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Publications
- 11 January 2016
What India can learn from China: Experience of cross border gas pipeline projects
“India is lagging behind China due to TIPS (Trade-Investment-Political-Social) strategy with the supplier and transit country”, claims a new study. Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni and Prof. Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan from the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Indian Institute of Science have studied the execution of energy projects in India and China. The study undertook a comparative analysis of approaches of China and India towards supplier and transit countries in the energy pipeline. They found that China had performed remarkably better than India due to better policies and strategic ties with its neighbours. - 11 January 2016
Fruit preferences in the rhesus macaque
The large, red-faced, rather scary rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is a species of monkey a lot of us have encountered. The primate is highly adaptable, and eats almost anything – fruits, small leaves and human food. Studying what kind of fruitsprimates prefer can reveal their importance in this important activity of seed dispersal, and in turn the impact the primates can have on forest dynamics. - 11 January 2016
Effects of provisioning in rhesus macaques and ecosystems
Have you fed a monkey when you are at a place of worship, or at a bus stand? This act of kindness towards a fellow primate can cause changes to entire forest food webs and ecosystem processes, finds a recent study. For starters, the amount of fruits monkeys ate decreased by almost half when they had access to human food. - 3 August 2015
Modern Physics and Buddhism
Towards reconstruction of the dialogue between Modern Physics and Buddhist Philosophy: an inquiry into the concepts of Quantum Vacuum and Ālayavijñāna. Conference paper, March 2015. - 3 August 2015
In Search of the Physics of Human Consciousness
Sisir Roy, Samyadeb Bhattacharya and B V Sreekantan (2015). Dirac’s large number hypothesis: Is it related to 40 Hz gamma oscillation or consciousness?. Neuroquantology 13(3).Sept. - 15 June 2015
Fish “remember” each other
VV Binoy, Rajesh Kasturirangan and Anindya Sinha (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(2): 225-232.
Conferences / Seminars/ Workshops
- 4 December 2015
Workshop on “Student Network: A Platform for student – scientist partnership”
during 1st December 2015 at NIAS, Bangalore. - 9 May 2015
Workshop on Global Nuclear Politics and Strategy Fifth Annual Residential Workshop for Young Scholars
during 4-7 May 2015 at NIAS, Bangalore, Organised by Institute of Peace of Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi & NIAS. - 28-29 April 2015
Water issues haven’t got much attention in India: NIAS Director (Day 1)
Experts discuss ways to bridge research and society, with an emphasis on quality of life for citizens (Day 2)
Bridging Innovations in Academic Institutions to Society. Organized by NIAS and the Thematic Unit of Excellence, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; and sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology.
Collaborations
- 4 June 2015
Agreement between NIAS and UNDP, Collaboration on policy research on inequality and human development
The event took place on 3rd June 2015 at NIAS - 11 May 2015
NIAS and NIF signed an MoU to foster Grassroots Innovation at NIAS on 10 May 2015
Talks
- 22 May 2015
Einstein had a great regard for Mahatma Gandhi
Public Lecture on Subtle is the Lord..... the legacy of Albert Einstein delivered by C. V. Vishveshwara on 22nd May 2015 at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
MEDIA REPORTS
Publications
- 18 Jan 2016
Feeding macaques affects forests, The Hindu - 12 Jan 2016
Fed bread and biscuits, monkeys are eating less fruit: The Times of India
Rhesus macaques prefer large fruits: Bangalore Mirror - 20 July 2015
Fish “remember” each other (Kannada), Prajavani - 16 June 2015
NIAS RESEARCH - Fish have ability to recall, recognize familiar species, The Times of India.