Picture in the middle: (C) Times of India

Congratulations to Professor Raghavendra Gadagkar on being awarded the Cross of Order of the Merit, Germany’s highest civilian honour. The award was presented to him by the Consul-General of Germany, Mr. Joern Rohde in Bengaluru on 7th August 2015. The award was bestowed upon him in recognition of his important scientific contributions in the field of behavioural ecology and sociobiology and his efforts at strengthening Indo-German research collaboration and intellectual exchange.

Image caption: Mixed flock illustration on the left (credit: Rangu Narayan) and Dr Hari Sridhar on the right.

Congratulations Hari!

Dr. Hari Sridhar, a recent PhD student of Dr. Kartik Shanker from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, has been awarded two prestigious awards for his doctoral thesis work.

Congratulations to Rittik Deb, a PhD student at Prof.Rohini Balakrishnan's Lab for winning the Commended Poster Award of Commonwealth Science Conference 2014