Publications

	R Srikanth, A V Krishnan co-authored Transition plan for thermal power plants NIAS Policy Brief No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/PB/17/2020
	R Srikanth, Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha co-authored Sustainable coal mining – stakeholder consultation workshop
	Anindya Sinha co-authored Professor, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme Macaca munzala. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T136569A17948833.
	V V Binoy To kill or not to kill?: Factors related to people’s support of lethal and non-lethal strategies for managing monkeys in India https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10871209.2020.1856453 Co-Authored with Sindhu Radhakrishna, Paula A Pebsworth, Rupesh Gawde, Massimo Bardi. Human Dimensions of Wildlife: An International Journal 26(6): 541-558
	Sindhu Radhakrishna, V V Binoy co-authored Sindhu Radhakrishna is Professor and Head; V V Binoy is Associate Professor, Animal Behaviour and Cognition Programme To kill or not to kill?: factors related to people’s support of lethal and non-lethal strategies for managing monkeys in India https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10871209.2020.1856453?journalCode=uhdw20 Human Dimensions of Wildlife, December 2020 This study investigated factors related to people’s choice of conflict mitigation strategies against commensal monkey species in two regions in india.
	Soumya Deep Das, R Srikanth Soumya Deep Das is Doctoral Student; R Srikanth is Professor and Head, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Programme Viability of power distribution in India – Challenges and Way Forward https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111882 Energy Policy, December 2020 Power distribution companies (DISCOMs) in India are experiencing financial stress. The high cost of power procurement is one of the key reasons for this financial stress. This is mainly due to a fragmented approach to power sector reforms. The authors offer insights and propose recommendations to address this situation.
	Janaki Balakrishnan co-authored Burst mechanisms and burst synchronization in a system of coupled type-I and type-II neurons https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1007570420302239?via%3Dihub= Co-authored with Sadhitro De. Commun Nonlinear Sci Numer Simulat 90, 105391 (2020)
	V V Binoy co-authored Social decision making is influenced by size of shoal but not boldness, sociability or familiarity in Deccan mahseer (Tor khudree) https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2020.1838244 Co-Authored with Vishwanath Varma, Abhishek Singh, Jintu Vijayan. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 53(5-6):231-250. Many piscine species form fission-fusion societies where decisions to leave or join a shoal are influenced by factors such as shoal size, familiarity and species. Individuals exhibit distinct shoaling preferences based on behavioural traits such as boldness and sociability. In this study, we examined the link between shoaling decisions and behavioural traits in a hatchery reared population of an endangered megafish, the Deccan mahseer (Tor khudree). We found that this fish exhibits preference for larger shoals when presented with choices of 2 vs 4 and 2 vs 8 shoal sizes. However, no preference for isolated familiar or unfamiliar conspecifics over invasive heterospecifics was observed. Moreover, individual shoaling preferences did not correlate with their boldness or sociability. These results suggest that juvenile hatchery reared mahseers reintroduced into natural habitats may shoal with invasive species and modifying their social behaviour by amending rearing practices could improve outcomes of restocking interventions.