Dr. Sujata Deshpande

e-mail: sujata.deshpande@xaviers.edu 

Office landline: 022-22620661/2/5 (ext.) 232

Joined the Department in 2012

PhD -  Biological Sciences (Animal Behaviour) [IISc Bangalore]

Research Interest: Animal Behaviour, Evolution, Ecology, Astrobiology

Has expertise in: Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution

DBT - Prakash Lab Foldscope Project: Grant Amount 8 Lakhs. Sanction order no.: BT/IN/Indo-US/Foldscope/39/2015 Date of Grant: 20-03-2018.

• Deshpande, S., Waghe, R. (2022). Life Under Water: Common Sea Snake. Resonance, 28, 347. ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Deshpande, S.(2022). Lewis Wolpert (19 October 1929–28 January 2021). Resonance, 27, 2027-2031. ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Deshpande, S.(2022). A Simple Idea to Understand Complexity : Wolpert's French flag model to understand pattern formation in Embryonic development. Resonance, 27, 2033-2044. ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Deshpande, S., & Despande, K (2022). Life under water: Ember Parrotfish. Resonance, 27, 1469. ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Deshpande, S., & Despande, K (2022). Life under water: Galaxy Corals. Resonance, 27, (2). ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Narang, L., & Deshpande, S. (2021).Life under Water: A Sea Anemone from the Mumbai shoreline. Resonance, 26 (11). ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Deshpande, S. (2021). Let us read a wonderful story. Resonance, 26, 281-282. ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Nikhil, T., & Deshpande, S. (2021).Life under Water:Streaked Spinefoot. Resonance, 26 (8). ISSN:0973-712X [Link]

• Murdeshwar, M., & Deshpande, S. (2020). Paper Microscope Foldscope: An Affordable Means to Visualize the Microscopic World. Xplore, 11(1), 91-95. ISSN: 2249-1878 [Link]

• Deshpande, S. (2019). The law of Homologous series in Variation by Nikolai Vavilov. Resonance, 24,1475-1476.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-019-0912-3. [Link]

•  Deshpande, S. (2019). Science versus Ideology. Resonance, 24,1355-1373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-019-0903-4. [Link]

•  Murdeshwar, M., Deshpande, S., Parab, S., & Tellis, J. (2019). Mapping microscopic Biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems using paper microscope ‘FOLDSCOPE’ in Sharma, A.D. (Ed.), Foldscope and its Applications. 238-251. ISBN 978-93-85835-68-1  

• Chakraborty, S., Bhadra, A., Nandi, A., Sumana, A., Deshpande, S., Lamba, S., Bang, A. and Gadagkar, R. (2018). Evolution of Reproductive Dominance in Animal Societies – Lessons From a Social Wasp. Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad 84 (3), 695-705. DOI: 10.16943/ptinsa/2018/49310.  

• Deshpande, S.A. (2016). Plants Cry for Help upon Insect Attack and Parasitoids Come to their Rescue!!! In P.A. Sinu and K.R. Shivanna (Eds.), Mutualistic Interactions between Flowering Plants and Animals. Manipal University Press.  

• Nandi, A., Bhadra, A., Sumana, A., Deshpande, S., & Gadagkar, R. (2013). The evolution of complexity in social organisation - A model using dominance-subordinate behavior in two social wasp species. Journal of Theoretical Biology  327, 34-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.01.010 [Link]

Convener College Exam Commitee

Member Admissions Committee

Member Graduation Committee 

Honours Coordinator for the Department - 2018 onwards

Workshop on 'Biostatistics: Introduction to R' from 1st - 2nd April 2016 by Dept. of Animal Sciences, Central University of Kerala

DBT Sponsored symposium on 'Behaviour and the Brain' on 23rd January 2016 by St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

Seminar on 'Autonomy in Review'  on 13th January2016 by St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

'Orientation Programme' from 18th November - 15th December 2015 at University of Mumbai

Seminar on 'Quality Enhancement'  on 1st October 2015 by St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

• Visiting Faculty at the Extra Mural Department -University of Mumbai

• Visiting Faculty at the Department of Microbiology, Ramnarian Ruia College

• Plenary talk 'Parasitoids as Plant Protectors' at the Conference on 'Insect Biodiversity Studies', Central University Kerala.

• Talks given on Akashvani, Mumbai in Marathi on 'Wasps' and 'Termites' 

SZOO0302 - Biostatistics and Evolution

SZOO0401 - Developmental Biology & Information Flow

SZOO0502 - Physiological Adaptations

SZOO05AC - Insect Taxonomy and Applied Entomology