Invited Lectures - Other Invited Lectures
(635) Invited Lecture, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 6 June 2025.
(634) Invited Lecture, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen, Germany, 28 May 2025.
(633) Invited Lecture, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) Seminar Series at the University of Konstanz, Germany, 19 May 2025.
(632) Keynote Lecture during the workshop ‘Let Us Do Science (LuDoS) for high school teachers (Biological Sciences) at GITAM School of Science, Visakhapatnam, 28th February 2025.
(631) Seminar for Faculty at the Department of Life Sciences GITAM School of Sciences, Visakhapatnam, 27th February 2025.
(630) Invited Lecture as part of the Biology Seminar series, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, 29th November 2024.
(629) Invited Lecture, Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, 22nd November 2024.
(628) Colloquium, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, 20th November 2024.
(627) Invited Online talk, Center for Religious Studies (CRS), Central European University and Centre for Contemporary Challenges (CCC), University of Pécs, Hungary, 24th October 2024.
(626) Invited Online talk, Center for Religious Studies (CRS), Central European University and Centre for Contemporary Challenges (CCC), University of Pécs, Hungary, 24th October 2024.
(625) Invited Lecture, Listening to Learn; Session – 80 organised by the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, 12th July 2024.
(624) Invited Lecture, Outstanding Science Teacher's Prize-2023 award program on occasion of Prof. C.N.R. Rao’s 90th birthday, organised by the C.N.R. Rao Education Foundation at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), 1st July 2024.
(623) Invited Lecture, CARBON Exhibition Science Gallery Bengaluru, 9th June 2024.
(622) Invited Lecture, Project Oriented Biology Education (POBE) programme at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), 12th June 2024.
(621) Invited Lecture, Département d'Ecologie Physiologie et Ethologie, University of Strasbourg, France, 18th April 2024.
(620) Invited Lectures, Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Switzerland, 8th April 2024
(619) Invited Lecture, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur, 19th March 2024.
(618) Invited Lectures for BS-MS Students at the Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, 2nd, March 2024 (2 Lectures).
(617) Invited Lecture, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, 1st, March 2024.
(616) Invited Lecture, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 29th February 2024.
(615) Public Lecture, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, 27th February 2024 .
(614) Invited Lecture, School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Trivandrum, Kerala, 13th February 2024.
(613) Colloquium, Darwin Day at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Trivandrum, Kerala, 12th, February 2024.
(612) Invited Lectures as a Resource Person during the Kerala State Higher Education Council Orientation Programme for the Awardees and Mentors of the Chief Minister’s Navakerala Post Doctoral Fellowship (CMNPF) 2022-23 held at CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 30-31, January 2024 (2 Lectures)
(611) Invited lecture, Amuseum Talks: Global Science Festival Kerala, Bio 360 Life Sciences Park, Thonnakkal, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 28 January 2024.
(610) Invited lecture, The Animal Behaviour Workshop, Ganpat Parsekar College of Education, Goa University, Goa, 5 January 2024.
(609) Invited lecture, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior at Konstanz, Germany, 24 July 2023.
(608) Invited lecture, Jour fixe presentation at the Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany, 11 July 2023.
(607) Invited lecture, Animal Behaviour Symposium, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 19-20, June 2023.
(606) Invited lecture, Seminar for Integrative Animal Behavior at the Columbia University, USA, 25 April 2023.
(605) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Division of labour as key driver of social evolution” held from 30-31, March 2023 at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany
(604) Colloquium at Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, 27, November 2022.
(603) Invited online talk during the Symposium entitled “Detailed observations of behavior for generating questions and answering them – a tribute to William Eberhard and Mary Jane West-Eberhard” Organized by Fernando Soley and Rafael Rodríguez during the Animal Behaviour Society Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, 20-23, July 2022.
(602) Online talk at Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) Thiruvananthapuram – Chief Minister’s NAVA Kerala Post-Doctoral Fellowship -Orientation Programme, 22nd, May 2022.
(601) Online talk, Krea University, Andhra Pradesh, India, 15 March 2022
(600) Online talk, Biology Department, University of Central Florida, USA, 15 March 2022.
(599) Zoological Colloquium (Online), University of Hamburg, Germany, 19 October 2021.
(598) Online talk, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Seminar Series, Princeton University, USA, 7 October 2021.
(597) Webinar as part of DST Star College Program, organized by Swami Kamalsthananda, Department of Zoology, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata, 24, September 2021.
(595) '& Biology' Webinar Series, Translational Outcomes Research group, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta organised by Dr. Saheli Biswas, 19 September 2021.
(594) International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) Seminar (online) organised by Dr. Carsten Schradin, InstitutPluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Départementd'EcologiePhysiologie et Ethologie, France, 7 September 2021.
(593) Biological Sciences Graduate Society Seminar talk (online), Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, USA,organised by Ms. Prothama Manna & Ms. Marissa Dyck, PhD students, 30 August 2021.
(592) Inaugural Lecture (Online) delivered at the Inter-disciplinary (Open Elective) Course, organized by the Department of Sanskrit Studies, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, 9th August 2021.
(591) Online talk during the Silver Jubilee Conference -Resonance Lecture Series -Undergraduate Students’ Programme Organized by the Indian Academy of Sciences in association with IISER, Trivandrum & IISER, Mohali, 5th August 2021.
(590) Online talk (Keynote Speaker) delivered at the Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on the theme: “Research in Sciences – Novel Tools and Methodologies” organised by Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 3rd August 2021.
(589) Judge for BioBlitz 2021, a competition (Online) dedicated to biology enthusiasts, organized as a part of Pravega, an Annual Undergraduate Fest of IISc, Bangalore, 1st, August 2021
(588) Webinar organized by Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), Pune, 10 July 2021.
(587) Kuriosity during Kuarantine (KdK) -online talk organized by The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, 20 June 2021.
(586) Roundtable discussion (online) on Experiments in Animal Behaviour - Cutting-Edge Research at Trifling Cost,Takshashila Institution, Bangalore, 11 June 2021.
(585) Keynote Address (online) at DST sponsored Workshop “SCICOMM for Scientists 2021” Convened by Prof. Anindita Bhadra, IISER, Kolkata, 24 May 2021.
(584) Webinar on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity, Organized by the Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 22 May 2021
(583) Distinguished Lecture (online), Department of Biology, Ashoka University and Book launch of “Survival Stories-From the mountain tops to the ocean floor”, Ankit W Shrestha, Jenish R Bajracharya, Editors, Undergraduate Students, Ashoka University, Haryana. 12 March 2021.
(582) National Science Day Lecture (online), Organized by IISER Mohali and Punjab State Council for Science and technology (PSCST), 28 February 2021.
(581) Invited lecture (online)32nd Foundation Day Lecture, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics(IUCAA), Pune, 29 December 2020.
(580) Invited lecture (online) during Zoology Seminars, University of Basel, Switzerland, 7th December 2020.
(579) Invited lecture (online) during the Centenary celebrations of University of Lucknow, 28 November 2020.
(578) Invitedlecture (online) during the CCMB’s 33rd Foundation Day, Organized by CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad, 26 November 2020.
(577) Invited lecture during the Online Symposium entitled “The University of the 21st Century” and COVID-19 Test, Organized by Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education, Central European University, Budapest, 20 November 2020.
(576) Invited lecture on Zoom, for 'Athashri' - a unique senior citizens’ complex in Whitefield, Bangalore, 10October 2020.
(575) Invited lecture, University of Bern, Switzerland, 26 February 2020
(574) Invited lecture, CES In-house Symposium, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 22 January 2020.
(573) Invited lecture, Silver Jubilee Programme of Resonance – journal of Science Education, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, 3 January 2020.
(572) Special Seminar, Institute of Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 19 November 2019.
(571) Invited lecture, Konrad Lorenz Institute, Klosterneubrug, Austria, 14 November 2019.
(570) Invited lecture, Veterinary Institute, University of Vienna, Austria, 11 November 2019.
(569) Invited lecture, University of Freiburg, Germany, 28 October 2019.
(568) Invited lecture, Symposium on Collective Behaviour”, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 13 September 2019.
(567) Colloquium – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, 6 September 2019.
(566) Colloquium – Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 29 August 2019.
(565) Invited lecture, First SERB School on Evolutionary Biology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 20 March 2019.
(564) Invited lecture, Symposium of Behavioral Ecology: Social Insects & Beyond
Kyoto University, Japan during 21-22, February 2019, 23rd February 2019.
(563) Invited lecture, Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia Kyoto University, Japan during 21-22, February 2019, 21st February 2019.
(562) Invited lecture, Science Academies’ Refresher Course for College Teachers on “Advances in Molecular Biology”, Division of Biological Sciences, IISc., Bangalore, 1 February 2019.
(561) Invited talk during the “CES In-house symposium”, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 24 January 2019.
(560) Keynote address delivered at the "Understanding Behaviour Conference" held at IISER, Kolkata during 11 January 2019.
(559) Public lecture – First Talk in the Lecture series on Evolution and Society, organized by Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists, Indian Academy of Sciences and Bangalore Central University, 10 November 2018.
(558) Invited talk, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 23 August 2018
(557) Invited talk, Ahmedabad University, 22 August 2018.
(556) Invited talk, DST-SERB School on Chemical Ecology, Centre for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, 19 July 2018.
(555) Invited talk, Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK,22 May 2018.
(554) Invited talk, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 16 May 2018.
(553) Invited talk during the “InSearch - One-day symposium on Insects in Research”, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 5th January 2018.
(552) Invited talk during the Conference on Evolutionary and Integrative Biology (CEIB) 2017 International Symposium convening to mark Dr. Milind Watve’s 60th Birthday, 21-22 December 2017, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune.
(551) Invited talk during the University Science Colloquium at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 22 July 2017.
(550) Invited talk during DST SERB School in Chemical Ecology held at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, 4 July 2017.
(549) Commentary presented in the session on “Science for Development” during the Portuguese Science Summit held at Lisbon, Portugal, 3-5 July 2017.
(548) Invited special seminar, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, USA, 1 June 2017.
(547) Invited talk as part of the Royal Society’s International Lecture Programme, The Royal Society, London, 3 May 2017.
(546) Invited talk, Mehr Chand Mahajan D.A.V. College for Women, Chandigarh, 19 April 2017.
(545) Invited talk, Unilever R&D, Bangalore 17 March 2017.
(544) Invited talk, 29th Kerala Science Congress, Marthoma College, Thiruvalla, 28-30 January 2017.
(543) Invited talk, INSA Anniversary Meeting, NISER, Bhubaneswar, 28-30 December 2016.
(542) Invited talk, 4th Open Access Colloquium, Ecole NormaleSuperieure, Laboratoire de MeteorologieDynamique, Paris, 12 December 2016.
(541) Invited talk, EwhaWomans University, Seoul, Korea, 31 October 2016
(540) Invited talk, Kyoto University, Japan, 7 October 2016
(539) Invited talk, Asian Science Camp 2016, JN Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 25 August 2016.
(537-538) Invited talks, University of Exeter, UK, June 2016. (2 lectures)
(535-536) Invited talks, Ca’Foscari, University of Venezia, Italy, 11-12 February 2016. (2 lectures)
(534) Invited talk, INSA-Leopoldina Symposium entitled “Brain and Eye” at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, 1-2 February 2016.
(533) Invited talk, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 29 January 2016.
(532) Invited talk, CES In-House Symposium, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 18-20 January 2016.
(531) Invited talk, 103 Indian Science Congress Session, University of Mysore, Mysore, 4 January 2016.
(530) Invited talk, INSA Anniversary meeting, held at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhopal, 30 December 2015.
(529) Invited talk, Regional Conference of Young Scientists on “Frontiers in Scientific Research, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 21 December 2015.
(528) Invited talk, International Symposium: MCB75: Molecules to Organism, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 14 December 2015.
(527) Invited talk, Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI), Vienna, Austria, 20 November 2015.
(526) Invited talk, 26th TWAS General Meeting held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 18 November 2015.
(525) Invited lecture, 5th NIE Forum “International Symposium on Global Ecological Research”, National Institute of Ecology, Korea 10 November 2015.
(524) Special lecture delivered during the INSA General Meeting, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, 14 October 2015.
(523) Invited for a Panel Discussion on “Humanities and the Sciences during Curricula: Between Tacit Knowledge and Public Discourse International Workshop”, 9-10 September 2015, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
(522) Invited for a meeting with the Prime Minister, 19 August 2015.
(521) Inaugural lecture, National Symposium on Germplasm to Genes: Harnessing Biotechnology for Food Security and Health, Organized by the Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 9 August 2015.
(520) Invited for EUREKA Programme, Rajya Sabha Interview, 31 July 2015.
(519) Invited lecture, International Conference on Science, Sustainability and Art – Exploring tools for transformation, University of Freiburg, Germany, 3 July 2015.
(518) Invited lecture, University of Wuerzburg, Germany, 30 June 2015.
(517) Invited talk during the Valedictory Function of the Research Science Initiative – Chennai, Summer Programme 2015, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 5 June 2015.
(516) Keynote lecture, Etho-Ethnography and Observation, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Freiburg, Germany, 9 May 2015.
(515) Introduction to the BUZZ Exhibition on Parasitic Ecologies Organized by Dr.DanielFetzner and Dr. Martin Dornberg, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Freiburg, Germany, 8 May 2015.
(514) Invited lecture, Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 7 May 2015.
(513) Invited lecture during the “Celebration of Science” Lecture Series, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics”, Kolkata, 14 April 2015.
(512) Invited lecture, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 13 April 2015.
(511) Chief Guest at the launch of the Science SethuProgramme& delivered a lecture at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, 26 March 2015.
(510) Invited lecture, Indian institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, 18 March 2015.
(509) Special Seminar at Indian institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, 3 February 2015.
(508) Invited talk, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, 28 January 2015.
(507) Invited talk, Lecture Series, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 20 January 2015.
(506) Invited talk, INSA-Leopoldina Symposium on “Human Evolution towards Language: from Genes to Behaviour”, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, January 15-16, 2015.
(505) Keynote lecture delivered during the Guru Dakshina award distribution function, KSR Group of Institutions, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, December 27, 2014.
(504) Anniversary Address during the INSA Anniversary General Meeting, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, 20 December 2014.
(503) Inivted talk, Indo-US workshop on “Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Biosafety”, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 19 November 2014.
(501-502) Invited talks during Workshop entitled “What is Intellectual Quality in the Humanities”, 10-11 September, Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany. (2 lectures)
(500) Invited lecture, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Gurgaon, 22 August 2014.
(499) Invited lecture during the Symposium on “Cooperative behavior among non-kin”, during the VII European Conference on Behaviour Biology, Prague, Czech Republic, 20 July 2014.
(498) Invited lecture, Department of Zoology, University of Halle, Germany, 28 May 2014.
(497) Invited lecture during the Workshop on Participatory Mediographies – How to observe Humans and (their) animals? University of Offenburg, Germany, 22-23 May 2014.
(496) Invited lecture, Kanchenjunga Conference Hall, ICIMOD Headquarters, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2 April 2014.
(495) Invited lecture, National Academy of Science and Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1 April 2014.
(494) Public lecture, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, 27 March 2014.
(492-493) Invited lectures, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, March 2014 (2 lectures)
(491) Colloquium delivered at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 14 March 2014.
(490) Invited lecture during the 101st session of the Indian Science Congress, University of Jammu, 4 February 2014.
(489) Invited delegate, Panel Discussion on “Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Ensuring Sustainable Inclusive Development” 101st Indian Science Congress, University of Jammu, 3 February 2014.
(488) Invited lecture during the Science Academies two-day lecture workshop on “Recent Advances in Biology”, Christ University, Bangalore 31 January 2014.
(487) Invited lecture, CES In-House Symposium, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 18 January 2014.
(486) Invited lecture, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, Institute for Biology, university of Freiburg, Germany, 9 December 2013.
(485) Invited lecture, Evolution Symposium: Celebrating Wallace, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, 7 November 2013.
(484) Invited lecture, W.M.Keck Center for Behavioural Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, 8 October 2013.
(483) Invited lecture, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 30 September 2013.
(482) Invited lecture, International meeting on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation at Centre for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 13 September 2013.
(481) Invited lecture, Jyothi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 19 August 2013.
(480) Public lecture, “Being Social: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Behaviour”, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 28 June 2013.
(479) Invited lecture, Chronobiology School, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 17 June 2013.
(478) Science & Society Public Lecture at INSA, New Delhi, 14 June 2013.
(477) Invited lecture, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali, 12 April 2013.
(476) Invited lecture, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, 19 March 2013.
(475) Invited lecture, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, 13 March 2013.
(474) Invited lecture, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, University of Pune, 8 March 2013.
(473) Invited lecture, National Science Day at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, 28 February 2013.
(472) Invited lecture - Institute Colloquium at IIT, Bombay, Mumbai, 25 February 2013.
(471) Invited lecture, Annual EOBU Symposium, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 9-10 January 2013
(470) Invited lecture, Centenary Session of the Indian Science Congress, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 3-7 January 2013.
(469) Invited lecture, Mini symposium on Science Education during the 78th INSA Anniversary General Meeting, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, 27-29 December 2012.
(468) Invited lecture, Intercollegiate Science Festival-Paradigm, 2012, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, 22 December 2012.
(467) Colloquium at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, HimachalPradesh, India, on 23 October 2012.
(466) Invited lecture during the Symposium on "Ethomics: asking the organism in a genomic era", Max-Planck Institute for ChemicalEcology in Jena, Germany, 3-5 October 2012.
(465) Special lecture – Science Academies’ Summer Research Fellowship Programme organized by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 15 June 2012.
(464) Invited lecture - Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
University of Würzburg, Germany, 3 May 2012.
(463) Invited lecture - EOBU Symposium 2012 in memory of Prof. M.K. Chandrashekaran held during 19-20, January 2012 at JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore.
(462) Invited lecture – Department of Entomology, Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA, 8 November 2011.
(461) Invited lecture – School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, 28 September 2011.
(460) Invited lecture – London Evolutionary Research Network (LERN), Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK, 27 September 2011.
(459) Invited lecture – Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, UK, 26 September 2011.
(458) Invited lecture - Centre for Study of Science, Technology & Policy (CSTEP),
Bangalore, June 14, 2011.
(457) Invited lecture – School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 28 April 2011.
(456) Invited lecture – Harvard University, USA, 25 April 2011
(455) Invited lecture – Conference on “Swarm Intelligence and Critical Behavior” at Bielefeld University, Germany, 22-24 March 2011.
(454) Invited lecture – INQUIVESA 2011 – Popular Lecture Series at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, 6 March 2011.
(453) Inaugural lecture during Programme on "Current Trends in Biology", at MES Degree College, Bangalore, 9 February 2011
(452) Invited lecture, 21st General Meeting of TWAS held at International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, 21 October 2010.
(451) Invited lecture, Vistas in Science – A Public Lecture Series at St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, 27August 2010.
(450) Invited lecture during the XVI IUSSI World Congress, 8-14 August 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 August 2010.
(449) Invited lecture, Eighth NIAS-DST Programme on 'Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Science, Technology and Society', NIAS, Bangalore
6 August, 2010
(448) Invited lecture, University of Texas at Austin, USA, 22 April 2010.
(447) Invited lecture, International conference on "Impact of Relationships on Individual Variation", Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Washington DC, USA during 17-18, April 2010.
(446) Invited lecture, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, 17 March 2010.
(445) Invited lecture, Young Investigator Meeting, 8-12 February 2010, Kolkata.
(444) Invited lecture at 5th Graduate Students Meet 2009 at Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, 18 December 2009.
(443) Colloquium, Homi Bhabha Fellowships Conclave, Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 20 November 2009.
(442) Invited lecture, Symposium on "Navigation and Communication - What we can learn from Insects" as part of the Platinum Jubilee Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences held at JN Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 13 November 2009.
(441) Invited lecture, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Uttarahalli, Bangalore, 6 November 2009.
(440) Invited lecture, CES Silver Jubilee Symposium – Ecology and the Environment in India: Past, Present and Future, 22-24 October 2009, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
(439) Invited lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, October 14, 2009.
(438) Invited lecture, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) direct-contact programme with talented science students, October 15, 2009, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
(437) Invited lecture, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) direct-contact programme with talented science students, October 12, 2009, Bangalore.
(436) Invited lecture, International Conference on Darwinism – A Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, 14-17 September 2009, Karnatak University, Dharwad.
(435) Invited lecture, 31st International Ethological Conference, Rennes, France, 23 August 2009.
(434) Invited lecture, School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 7 August 2009.
(433) Invited lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 30 June 2009.
(432) Invited lecture, Conference at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 17-18 June 2009.
(431) Invited lecture, University for Arts, Berlin, Germany, 18 May 2009.
(430) Invited lecture, Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore, 14 May 2009.
(429) Invited lecture, International Symposium of the Humboldt University Berlin and the Leopoldina, Berlin, Germany, 4 May 2009.
(428) Invited lecture, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 31 March 2009
(426-427) Invited lectures, Indian Institute of Scientific Education & Research, Kolkata, 27-29 March 2009. (2 lectures)
(425) Invited lecture, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 19 March 2009.
(424) Invited lecture, National Science Day 2009, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 28 February 2009.
(423) Invited lecture delivered during the Course on “Production of Knowledge in the Natural and Social Sciences”, at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 20 December 2008.
(422) Invited lecture delivered during the Workshop on “Trends in Biological Sciences” during the IISc Centenary Conference – IISc: 100 Years and Beyond, 15 December 2008.
(421) Invited lecture delivered at the 4th Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 5-7 December 2008.
(420) Invited lecture during the Launch of the Research Council UK Office in India, New Delhi, 20 October 2008.
(419) Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 17 September 2008.
(418) Invited lecture, Seoul National University, Korea, 22 August 2008
(417) Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 16 July 2008.
(416) Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 14 July 2008.
(415) Lecture delivered for the students of Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Summer Programme, 3 July 2008.
(414) Colloquium at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 20 May 2008.
(413) Invited lecture, Humanities Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 25 April 2008.
(411-412) Invited lectures, Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, USA, 23 April 2008. (2 lectures)
(410) Invited lecture, Frontier Lectures in Biology –2008, at Bangalore University, Bangalore, 19 March 2008.
(409) Invited lecture, Science and Society Meet at Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 13 March 2008.
(408) Colloquium at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, 6 February 2008.
(407) Invited lecture, CES In-house Symposium, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, IISc. Campus, Bangalore, 10 January 2008.
(406) Invited lecture, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, 11 December 2007.
(404-405) Invited lectures, XXV Encontro Annual de Etologia (XXV Brazilian Annual Meeting of Ethology), held at UNSEP de Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil during 14-17 November 2007. (2 lectures)
(403) Invited lecture, Ninasam culture course on "New idioms for the new century: interrogating intellectual stereotypes” held at Heggodu, Shimoga, during 7-13, October 2007.
(402) Colloquium delivered at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, 5 October 2007.
(401) Public Seminar delivered at Collegium Helveticum, Zurich, Switzerland, 14 June 2007.
(400) Colloquium at the Department of Psychology and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, USA, 26 April 2007.
(399) Invited lecture, “One day workshop on Ecobehavioural Adaptation” held at Seshadripuram College, Bangalore, 9 March 2007.
(398) Invited lecture, Laboratoired’Ecologie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 8 December 2006.
(397) Invited lecture, Indo-German Workshop on Behaviour Neurobiology, held at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. 18-22 September 2006.
(396) Invited lecture, Training Programme on “Methods in Molecular Ecology” held at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics, 18-30 September 2006.
(395) Invited Panelist in the Round table Discussion during the XV IUSSI World Congress 2006 held at Washington D.C. during 30 July – 6 August 2006.
(394) Invited lecture, XV IUSSI World Congress 2006, held at Washington D.C., 30 July – 6 August 2006.
(393) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Computational Physical and Biological Sciences” at International Institute of Information (IIT) Hyderabad, 12-17 June 2006.
(392) Invited lecture, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCASSS), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, May 11, 2006.
(391) Invited lecture, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA, May 3, 2006.
(390) Invited lecture, Diamond Jubilee Lecture Series of the Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, 6 March 2006.
(389) Invited lecture, National Science Day at Anna University, Chennai, 1 March 2006.
(388) Invited lecture, Science Day at National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, 28 February 2006.
(387) Invited lecture, Seminar on “Significance of Basic Sciences in the Present Scenario”, held at NMKRV college for Women, Jayanagar, Bangalore, 14 February 2006.
(386) Invited lecture, St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi on the occasion of National Science Festival, 11 February 2006.
(385) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Common Trends in Traffic Systems: Physical and Computational Models in Transportation Engineering and Biological Sciences”, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 7-10 February 2006.
(373-384) Lectures delivered, DST Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology” held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 16-28 January 2006 (12 lectures).
(372) Invited lecture, Workshop entitled “Biotechnology Towards the Socio-Economic Progress of The Third World Countries” organized during the TWAS General Assembly Meetings at, Alexandria, Egypt, 29 November – 3 December 2005.
(371) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Insect Genetics and Genomics” held at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, 10 January 2006.
(370) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Excitement in Science” at the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India, 6 October 2005.
(369) Invited lecture, “Release of the Seminar Profile for the year 2004- 05 – Motivation Towards Higher Learning”, at Vijaya Composite Pre-University College, Bangalore on 9 September 2005.
(368) Invited lecture, International Conference on “Human Centered Sustainable Development Paradigm” in honor of Prof. M.S. Swaminathan held at Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam, Chennai during August 7-10 2005.
(367) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Cooperative Breeding” during the 29th Ethological Congress in Budapest, Hungary, 20-27 August 2005.
(366) Invited lecture, Refresher Course on “Earth System Science” organized by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 25 June 2005.
(364-365) Invited lectures, Refresher Course on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Biology held at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, 7 June 2005. (2 lectures)
(363) Invited lecture, Department fuer Integrative Biologie, Institutfuer Zoologie, Universitaetfuer Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria, 3 May 2005.
(362) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Mayr-Maynard Smith Memorial Symposium”, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 27 April 2005.
(361) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Vignana Jignase: A Workshop on the Ideas of Science”, held at Heggodu, Shimoga District, April 12-14, 2005.
(360) Invited lecture, National Seminar on Evolutionary Biology and Biotechnology – to mark the Birth Centenary of Prof. Ernst Mayr, at, the Zoological Society, Kolkata, February 26, 2005.
(354-359) Invited lectures, as a Key Resource Person - during the “UGC sponsored Workshop on – Evolutionary Approach in the Studies of Ecology and Behaviour”, 23-24 February 2005, Department of Zoology, Vivekananda College, Kolkata (6 lectures)
(353) Invited lecture, Retirement symposium on “From Animals to Human Mind” in honor of Prof. Rudiger Wehner at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, 12 February 2005.
(352) Invited lecture, “Biotech Fest – Prophecy – 2005” held at SRN Adarsh College, Bangalore, 4 February 2005.
(351) Invited lecture, Teaching workshop on “Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms” held at Mahabaleshwar, January 21-26, 2005.
(350) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Systems Biology”, held at Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 17 January 2005.
(348-349) Invited lectures, during the Refresher Course on “Animal Behaviour”, at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 17th December 2004. (2 lectures)
(347) Invited lecture, Biological Sciences Session during the 74th Annual Session of the National Academy of Sciences, held at Jaipur, 2-3 December 2004.
(346) Invited lecture, CSIR’s programme on “Youth for Leadership in Science”, IMTECH, Chandigarh, 29 October 2004.
(345) Invited lecture, Symposium on “BIONEERS” organized by Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore 29 September 2004.
(344) Invited lecture, TWAS Meeting on Science, Development and Education, Bangalore 27-28 September 2004.
(343) Invited lecture, XIXth International Congress of Zoology during the Symposium on “40 Years of Kin Selection Theory”, Beijing, China 23-27 August 2004.
(342) Invited lecture, Wednesday Forum at Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer, (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi, Mumbai, 7 July 2004.
(341) Invited lecture, Symposium to Felicitate Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Organized by the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 31st May 2004.
(340) Lecture delivered at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany, 6 May 2004.
(339) Invited lecture, Members of Bharat Vikas Parishad, Mythic Society Hall, Bangalore, 19 April 2004.
(336-338) Invited lectures, Frontier Lectures in Biology, held at Karnatak University, Dharwad, 11-13 March 2004 (3 lectures).
(335) Invited lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 27 February 2004.
(334) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Bugs ‘n’ Biology – A Tribute to Prof. C.A.Viraktamath, held at the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore, 31 January 2004.
(333) Invited lecture delivered during DNA Symposium Society for Applied Genetics held at Bangalore University, Bangalore, 15 January 2004.
(322-332) Lectures delivered during the DST Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology” held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 12-24 January 2004 (11 lectures).
(321) Invited lecture, International Seminar on “Life, Mind and Consciousness” at The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, 16-18 January 2004.
(319-320) Invited lectures, Refresher Course in Zoology for College/University Teachers, at Central College, Bangalore University, 17 December 2003 (2 lectures).
(318) Invited lecture, Seminar on “History of Ideas” at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 12th December 2003.
(317) Invited lecture, National Symposium on Frontier Areas of Entomological Research held at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 6th November 2003.
(316) Invited lecture, International Symposium on “Life Cycles in Social Insects: Behavioural, Ecological and Evolutionary Approach” at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-27 September 2003.
(315) Colloquium at Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, May 2003.
(314) Invited lecture, Imperial College, Silwood Park, London, 26th June 2003.
(313) Invited lecture, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 24th June 2003.
(312) Invited lecture, Department of Molecular Biology, Max-Plank Institut for Development Biology, Tuebingen, 10 June 2003.
(311) Invited lecture - at Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, 27th March 2003.
(310) Colloquium at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 11 March 2003.
(309-309) Lecture delivered during the “Frontier Lecture Series in Biology”, Sponsored by the Indian Academy of Sciences, held at University of Mysore, 20-22nd February 2003 (2 lectures).
(304-307) Invited lectures, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 18-20th February 2003 (4 lectures).
(302-303) Invited lectures during the lecture programme on “Evolutionary & Organismal Biology” held at the University of Delhi, sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and the University of Delhi, 23rd – 26th October 2002 (2 lectures).
(301) Invited lecture, International Workshop on “Self-organization of Social Behaviour, Evolutionary Implications”, held at Monte Verita, Switzerland 8-13 September 2002.
(300) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Adaptation and Time”, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 29 August 2002.
(299) Invited lecture, Silver Jubilee of the IISc Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 10 August 2002.
(298) Invited lecture, XIV International Congress of IUSSI, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 30 July 2002.
(297) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Theoritische Biologie: eineneue Disziplin?”, at Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, 2nd July 2002.
(296) Invited lecture, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, May 2002.
(295) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Paradigms of Change”, organized by the Centre for Development Research of the University of Bonn, Germany, May 2002.
(294) Invited lecture, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2002.
(293) Invited lecture, Workshop on “Meaning and Normativity”, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, April 2002.
(292) Public talk, Second meeting of the Evolutionary Forum, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore 15th February 2002.
(291) Invited lecture, Fourth Meeting of the Task Force on “Application of Biotechnology for Biodiversity Conservation and Environment”, Delhi 24th January 2002.
(290) Invited lecture, Discussion meeting on “Future Dimensions in Entomological Research”, Chennai, 19th January 2002.
(284-289) Invited lectures, Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology” held at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 17to 29 December 2001 (6 lectures).
(283) Invited lecture, University of Bochum, Germany, November 2001.
(282) Invited lecture, University of Munich, Germany, November 2001.
(281) Colloquium at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, October 2001.
(279-280) Invited lectures, Workshop on Evolutionary Biology in Warsaw, Poland, October 27, 2001 (2 lectures).
(276-278) Invited lectures, Refresher Course in Genetics and Evolution, Department of Zoology, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 10-11 September 2001 (3 lectures).
(275) Invited lecture, XVII International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen, Germany, August 22-29, 2001.
(274) Invited lecture, University of Regensburg, Germany, July 2001.
(272-273) Invited lectures, University of Wuerzburg, Germany, July 2001 (2 lectures)
(271) Invited lecture, Symposium on “Proximate or Ultimate? That is not the real question – cause and function in the evolution of social insect behaviour”, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2001.
(270) Invited lecture, Free University, Berlin, Germany, June 2001.
(269) Invited lecture, University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 2001.
(268) Invited lecture, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland, May 2001.
(267) Invited lecture, Workshop on Principals of Social Evolution, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, May 2001.
(266) Invited lecture, Innovationskolleg Theoretische Biologie, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany, May 2000
(265) Invited lecture, Symposium on Current Trends in Bioinformatics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 28 March 2001.
(264) Invited lecture, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 15 March 2001.
(263) Invited lecture, National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, 5 March 2001.
(262) Invited lecture, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, 4 March 2001.
(261) Colloquium, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 5 March 2001.
(260) Invited lecture, 88th Session of Indian Science Congress “Science for Children Programme”, January 2001.
(259) Invited lecture, National Symposium on “Vistas of the Entomological Research for the New Millennium”, at Gill Research Institute, Chennai, December 28-30, 2000.
(258) Invited lecture, 69th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), Calcutta, December 2000.
(257) Invited lecture, Annual Meeting of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Tehran, Iran, October 2000.
(256) Invited lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, July 2000.
(255) Invited lecture, Workshop on TMR European Community – “Kinship, Communication and Diseases in Social Insects”, Florence, Italy, 7–11 July 2000.
(251-254) Invited lectures, Refresher Course on Animal Sciences at Karnatak University, Dharwad, sponsored by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, June 2000 (4 lectures).
(250) Invited lecture, University of Sussex, England, October 1999
(249) Invited lecture, University of Cambridge, UK, October 1999
(248) Invited lecture, University of Oxford, England, October 1999
(247) Invited lecture, University of Paris, France, October 1999
(246) Invited lecture, University of Frankfurt, Germany, September 1999
(245) Invited lecture, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, September 1999.
(244) Invited lecture, Congress of the French Section of the IUSSI, Tours, France, 1 – 3 September 1999.
(242-243) Invited lectures delivered during the XXVIth International Ethological Conference, Bangalore, August 2 - 9 1999. (2 lectures)
(241) Invited lecture, Discussion Meeting on Behavioural Ecology (Sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), University of Mysore, Mysore, 8 –10 July 1999.
(240) Invited lecture, Meeting on "Self Organisation and the Evolution of Social Behaviour", Sante Fe University, New Mexico, USA, April 26 -30 1999.
(239) Invited lecture, XIII International Congress of IUSSI, Adelaide, Australia, 29th December 1998 - January 4, 1999.
(238) Invited lecture, University of Würzburg, Germany, November 1998.
(237) Invited lecture, University College London, England, November 1998.
(236) Invited lecture, University of Oxford, England, November 1998.
(235) Invited lecture, International Symposium on Frontiers of Genetics and Development, Indian Institute of Science, 7-8 July 1998.
(233-234) Invited lecture, University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 1998 (2 Seminars).
(232) Invited lecture, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, June 1998.
(231) Invited lecture, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, June 1998.
(230) Invited lecture, University of Paris VI, France, May 1998.
(229) Invited lecture, University of Leuven, Belgium, May 1998.
(227-228) Invited lecture, University of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, May 1998 (2 Seminars).
(226) Inaugural Lecture, Seminar on “Bio-Diversity” during the Decennial Celebrations, Kuvempu University, Mysore, 16-18 March 1998
(225) Guest lecture, Acqua-terra annual symposium, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, February 27-28, 1998.
(224) Invited lecture, during the Seminar on “Genetics – better life for all”, held at Bangalore University, organised by Society for Applied Genetics and Bangalore University, 21 February 1998.
(222-223) Invited lectures, Workshop on “Vertebrate Reproduction”, Karnatak University, Dharwad, December 29, 1997 – January 12, 1998 (2 Seminars).
(221) Invited lecture, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, 15 December 1997
(220) Invited lecture, Distance Education, Information and Training Infrastructure at Goa University, December 10-19, 1997.
(219) Invited Lecture, 67th Annual Convention of the National Academy of Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, October 24-26 1997.
(218) Special Lecture, Interaction Meeting on “Chromosomes & Evolution” sponsored by DST, held at University of Mysore, August 29-31, 1997.
(217) Invited Lecture, Golden Jubilee Symposium on Eve, Education and Environment, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, 25 July 1997.
(214-216) Refresher Course in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Goa University, 10th - 31st January 1997. (3 lectures)
(213) Invited lecture, Symposium on Evolutionary Ecology held during the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Jodhpur, 1-3 November 1996.
(212) Invited lecture, Symposium on Modern Biology as part of the Fiftieth anniversary of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, IISc Campus, Bangalore, 14-18 October 1996.
(197-211) Workshop on "Methods in Behavioural Ecology" Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 7-19 October 1996 (15 lectures)
(195-196) Invited lecture, Drosophila Stock Centre, Department of Zoology, Manasagangotri, Mysore University, September 1996 (2 lectures)
(194) Invited lecture, Bangalore Science Forum, National College, Basavangudi, Bangalore, September 1996.
(193) Invited lecture, Museu de Zoologie Da Universidade, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1996.
(192) Invited lecture, Facultat fur Biologie, Universitat Konstanz, Germany, August 1996.
(191) Invited lecture, Theodar BoveriInstiut fur Biowissenschaften, Wurzburg, Germany, August 1996.
(190) Invited lecture, University of Paris, France, August 1996.
(189) Invited lecture, International Workshop on "Ants of the Leaf Litter: a Global Approach to Tropical Leaf Litter Biodiversity and Conservation", Itabuna, Bahia State of Brazil, from 18-23 August 1996.
(188) Invited lecture, National Symposium on Evolution of life, University of Delhi South Campus, Delhi, 5 April 1996.
(187) Seminar on Perspectives in Global Science and Technology Communications, Organised by Indian National Science Academy, 2 April 1996.
(186) Invited lecture, Seminar on Advances in Genetics, Organised by the Centre for applied Genetics, Bangalore University, 24 February 1996.
(183-185) Invited lectures, Discussion Meeting on Evolutionary Biology, Mangalore, 23-28 December 1995 (3 lectures).
(182) Invited lecture, National Symposium on "Biotechnological Inputs in Insect-Plant Interactions", Madras, December 14-16 1995, organised by Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Madras.
(181) Keynote address at Seminar on Ecological Problems and Emerging Challenges, organised by Centre for Ecology & Integrated Studies, Bangalore on 25 November 1995.
(180) Invited lecture, Gandhi Centre of Science and Human Values, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore, 28 October 1995.
(179) Invited lecture, Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, September 1995.
(178) Invited lecture, School of Arts & Sciences, Okinawa University, Kokuba, Japan, September 1995
(177) Invited lecture, Department of Natural Sciences, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, Japan, September 1995
(176) Invited lecture, Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, September 1995
(175) Invited lecture, Centre for Ecological Research, University of Kyoto, Otsu, Japan, September 1995
(173-174) Invited lectures on "Ecology" for the 3rd NIAS Course on "An Integrated Approach to Knowledge and Information" for University/College Teachers, 24th and 25th July 1995, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2 lectures).
(172) Invited lecture, Session on Science & Technology for Human Welfare held as part of the Seminar on UN for a Better World, Sponsored by Kengal Hanumanthaiya Foundation, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 27 June 1995.
(171) Invited lecture, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, May 1995.
(167-170) Refresher course in Neurophysiology, Behavioural Rhythms and Ethology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 3 February 1995. (3 lectures).
(165-166) Workshop on Statistical Methods for Ecologists, Department of Statistics, University of Poona, Pune, January 9-21, 1995. (2 lectures).
(164) Invited lecture, Department of Zoology, University of Poona, Ganeshkhind, Pune, January 1995.
(163) Invited lecture, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, October 1994.
(162) Invited lecture, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, October 1994.
(161) Invited lecture, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, October 1994.
(158-160) Invited lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, October 1994 (3 lectures).
(156-157) Invited lecture, University of Georgia, Athens, USA, October 1994 (2 lectures).
(155) Invited lecture, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA, October 1994.
(154) Invited lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, USA, October 1994.
(153) Invited lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, October 1994.
(152) Invited lecture, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, October 1994.
(150-151) Refresher course in Zoology, Department of Zoology, S. V. University, Tirupati, 7th July 1994 (2 lectures).
(149) Keynote address, World Student's day for Environment, organised by Students Movement for Preservation of Environment, State Youth Centre, Nrupathanga Road, Bangalore, 5 July 1994.
(148) Special Lecture, Workshop on Evolutionary Ecology, Sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, 21 – 23 April 1994.
(144-147) Refresher course in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Goa University, Goa 403 203, India, 1-2 March 1994 (3 lectures).
(141-143) Refresher course in Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India, 27 December 1993 - 22 January 1994 (3 lectures).
(140) Invited lecture, International Workshop on "Natural History and Evolution of an Animal Society : The Paper-Wasp Case" held at Castiglioncello, Italy, 4 - 7 October 1993.
(137-139) Invited lecture, Theodar Boveri Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Am Hubland, Wuerzburg, Germany, May-July 1993 (3 Seminars).
(136) Keynote lecture, Multidisciplinary Interaction meeting in Neurosciences, Bangalore, April 16-18 1993.
(134-135) Invited lectures, XXI Annual meeting of the Ethological Society of India and National Symposium/ Colloquium on Perspectives in Animal Behaviour, Tirupati, India, 11-12 April 1993 (2 lectures).
(132-133) Invited lecture, Department of Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, March 1993 (2 lectures).
(131) Invited lecture, Annual meeting of the Indian Chapter of the Indian National Science Academy, Bangalore, India, February 1993
(130) Special lecture on "Biological Diversity of Insects" organised by Indian Academy of Entomology, Madras, India, 18 - 20 December 1992.
(129) Invited lecture, Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, December 1992.
(128) Invited lecture, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, December 1992.
(127) Invited lecture, Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, December 1992.
(111-126) Workshop on "Methods in Behavioural Ecology", Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 12-26 October 1992 (16 lectures)
(109-110) Invited lecture, Refresher Course in Zoology, S.V.University, Tirupathi, India, 14 September 1992 (2 lectures)
(108) Invited lecture, Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, September 1992
(107) Invited lecture, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, August 1992
(106) Invited lecture, Symposium on Space and Environment Organized by S.J.College of Engineering, Mysore, India, 27 August, 1992
(105) In service course for post-graduate teachers in biology, working in various Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country. Kendriya Vidyalaya, ASC Centre (S), Bangalore, India, 27 May, 1992
(103-104) Invited lecture, Salim Ali School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry, India, February 1992 (2 lectures)
(102) Invited lecture, Zoologisches Institutder Universitat, Basel, Switzerland, January 1992
(101) Invited lecture, Musee Zoologique, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 1992
(99-100) Invited lecture, University of Zurich, Switzerland, January 1992 (2 Seminars)
(98) University of Paris, France, January 1992
(97) Invited lecture, 79th Annual Session of the Indian Science Congress. Baroda, India, 3 - 8 January1992.
(96) Invited lecture, National Seminar on "Mathematical Modelling in Biology & Chemistry". Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, 17 - 20 December 1991.
(94-95) Workshop on Statistical Methodology for Ecologists, Department of Statistics, University of Poona, Pune, India, 2 - 14 December 1991 (2 lectures)
(93) Invited lecture, Guha Research Conference, Kemmangundi Hills, Karnataka, India, December 1991
(92) International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, September 1991.
(91) Invited lecture, Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, August 1991
(90) Indian National Science Academy seminar on "Evolution and Genetics : A colloquium on some aspects of current interest". Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India. 7 August, 1991
(88-89) In service course for post-graduate teachers in biology, working in various Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country. Kendriya Vidyalaya, ASC Centre (S), Bangalore, India, 14 and 17 June 1991 (2 lectures)
(87) Discussion meeting on Learning and Memory in animals Heggedihalli (near Nandi Hills), Bangalore, India, June 1991
(86) Indian National Science Academy seminar on "Behavioural Science - Scope and limitations". Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 16 May, 1991
(85) National Symposium on "Behavioural Sciences" and XIX Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society of India, The American College, Madurai, India, 27-28 December, 1990
(84) Symposium on "Genetic Structure and Kin Selection in Insect Societies" organised as part of the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2 - 6 December, 1990
(83) Invited lecture, University of Wuerzburg, Germany, December 1990
(82) Invited lecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, December 1990
(81) Invited lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, December 1990
(80) Invited lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, December 1990
(79) Invited lecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, December 1990
(78) Invited lecture, Texas A& M University, College Station, Texas, USA, December 1990
(77) Invited lecture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, November 1990
(76) Invited lecture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA, November 1990
(75) 56th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, 8 - 11 November, 1990
(74) Invited lecture, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, November 1990
(73) Mahabaleshwar Seminar on "Modern Biology" held at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India, 21-26 October 1990.
(71-72) Winter School on "Sex Determination". Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 17-29 September 1990 (2 lectures)
(69-70) Invited lecture, 11th International Congress of International Union for Study of Social Insects. Bangalore, India, 4-11 August 1990 (2 lectures)
(68) Invited lecture, Third All India People's Science Congress, Vidyanagar, Bangalore, India, March 1990.
(67) National symposium on "Conservation and Management of Living Resources". University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, 10-12 January, 1990
(64-66) Workshop on "Topics in Evolutionary Biology", Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 11-15 December 1989 (3 lectures)
(63) Seminar on "Camouflage", Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur, India, 19-21 October, 1989
(62) MAB Regional Training Workshop on "Tropical Forest Ecosystem Conservation and Development in South and South-east Asia", Trichur, India, 1-13 May 1989
(60-61) Refresher course on "Chronobiology and Animal Behaviour", Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 15-17 April 1989 (2 lectures)
(59) Invited lecture, National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, India, April 1989
(58) DST Group monitoring workshop on Animal Behaviour Ecology and Evolution, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, May 1988
(50-57) Invited lecture, Department of Zoology, University of Poona, February 1988 (8 lectures)
(48-49) National Seminar on "Statistics for Biologists". School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, January 30 – February 5, 1988 (2 lectures)
(47) Invited lecture, Indian Science Congress, University of Poona, Pune, India, January, 1988
(43-46) Invited lectures, First Asian School on Conservation Biology held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 16-31 December 1987 (4 lectures)
(42) Invited lecture, Frontiers of Tomorrow in Biology. Symposium organized on the occasion of the dedication of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Complex, Hyderabad, India, 19-20 November, 1987
(41) Invited lecture, National Symposium on Social Insects, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, 7-8 October, 1987
(40) Invited lecture, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, January 1987
(39) Invited lecture, National Symposium on "Impact of Nutrition on the Reproductive Biology of Insects", Loyola College, Madras, India, January, 1987
(32-38) Invited lectures, First National School on Conservation Biology held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 10-22 November 1986 (7 lectures).
(31) Invited lecture, Satellite Symposium on "Communal Breeding in Birds and Pleometrosis in Social Insects", Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 13-14 July, 1986
(30) Invited lecture, Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysore, India, April 1986
(29) Invited lecture, National Symposium on "Insect Physiology, Ecology and Behaviour", University of Kerala, Kerala, India, 18-20 February 1986
(28) Invited lecture, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, October 1985.
(27) Invited lecture, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. USA, June 1985.
(26) Invited lecture, IUBS/ UNESCO Meeting on "Human Impact on Species Diversity in Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems". Puerto-Rico, USA. 11-14 June 1985.
(25) Invited lecture, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, March 1985
(24) Invited lecture, Symposium on "Animal communication" organised as a part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India, February, 1985.
(23) Invited lecture, National Workshop on "Advances in Insect Behaviour" held at Loyola college, Madras, India, 14-16 December 1984.
(22) Invited lecture, Mahabaleshwar Seminar on "Theories in Biology" held at Rishi Valley, Bangalore, India, 22-30 September 1984.
(21) Invited lecture, International symposium on "Genetic Microdifferentiation in Human and other animal populations", Hyderabad, India, December, 1983.
(20) Invited lecture, Society of Biological Chemists, Hyderabad Chapter and National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, June 1983.
(18-19) Invited lecture, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, June 1983 (2 seminars).
(17) Invited lecture during the Seminar on "Frontiers of Evolutionary Biology", Rishi Valley School, Bangalore, India, June 1983.
(16) Invited lecture, Guha Research Conference, Goa, India, December 1982
(15) Invited lecture, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA, September 1982
(14) Invited lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, September 1982
(13) Invited lecture, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, September 1982
(11-12) Invited lectures, IX Congress of the International Union for the study of Social Insects, Boulder, Colorado, USA, August1982 (2 lectures)
(8-10) Invited lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, July - August 1982 (3 lectures)
(7) Invited lecture, 11th Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, India, May 1982.
(6) Invited lecture, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA, March 1981.
(5) National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA, February 1981.
(4) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, USA, February 1981.
(3) Symposium on "Condensed Chromatin and the Human X- Chromosome", Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, December 1981
(2) National Symposium on "Ecology and Management of Social Insects", Bangalore, India, 1981.
(1) Invited lecture during the Seminar on "Evolution of Social Behaviour", Mahabaleshwar, India, 1979.