Natural Sciences and Engineering

The School covers research in the fields of complex systems, ecology and conservation biology, and energy and the environment. Current research interests of the faculty include nonlinear dynamics and its application to physical and biological problems; mammalian behavioural ecology, human-animal studies, human-wildlife conflict, human and non-human cognitive decision making, and science communication; climate change mitigation, renewable energy, nuclear power, energy systems modelling and equitable energy access.

Anindya Sinha	Anmol Chowdhury	Bhujanga Rao Ve...
Binoy V.V	Dinesh Kumar Sr...	Harini Santhanam
Janaki Balakrishnan	M. Sai Baba	Meera Sudhakar
Neesha Dutt	Nimisha Agarwal	Nishant M Srini...
P S Goel	Priya Gupta	Priyam Laxmi Bo...
R Srikanth	Rudrodip Majumdar	S. Vignesh
Samira Agnihotri	Sarvajeet Kumar...	Shaurabh Anand
Shruti Ragavan	Shubhangi Srivastava	Sindhu Radhakrishna
Sneha Gutgutia	Soumya Deep Das	Sreedhar Vijaya...
Sreshtha Mondal	Sudharsana V Iyengar	Sudip Kumar Kundu
Tejal Kanitkar	V. P. Lavanyaa	Vijay C S

Current Programs

Past Programs

Agro-ecology and Bio-security

Book Chapters

Tejal, K. & T, J., 2019. Equity in Long-Term Mitigation. In India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development. India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development. Oxford University Press. Available at: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/india-in-a-warming-world-9780199498734?cc=id&lang=en&.
Sudhakar, M., 2018. Efficiency and Welfare: The Tightrope Walk in Karnataka’s Power Sector . In Mapping Power: The Political Economy of Electricity in India’s States. Mapping Power: The Political Economy of Electricity in India’s States. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 134-154. Available at: https://india.oup.com/product/mapping-power-9780199487820.
Sinha, A. & Vijayakrishnan, S., 2017. Primates in Urban Settings. In The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. The International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley and Sons Inc, pp. 1-8.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2015. Towards measuring interventions in rainfed areas. In Agricultural risk management. Agricultural risk management. BS Publications. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/856/.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H. & Jayasree, V., 2015. Self Help Group (SHGs) – A Medium of Water Management and Conflict Resolution . In Sharing Blue Gold: Locating water conflicts in India. Sharing Blue Gold: Locating water conflicts in India. Bengaluru: NIAS, pp. 183-198. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/686/2/2015-ShanthaMohan-SP6.pdf.
Iyengar, S.V. & Balakrishnan, J., 2014. q-Deformations and the Dynamics of the Larch Bud-moth Population Cycles. In Nature's longest threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics & Physics of Information in Biology. Nature's longest threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics & Physics of Information in Biology. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company Pte. Ltd., pp. 65-80. Available at: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814612470_0008.
Balakrishnan, J., 2014. Instabilities in sensory processes. In Nature’s longest threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics and Physics of Information in Biology. Nature’s longest threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics and Physics of Information in Biology. Singapore: World Scientific, pp. 37-46. Available at: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814612470_0005.
Pani, N., 2012. Vulnerability of Cities to Globalization: Towards a Conceptual Framework. In N. Jayaram & Rajasekhar, D. Vulnerability and Globalization: Perspectives and Analyses from India. Vulnerability and Globalization: Perspectives and Analyses from India. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/313/.
Pani, N., 2012. Wages of Poverty. In Business Standard India 2012. Business Standard India 2012. New Delhi: BS Books. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/314/.
Huffman, M.A. & Sinha, A., 2011. Nature and culture in the wild: Biological foundations of behavioural traditions in non-human primates. In R. Narasimha & Menon, S. Nature and Culture. Nature and Culture. New Delhi: PHISPC and CSC, pp. 367–389. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/265/.
Sinha, A., 2010. Playing God or Being Human? Scientific and Ethical Perspectives in the Cloning of Human Beings. In P. Kumar Sengupta History of Science and Philosophy of Science: A Historical Perspective of the Evolution of Ideas in Science. History of Science and Philosophy of Science: A Historical Perspective of the Evolution of Ideas in Science. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 473–480. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/281/.
Mishra, C. & Sinha, A., 2010. Munzalas in the mist: The discovery of the Arunachal macaque. In P. Singh Bindra Voices in the wilderness: Contemporary wildlife writings. Voices in the wilderness: Contemporary wildlife writings. New Delhi: Rupa and Company, pp. 75–82. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/272/.
Mallapur, A., Sinha, A. & Waran, N., 2007. A world survey of husbandry practices for Lion-tailed macaques Macaca silenus in captivity. In International Zoo Yearbook. International Zoo Yearbook. July. Blackwell Synergy, pp. 166–175. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/82/.
Sinha, A., 2005. Of mice and men: Ethical issues in animal exploitation. In D. P. Chattopadhyay Self, Society and Science: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives. Self, Society and Science: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/64/.
Singh, M. & Sinha, A., 2004. Life-history traits: ecological adaptations or phylogenetic relics?. In B. Thierry, Singh, M. , & Kaumanns, W. Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization. Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization. September. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 80–83. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/59/.
Radhakrishna, S. & Sinha, A., 2003. Other Societies: Social Organisation and Behaviour in Primates. In J. K Thomas Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Irinjalakuda: Department of Zoology, Christ College, pp. 104–117. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/62/.
Sinha, A., Mukhopadhyay, K. & Roy, A.Datta, 2003. Eka adwitiya: Evolution of unimale social organisation in bonnet macaques. In J. Vanitharani, Annamalai, R. , & Narayanan, M. Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India. Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India. Mundanthurai: Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College and Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, pp. 110–115. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/60/.
Sinha, A., 2003. Cognitive Ethology: A Behavioural Lens into the Primate Mind. In J. K Thomas Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Irinjalakuda: Department of Zoology, Christ College, pp. 18–28. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/61/.
Radhakrishna, S. & Singh, M., 2002. Conserving the Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus). In Proceedings of the National Seminar on Conservation of Eastern Ghats. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Conservation of Eastern Ghats. Hyderabad: Environment Protection Training Research Institute, pp. 227–231. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/68/.

Books

Tejal, K., 2020. An Integrated Framework for Energy-Economy-Emissions Modeling: A Case Study of India, Springer. Available at: https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030182625.
Raj, B. & U Mudali, K., 2017. Sensor Science and Technology, New Delhi: Narosa Publishers Ltd. Available at: http://www.narosa.com/books_display.asp?catgcode=978-81-8487-418-1.
Karthik, V., Kasiviswanathan, K.V. & Raj, B., 2017. Miniaturized Testing of Engineering Materials, New York: CRC-Press, Taylor and Francis Group. Available at: https://www.crcpress.com/Miniaturized-Testing-of-Engineering-Materials/Karthik-Kasiviswanathan-Raj/p/book/9781482263916.
Pai, M.A. et al., 2016. Small signal analysis of integrated power systems, New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Available at: http://www.narosa.com/books_display.asp?catgcode=978-81-8487-553-9.
Bagla, P. & Binoy, V.V., 2016. Bridging the Communication Gap in Science and Technology: Lessons from India, Springer.
Balakrishnan, J. & Sreekantan, B.V., 2014. Nature's longest threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics & Physics of Information in Biology, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. Available at: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9204.
Menon, S., Sinha, A. & Sreekantan, B.V., 2014. Interdisciplinary perspectives on consciousness and the self, New Delhi: Springer. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/652/.
Gupta, D.P.Sen, 2013. Our earth and our quest for energy, Bangalore: Prism Books. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/410/.
Radhakrishna, S., Huffman, M.A. & Sinha, A., 2013. The macaque connection: Cooperation and conflict between humans and macaques, New York: Springer Verlag. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/337/.
Narasimha, R. & Ahuja, D.R., 2012. Dialogues across disciplines: from the NIAS archives, Volume 1, Bangalore: National Institute of Advanced Studies. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/478/.
Pani, N., Radhakrishna, S. & Bhat, K.G., 2010. Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru: Imaginations and their times, New Delhi: Sage Publications. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/170/.

Conference Papers

Srikanth, R., Krishnan, A.V. & Das, S., 2020. Transition Path to Promote Renewable Energy by DISCOMs. In Renewable Energy Summit. Renewable Energy Summit. 17 January 2020. New Delhi: India Energy Forum.
Majumdar, R. & Saha, S.Kumar, 2019. Study on the Behaviour of Thermal Stratification in Encapsulated PCM-based Storage System. In Proceedings of 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019). Proceedings of 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019). The Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) . Available at: http://ishmtdigitallibrary.com/conferences/18a7131602a3b186,7a56f09f53571cac,4b6e2f74550c450a.html.
Santhanam, H. & Srikanth, R., 2019. PIT lakes as sustainable post-closure interventions for open-cast coal mines in the Indian context. In Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress: International Conference and Exhibition. Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress: International Conference and Exhibition. October 2019. New Delhi: Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress.
Mukherjee, A. et al., 2019. Modelling of Open Thermochemical Energy Storage System for Space Heating using Reduced Order Model. In Proceedings of 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019). Proceedings of 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019). 2019. Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT). Available at: http://ishmtdigitallibrary.com/conferences/18a7131602a3b186,7a56f09f53571cac,006c8a5776942cac.html.

Journal Articles

Sengupta, A. et al., 2020. Reliability of Macaques as Seed Dispersers. American Journal of Primatology, 82(5). Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajp.23115.
De, S. & Balakrishnan, J., 2020. Burst mechanisms and burst synchronization in a system of coupled type-I and type-II neurons. Communication in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 90, p.105391. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1007570420302239.
Mukherjee, A. et al., 2020. Performance Evaluation of an Open Thermochemical Energy Storage System Integrated with Flat Plate Solar Collector. Applied Thermal Engineering, 173( Article 115218). Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359431119375465.
Sengupta, A., Binoy, V.V. & Radhakrishna, S., 2020. Human-Elephant Conflict in Kerala, India: a Rapid Appraisal Using Compensation Records. Human Ecology, 48, pp.101-109. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10745-020-00128-6.
Nautiyal, H. et al., 2020. The Banj oak Quercus leucotrichophora as a potential mitigating factor for human-langur interactions in the Garhwal Himalayas, India: People’s perceptions and ecological importance. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22(e00985). Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419308625.
Pebsworth, P. & Radhakrishna, S., 2020. Using Conditioned Taste Aversion to Reduce Human-nonhuman Primate Conflict: A Comparison of Four Potentially Illness-inducing Drugs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 225. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016815912030023X.
Sheth, C. & al, et, 2020. The Devil is in the Detail: Peer-review of the Wildlife Conservation Plan by the Wildlife Institute of India for the Etalin Hydropower Project, Dibang Valley. Zoo’s Print, 35(5). Available at: https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/5686.
Anand, S. & Radhakrishna, S., 2020. Is Human–Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Conflict in India a Case of Human–Human Conflict?. Ambio. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-020-01324-w?fbclid=IwAR21ietIkNqeW9DvFgScaK7kki8jDJReIefU8vQk2nOj5HdEkl0piYaXdo8.
Sinha, A. & Barua, M., 2020. Nonhuman Lifeworlds in Urban India. The Philosopher, 108(1).
Kamath, H.G. et al., 2019. The Potential for Concentrator Photovoltaics: A Feasibility Study in India. Progress in Photovoltaics, 27(4), pp.316-327. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pip.3099.
Vijayakrishnan, S., 2019. Elephant Training in India. Sahapedia.
Krishnan, V. et al., 2019. Distribution and Habitat Use by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Coffee-Dominated Landscape of Southern India . Tropical Conservation Science, 12, pp.1-12. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940082918822599.
Vijayakrishnan, S. & Sinha, A., 2019. Human-Captive elephant relationships in Kerala: Historical perspectives and current scenarios. Gajah, 50, pp.29-35. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1829/.
Tejal, K., Banerjee, R. & T, J., 2019. An Integrated Modeling Framework for Energy Economy and Emissions Modeling: A Case for India. Energy, 167(C), pp.670-679. Available at: https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v167y2019icp670-679.html.
Srinivasaiah, N.M., 2019. Millennial Male Elephants of the Eastern Ghats. Hornbill, 2, pp.30-37. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1826/.
Vijayakrishnan, S. & Kumar, M.Ananda, 2019. An Elephantine Conundrum. Hornbill, April-June , pp.38-45.
Radhakrishna, S., 2019. Janus-Faced Interactions: The Nature of Human-Macaque Conflicts in India. Hornbill, April-June, pp.107-111.
Srikanth, R., 2018. India's Sustainable Development Goals – Glide Path for India's Power Sector. Energy Policy, 123, pp.325-336. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421518305792.
Borgohain, P.L., Phukan, S. & Ahuja, D.R., 2018. Downstream channel changes and the likely impacts of flow augmentation by a hydropower project in River Dikrong, India. International Journal of River Basin Management. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15715124.2018.1439497.
Srikanth, R. & Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2018. Towards sustainable development: planning surface coal mine closures in India. Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, 13(1), pp.30-43. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21582041.2017.1394484.
Srikanth, R., 2018. Role of electric mobility in a sustainable, and energy-secure future for India. Current Science, 114(4), pp.732-739. Available at: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/114/04/0732.pdf.
M. Baba, S., 2018. List of Publications of Dr. M. Sai Baba. Available at: http://www.nias.res.in/sites/default/files/msb-publ-18Oct18.pdf.
Mishra, S. & Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2018. A MANUSH or HUMANS Characterisation of the Human Development Index. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19452829.2017.1422703?scroll=top&needAccess=true.
Iyengar, S.V. & Balakrishnan, J., 2018. The q-deformed Tinkerbell map. Chaos, 28(11). Available at: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5048798.
Srikanth, R., 2018. India's Steel Industry - quo vadis (Guest Editorial). Current Science, 114(2), pp.243-244. Available at: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/114/02/0243.pdf.
Sutha, S. et al., 2017. Ultrasonic-assisted fabrication of superhydrophobic ZnO nanowall films. Bulletin of Materials Science, 40(3), pp.505-511. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12034-017-1385-1.
Sinha, A., 2017. Scio Ergo Sum: Knowledge of the Self in a Nonhuman Primate. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 97(4), pp. 567–582. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41745-017-0043-3.
Mutalikdesai, A. & Ramasesha, S.K., 2017. Emerging Solar Technologies: Perovskite Solar Cell. Resonance, 22(11), pp.1061-1083. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1372/.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H. & Mishra, S., 2017. Group differential for attainment and failure indicators. Journal of International Development. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/350/.
Srikanth, R., 2017. Why India Needs a National Electricity Council. Current Science, 113(7), pp.1233-1241. Available at: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/113/07/1233.pdf.
Sutha, S. et al., 2017. Ultrasonic-assisted fabrication of superhydrophobic ZnO nanowall films. Bulletin of Materials Science, 40(3), pp.505-511. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12034-017-1385-1.
Barua, M. & Sinha, A., 2017. Animating the urban: an ethological and geographical conversation. Social & Cultural Geography . Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14649365.2017.1409908.
Iyengar, S.V., Balakrishnan, J. & Kurths, J., 2016. Impact of climate change on larch budmoth cyclic outbreaks. Scientific Reports , 6(27845). Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1117/.
Kulkarni, S.Sudhir, 2016. India's Decision Making on Cross-Border Natural Gas Pipelines (1989-2012). Strategic Analysis, 40(5), pp.405-424. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1154/.
Kulkarni, S.Sudhir & Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2016. The elephant and the tiger: Energy security, geopolitics, and national strategy in China and India’s cross border gas pipelines. Energy Research & Social Science, 11, pp.183 - 194. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629615300621.
Gupta, S. & Sinha, A., 2016. Not here, there! Possible referential gesturing during allogrooming by wild bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata. Animal Cognition. Available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-016-1012-3.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., Raj, B. & Rethinaraj, T.S.Gopi, 2016. Social dimension of India’s Energy Future. RITES Journal, 18(1), pp.12.1–12.20.
Sharma, N. et al., 2016. Watering holes: The use of arboreal sources of drinking water by Old World monkeys and apes. Behavioural Processes, 129, pp.18-26. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1146/.
Hongray, T. & Balakrishnan, J., 2016. Dynamics of bow-tie shaped bursting: Forced pendulum with dynamic feedback. Chaos: An interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 26 (123107 ). Available at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/chaos/26/12/10.1063/1.4971411.
Gangopadhyay, A. et al., 2016. Wind and solar energy for reducing electricity deficits in Karnataka. Current Science, 111(5), pp.796-807.
Chakravarty, S. & Ahuja, D.R., 2016. Bridging the gap between intentions and contributions requires determined effort. Current Science, 110 (4). Available at: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/04/0475.pdf.
Iyengar, S.V., Balakrishnan, J. & Kurths, J., 2016. Co-existence of periodic bursts and death of cycles in a population dynamics systems. Chaos, 26, pp.093111-15. Available at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/chaos/26/9/10.1063/1.4962633.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2015. India's 100GW of solar by 2022: Pragmatism or Targetitis?. Economic and Political Weekly, (50), pp.pp. 10-14. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/921/.
Hongray, T., Balakrishnan, J. & Dana, S.K., 2015. Bursting behaviour in coupled Josephson junctions. Chaos. Available at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/chaos/25/12/10.1063/1.4936675.
Kurup, A., A, C. & V, B.V., 2015. ‘Little minds dreaming big science’: are we really promoting ‘children gifted in STEM’ in India?. Current Science, 108, pp.779–781.
Hongray, T., Ashok, B. & Balakrishnan, J., 2015. Oscillatory dynamics of a charged microbubble under ultrasound. Pramana: Journal of Physics, 84(4), pp.517-541. Available at: http://www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v84/p517/fulltext.pdf.
Binoy, V.V., R, K. & A., S., 2015. Sensory cues employed for the acquisition of familiarity-dependent recognition of a shoal of conspecifics by climbing perch (Anabas testudineus Bloch). Journal of Biosciences, 40, pp.225-232.
Chakravarty, S., 2015. Cheap Oil, Climate Change Mitigation and India. Economic and Political Weekly., 50(9), pp.38–43. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/728/.
V, B.V., R, K. & A., S., 2015. Sensory cues employed for the acquisition of familiarity-dependent recognition of a shoal of conspecifics by climbing perch (Anabas testudineus Bloch). Journal of Biosciences, 40, pp.225-232.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2014. Global grid ? harnessing green power round the clock. Geopolitics, 5, pp.71–73. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/681/.
Gupta, D.P.Sen, Gupta, I. & Ahuja, D.R., 2014. All states stand to save electricity were Indian Standard Time to be advanced. Current Science, 106, pp.70–74. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/479/.
Ahuja, D.R., 2014. Book Review: The Governance of Energy Megaprojects: Politics, Hubris and Energy Security by Benjamin K. Sovacool and Christopher J. Cooper.Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,2013. Current Science, 106, pp.1017–1018. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/621/.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2014. Solar energy for rural electricity in India: A misplaced emphasis. Economic & Political Weekly, 49, pp.60–67. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/682/.
Ahuja, D.R., 2014. The Governance of Energy Megaprojects:Politics, Hubris and Energy Security. Current Science, 106, pp.1017–1018. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/640/.
Singer, C., Milligan, T. & Rethinaraj, T.S.Gopi, 2014. How China's Options Will Determine GlobalWarming. challenges, 5, pp.1–25. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/675/.
Radhakrishna, S., Binoy, V.V. & Kurup, A., 2014. The culture of environmental education: insights from a citizen science experiment in India. Current Science, 107, pp.176–178. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/622/.
Iyer, C.G., 2014. Harnessing satellite technology for education development: case studies from India. Innovation and Development, 4, pp.129–143. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/644/.
Hongray, T., Ashok, B. & Balakrishnan, J., 2014. Effect of charge on the dynamics of an acoustically forced bubble. Nonlinearity, 27(6). Available at: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0951-7715/27/6/1157/meta;jsessionid=B453661C4A00530ABAEFF73500FCA472.c1.iopscience.cld.iop.org.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2013. Science and non-science. Science Reporter, 50, p.41. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/395/.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H. & B Reddy, S., 2013. Urban transport sustainability indicators ? application of multi-view black-box (MVBB) framework. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 12, pp.285–312. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/397/.
Iyer, C.G., 2013. Indian Economic Review., 48, pp.297-322.
Binoy, V.V. & S, R., 2013. Environmental decision-making: The role of culture-induced divergence in cognition. Current Science, 105, pp.757-759.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., Kulkarni, S.Sudhir & Ahuja, D.R., 2013. Pipeline politics-A study of India's proposed cross border gas projects. Energy Policy, 62, pp.145–156. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/382/.
Reddy, S.B. & Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2013. Energy in the development strategy of Indian households: the missing half. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 18, pp.203–210. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/387/.
Kumara, H.N. & Radhakrishna, S., 2013. Evaluation of census techniques to estimate the density of slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in Southern India. Current Science, 104, pp.1083–1086. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/629/.
Kumara, H.N. & Radhakrishna, S., 2013. Evaluation of census techniques to estimate the density of slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in Southern India. Current Science, 104, pp.1083–1086. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/623/.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H., 2013. Uttarakhand tragedy-the questions one prefers to ignore. Humanist Outlook, 13, pp.290–292. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/618/.
Chakravarty, S. & Tavoni, M., 2013. Energy poverty alleviation and climate change: Is there a trade off?. Energy Economics, 40.
Sharma, N., Madhusudan, M.D. & Sinha, A., 2012. Socio-economic drivers of forest cover change in Assam: A historical perspective. Economic and Political Weekly, XLVII, pp.64–72. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/352/.
Salk Kristle Nathan, H. & B Reddy, S., 2012. Towards a conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators for an urban setup. International Journal of Sustainable Development, 15, pp.187–205. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/385/.
Ahuja, D.R. & Gupta, D.P.Sen, 2012. Year-round daylight saving time will save more energy in India than corresponding DST or time zones. Energy Policy, 42, pp.657–669. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/290/.
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