Workshops/ Symposia/ Seminars Organised

29. Organised a symposium with Dr. Jennifer H. Fewell, entitled "Causes and consequences of division of labour in insect societies" and delivered a talk entitled “Reproductive and non-reproductive division of labour in laboratory colonies of a primitively eusocial wasp” during the XVIII International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), 5-10 August 2018, Convention Center Casa Grande Hotel, Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil.

28. Organized a workshop entitled “The Art of Scientific Observation” University of Freiburg, Germany, 2-4 July 2015.

27. Organized a workshop with Stephen Greenblatt and Paul Schmid-Hempel entitled “Aging in evolutionary biology and King Lear" held at Wissenscaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany, 17-19 May 2012.

26. Organized a workshop with Prof. James Hunt entitled “Exploring New Paradigms to Understand Insect Social Evolution" held at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin on May 10-11, 2012.

25. Organized a Symposium on “Profiles in 20^th Century Indian Science” held at the University of Tezpur, Assam, 29^th December 2011.

24. Workshop on “Large-scale demographic, network and behavioral trait analyses of sociality” held at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, USA, July 14-17, 2011.

23. Round Table Session "Diverse Approaches to the study of Insect Sociality; their relevance, complementarity and conceptual interrelationships" during the XVI IUSSI World Congress, 8-14, August 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark.

22. International Workshop on “Evolution of Complex Systems”, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, January 13-15, 2010.

21. Symposium entitled "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, 12 to 14 November 2009.

20. Symposium entitled "Understanding Insect Sociality with Tinbergen's Four Questions" during the 31st International Ethological Conference held at Rennes, France, 19-24, August 2009.

19. International Seminar entitled “Integrating Society into Science – Perspectives from Biology”, held at the Indian Institute of Science, 13 October 2006.

18. Seminar entitled “The Pursuit and Evaluation of Science – Do we need new paradigms for both?” held at the Indian Institute of Science, 2 February 2006.

17. Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology”, Sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 16 -28 January 2006.

16. Symposium on “Cooperative Breeding” during the 29 Ethological Congress in Budapest, Hungary from 20-27 August 2005.

15. Organised a Seminar entitled “Towards a Co-evolution of Science and Society, through INSA, held at Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, 27 December 2004.

14. Seminar entitled “Unresolved Issues in Insect Sociality: Comparative Empirical Approaches” with Prof. James Hunt at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, May 5 –9 2004.

13. Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology”, Sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 12 -24 January 2004.

12 Symposium on “Conflict over Resource Allocation and Sociality” at the XIV International Congress of IUSSI, held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 27^th July- 3 August 2002.

11 Symposium on “Sexual Selection and Sociality” at the XIV International Congress of IUSSI, held at Hokkaido University. Sapporo, Japan, 27 July - 3 August 2002.

10 Workshop on “Methods in Behavioural Ecology”, Sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, held at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 17 -29 December 2001.

9 Symposium on “Evolution of Social Behaviour” at the XXVII International Ethological Conference, held at Tuebingen, Germany, August 22 - 29 2001.

8 Workshop on “Principles of Social Evolution” held at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institut for Advanced Study) zu Berlin, Germany, 14 -16 May 2001.

7 Symposium on “Selected Studies on Behavioural Ecology in India” at the XXVI International Ethological Conference, held at Bangalore, India, 2 – 9 August 2000.

6 Discussion Meeting on Behavioural Ecology, with Prof. H.A.Ranganath (Sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), held at University of Mysore, 8 -10 July 1999.

5 Symposium entitled “Evolution of the Worker Caste” with Diana Wheeler during the XIII International Congress of the IUSSI, held at Adelaide, Australia, 29^th December 1998 - 4 January 1999.

4 Workshop on Methods in Behavioural Ecology Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 7- 19 October 1996.

3 Training Programme for IFS Officers on Conservation Biology, Sponsored by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 4 - 8 September 1995.

2 Interaction meeting on Evolutionary Ecology, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 21 - 23 April 1994.

1 Workshop on Methods in Behavioural Ecology Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, held at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 12- 24 October 1992.