Varghese, T.A., Jindal, T., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2025) Oligocene migration and Miocene origin of subterranean eel loaches (Teleostei: Cobitidae) of Southern India. A poster presented at the EMBO Biology Across Scales symposium organized by Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, on 8th March 2025.
Parija, M., Patra, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2024) Statistical patterns in the distribution of transposable elements in Teleost genome. Oral presentation at the 1st virtual symposium organized by the Molecular Phylogenetic lab of the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of the Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona, Italy) on 26th of June, 2024. [Prize for best oral presentation]
Patra, S., Parija, M. & Dahanukar, N. (2024) Statistical patterns in the distribution of transposons in the fish genomes. In: Abstract Book, Genomics India Conference, hosted by Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR and powered by Genotypic India, 1-3 Feb 2024. p. 118.
Ghose, D., Saha. S., Gupta, E., Parija, M., Galande, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2024) Genomic insights into evolutionary adaptations to brood parasitism in Koel: preliminary observations from comparative mitogenomics. In: Abstract Book, Genomics India Conference, hosted by Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR and powered by Genotypic India, 1-3 Feb 2024. pp. 94–95.
Sidharthan, A., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2024) Decoding the mitogenome of Travancoria elongata, an endemic and threatened mountain loach from the Western Ghats. In: Abstract Book, Genomics India Conference, hosted by Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR and powered by Genotypic India, 1-3 Feb 2024. pp. 89–90.
Varghese, T.A., Sundar, R.L., Sidharthan, A., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2024) Comparative mitogenomics of subterranean loach, Pangio bhujia, provide insights into its phylogenetic position and molecular selection. In: Abstract Book, Genomics India Conference, hosted by Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR and powered by Genotypic India, 1-3 Feb 2024. pp. 87–88.
Parija, M. & Dahanukar, N. (2022) Evolutionary dynamics of transposon domestication. Poster presented at the SMBE Everywhere Global Symposium (Genetics of Adaptation:GS6) organized by SMBE and NCBS Bangalore on 22nd November 2022.
Jindal, T., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2022) Molecular evolutionary analysis of subterranean loach Pangio bhujia endemic to southern India. Poster presented at the SMBE Everywhere Global Symposium (Genetics of Adaptation:GS6) organized by SMBE and NCBS Bangalore on 22nd November 2022.
Dahanukar, N. (2019) Maharashtra Gene Bank Programme: model system for aquatic conservation in India. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 35.
Raghavan, R., Katwate, U. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Taxonomy and conservation of cryptic cyprinids in the Western Ghats of India. Frontiers in Marine Science Conference Abstract: XVI European Congress of Ichthyology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2 Sep - 6 Sep, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.07.00130
Keskar-Sardeshmukh, A., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Cryptic speciation and conservation of evolutionarily distinct lineages: a case study of hillstream loach Indoreonectes evezardi. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 52.
Katwate, U., Dahanukar, N. & Raghavan, R. (2019) Meaningful conservation needs taxonomy: a case study of cryptic cyprinids from the Western Ghats of India. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 53.
Verma, C., Kumkar, P., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Osteological diversification in the freshwater fish family Danionidae. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 62.
Kumkar, P., Verma, C., Paingankar, M., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Genetic barcode library for freshwater fishes of Maharashtra state. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 63.
Kulkarni, A., Vijayan, S., Shigwan, B. K., Dahanukar, N., Padhye, S. & Datar, M. N. (2019) Do physico-chemical properties of water determine the plant species composition in rock pools? A case study from rock outcrops of Northern Western Ghats. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 75.
Paingankar, M.S., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Environmental determinants of freshwater fish diversity in arid regions of central India. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 77.
Sidharthan, A., Dahanukar, N. & Raghavan, R. (2019) The leap! Natural riverine barriers and the molecular ecology of hillstream loaches in the Western Ghats Hotspot. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 78.
Pise, M., Verma, C., Kumkar, P. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Evolution of adhesive structure in altitudinal migrant loach Indoreonectes evezardi (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 79.
Baig, U., Pund, A., Vidwans, H., Dahanukar, N. & Watve, M. (2019) Inventory and bio-prospecting of marine sponges and associated microorganisms of the Maharashtra Coast. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 92.
Baig, U., Dahanukar, N., Shintre, N., Holkar, K., Pund, A., Lele, U., Gujarathi, T., Patel, K., Jakati, A., Singh, R., Vidwans, H., Deshpande, N. & Watve, M. (2019) Phylogenetic diversity and activity screening of cultivable actinobacteria isolated from marine sponges and associated environments from the western coast of India. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 93.
Pund, A., Baig, B., Dahanukar, N. & Watve, M. (2019) Predatory activity of Streptomyces atrovirens: Potential for discovering novel secondary metabolites and new ecological interactions. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, on 20th and 21st December 2019. p. 94.
Dahanukar, N. (2015) Molecular systematics of freshwater fishes with special reference to the Western Ghats. In: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Modern Trends in Molecular Systematics, Organized by The Research and Postgraduate Department of Zoology, St. Thomas’ College, Trissure, Kerala, 10th – 11th September, 2015.
Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2015) Assessing inland fisheries in remote forest streams: evaluation of participatory approaches in the Western Ghats freshwater ecoregion, India. In: Global Conference on Inland Fisheries on ‘Freshwater, fish, and the future: cross-sectoral approaches to sustain livelihoods, food security, and aquatic ecosystems; organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 26–28 January 2015.
Padhye, A., Modak, N. & Dahanukar, N. (2015) Preliminary observations on vicariance of the genus Indirana in northern Western Ghats. In: 18th European Congress of Herpetology (SEH 2015). Wroclaw, Poland, September 11,2015.
Modak, N., Dahanukar, N. & Padhye, A. (2015) Niche based distribution of two leaping frogs, Indirana chiravasi and I. leithii, endemic to northern Western Ghats of India. In: 18th European Congress of Herpetology (SEH 2015). Wroclaw, Poland, September 11,2015.
Dahanukar, N. (2014) Need for integrative taxonomy in India. In: Third Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2014), School of Public Health SRM University, Chennai, 18-20 December 2014, Pp. 6.
Kumkar. P., Keskar, A., Padhye, A.D. & Dahanukar, N. (2014) Diversity and distribution of hillstream loaches (Teleostei: Balitoridae, Nemacheilidae) in the northern Western Ghats of India. In: Third Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2014), School of Public Health SRM University, Chennai, 18-20 December 2014, Pp. 94.
Modak, N., Padhye, A.D. & Dahanukar, N. (2014) Diversity and distribution of the leaping frogs (Ranixalidae: Indirana) in the northern Western Ghats of India. In: Third Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2014), School of Public Health SRM University, Chennai, 18-20 December 2014, Pp. 43.
Krutha, K., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S. (2013) Chytrid fungal disease of amphibians: A new fuel to the fire of Indian Amphibian Conservation? In: Student Conference on Conservation Science, 25 - 28 September, 2013, Bangalore.
Dahanukar, N. (2012) Sociobiology of conflict resolution among genes and genomes.In: 4th Young Investigator’s Meet, Lonawala, 8-11 Jan 2012.
Pande, S., Pawashe, A., Mahajan, M.N., Deshpande, P., Dahanukar, N., Khatavkar, S. & Patil, R. (2012) Habitat and food niche overlap and partitioning in five species of owls from western Maharashtra, India. In: Proceedings of 7th ARRCN Symposium on Migratory Birds, 13-16 January 2012, South Korea, pp. 93.
Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S. (2012) The status and conservation of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats Hotspot. In: Symposium on Global Challenges in Caring for and Conserving Freshwater Fishes, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, 1st – 3rd May 2012, Chester, UK.
Padhye, A., Dahanukar, N. & Shelke, S. (2010) Prioritization of the regions for conservation of butterflies of Western Ghats. In: 3rd Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium, IUCN SSC South Asian Invertebrate Specialist Group (SAsISG); Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University; Zoo Outreach Organisation and Wildlife Information Liaison Development, 25 to 29 October 2010, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. pp. 20.
Kharat, S.S., Jadhav, B.V., Paingankar, M., Raut, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2009) Freshwater fish fauna of Satara, northern Western Ghats. In: UGC Sponsored State Level Conference on Trends in Applied Zoology, Environment, and Biotechnology, January 5th and 6th, 2009, Patan, Satara District, India.
Paingankar, M., Raut, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2009) Factors that govern the diversity and distribution of tree frogs in the Western Ghats of India. In: UGC Sponsored State Level Conference on Trends in Applied Zoology, Environment, and Biotechnology, January 5th and 6th, 2009, Patan, Satara District, India.
Dahanukar, N., Raut, R. & Jadhav, B.V. (2009) Morphometrical affinities among Western Ghats caecilians. In: UGC Sponsored State Level Conference on Trends in Applied Zoology, Environment, and Biotechnology, January 5th and 6th, 2009, Patan, Satara District, India.
Reddy, P.V., Deogade, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2008) Diatom diversity and distribution along a pollution gradient of a river stretch. In: 49th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, November 18-20, 2008. pp. 93-94.
Ambika, G. & Dahanukar, N. (2008) Effect of drug therapy in virus immune dynamics. In: National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, January 3-5, 2008. pp. 27-28.
Karve, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2007) Multivariate analysis of viral genomes. In: 48th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, December 18-21, 2007. pp. 186. [Won best poster award.]
Sumit, M., Damle, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2007) Factors that govern the diversity of bacteria in freshwater ecosystems. In: 48th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, December 18-21, 2007. pp. 267-268.
Chouhan, N. S. & Dahanukar, N. (2007) Changes in the morphology and fitness of Aspergillus grown under stress conditions. In: 48th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, December 18-21, 2007. pp. 237.
Verma, H., Damle, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2007) Isolation and characterization of an oil degrading oligotolerant actinomycete. In: 48th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, December 18-21, 2007. pp. 322.
Joshi, J. & Dahanukar, N. (2007) Diversity, distribution and systematics of centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in Pune Region, Northern-Western Ghats, India. In: Averting biodiversity meltdown in the Asian tropics, 1st annual conference of The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Asian Chapter, 6 – 8th March 2007, Mahabalipurum, India. pp. 92.
Tadwalkar, M., Dahanukar, N., Chaudhuri, S. & Patwardhan, A. (2007) A bird-eye-view for management of biodiversity: a case study from Western Ghats of India. In: Averting biodiversity meltdown in the Asian tropics, 1st annual conference of The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Asian Chapter, 6 – 8th March 2007, Mahabalipurum, India. pp. 106.
Dahanukar, N., Paingankar, M. & Raut, R. (2006) Spatial distribution of amphibians reveal nested biodiversity hotspots in the Western Ghats of India. In: Symposium on National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Information Infrastructure: Challenges and Potentials, Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2006, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
Joshi, J. & Dahanukar, N. (2006) Ecology and diversity of centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in Pune region, Northern Western Ghats. In: Symposium on National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Information Infrastructure: Challenges and Potentials, Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2006, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
Batra, R., Pawar, P., Dahanukar, N. & Watve, M. (2005) Morphological, biochemical and genetic diversity of myxobacteria. In: 46th Annual Conference of Microbiologists of India, December 8 – 10, Hidrabad, India, pp. 272.
Padhye, A. D., Paingankar, M. & Dahanukar, N. (2005) Season and landscape element wise changes in the community structure of avifauna of Tamhini, northern Western Ghats. In: International Conference on Biosciences, Biotyechnology and Biodiversity Analysis, October 15-17, Pune, India, pp. 33.
Dahanukar, N., Batra, R. & Watve, M. (2005) Discriminating defectors stabilize punishment in Prisoner’s Dilemma. In: Abstracts, XXIX International Ethological Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 20-27, pp. 50.
Dahanukar, N., Raut, R., Kharat, S. Paingankar, M. & Mahabaleshwarkar, M. (2004) A need for systematic approach towards conservation of fish in the Western Ghats of India. In: Conservation in an urbanized world, 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, New York. pp. 62
Patwardhan, A. A., Mahabaleshwarkar, M., Sahasrabuddhe, K., Dahanukar, N., Raut, R., Damle, A., Kale, J. & Ghate, U. (2004) Urban areas as wilderness corridors or sinks? In: Conservation in an urbanized world, 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, New York. pp. 210
Mahabaleshwarkar, M., Dahanukar, N. & Bharucha, E. (2004) Seasonal monitoring of population dynamics of wetland birds: critical approach for designing and implementing wetland management strategies. In: Conservation in an urbanized world, 18th Annual Meeting, Socety for Conservation Biology, New York. pp. 161.
Dahanukar, N., Patil, S. & Watve, M. (2003) Inter-specific interactions and dominance in myxobacteria. In: Microbes and Human Sustenance, 44th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, Nov. 12-14, 2003, Abstracts (eds. Alagawadi, A. R., Krishnaraj, P. U., Shirnalli, G. & Jagadeesh, K. S.). Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India, pp. 208.