Funding
Funding
Awardee : Dishari Dasgupta. Topic - Intentional gestural communication in free-ranging Hanuman Langurs (2024). Amount : 1500 USD
Awardee : Rohan Sarkar. Topic - Hearing their humans: Understanding the role of auditory cues and their capability of free-ranging dogs in interspecific individual recognition using artificial agents (2022). Amount: 1500 USD
Awardee : Rohan Sarkar. Topic - Understanding the role of human facial features in individual recognition by free-ranging dogs. Amount: 1500 USD. Year : 2021
Awardee: Sourabh Biswas. Topic -The role of scent marking and urinary volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in maintaining the social structure and territory in Indian free-ranging dogs. Amount: 1900 USD. Year: 2023
The other side of street life in free-ranging dogs (FRD) in India : An exploration of adoption predictors,practices and perspectives on FRD in shelters and homes (2021). Waltham Foundation Grant, UK, GBP 22,554. (Co-PI: Dr. Rubina Mondal)
Nature versus Nurture: Exploring behavioural syndromes in free-ranging dogs(2021). Janaki Ammal National Women Bioscientist Award (Young),DBT, Rs.25,00,000/-
Science Communication for Scientists – A workshop funded by the Karyashala Scheme (December 2020), SERB, DST, Rs.5,00,000/-
Understanding Behaviour 2019 Conference School workshop (12 January 2019). Funded by GYA, € 500/-.
ESEB Outreach grant: Ambassadors of Evolution workshop. September 2016-September 2017, € 1000/-.
FAST TRACK scheme
Parental care and social dynamics in free-ranging dogs in India. Funded by DST under the FASTTRACK scheme, August 2013 – August 2016, ₹ 14,00,000/-.
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Understanding Behaviour 2019 Conference (11-13 January 2019). Funded by SERB, DST, ₹ 2,50,000/-.
Social tendencies of free-ranging dogs in different human habitats – Testing the domestication hypothesis. Funded by SERB, DST. 30th March 2017, duration 3 years, ₹ 40,68,600/-.
Mating dynamics, territoriality and social organization in the Indian free-ranging dog, Canis lupus familiaris. Funded by SERB, DST, under the Women Excellence award scheme, September 2013 – September 2016, ₹ 18,00,000/-.
Understanding aggression and its correlates in the Indian feral dog Canis familiaris. Funded by INSA, June 2010 – June 2013, ₹ 1,80,000/-.
Behavioural Ecology of the Indian Stray Dog Canis familiaris. Funded by CSIR, India, April 2010 – September 2013, ₹ 22,02,000/-