Professor and Head, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme Using conditioned taste aversion to reduce human-nonhuman primate conflict: A comparison of four potentially illness-inducing drugs https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016815912030023X?casa= Applied Animal Behaviour Science, April 2020 This study deals with human-wildlife conflict in the form of crop-and livestockdepredation and exploits Conditioned Taste Aversion (CTA) strategy, a non-lethal and effective method to control crop damage caused by vertebrate pests, to reduce crop damage.
	R Srikanth co-authored Professor, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Programme A jolt to National Energy Security https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-jolt-to-national-energy-security/article31617586.ece Co- authored with Sudha Mahalingam and Tejal Kanitkar . The Hindu
	Sindhu Radhakrishna co-authored Professor and Head, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme Is human–rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) conflict in India a case of human–human conflict? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13280-020-01324-w Ambio, March 2020 The authors have studied the attitudes and perceptions of forest department personnel regarding the management of human-rhesus macaque conflict (HRMC) in Himachal Pradesh, northern India.
	Anindya Sinha co-authored Professor, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme Elephants on the Move: Implications for Human–Elephant Interactions https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003216612-10/elephants-move-nishant-srinivasaiah-srinivas-vaidyanathan-raman-sukumar-anindya-… India International Centre (IIC) Quarterly, 2020 In this chapter, using empirical data, the authors assess the behavioural adaptability of elephants, as determined by their innate biological variables, such as age, sex and grouping patterns at the population level. They also discuss the impacts of global climatic changes on the behaviour and distribution of Asian elephants, as evidenced through studies conducted on these aspects.