Publications
2023
Preprints
Das, P., Binoy, V. V. (2023). Landing the'Tiger of Rivers': Understanding recreational angling of mahseers in India using YouTube Videos. bioRxiv, 2023-07. DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.22.550129
2021
Binoy VV, Kurup A Radhakrishna S (2021). The extinction of experience in a biodiversity hotspot: rural school children’s knowledge of animals in the Western Ghats. Current Science, doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i2/313-316
Preprints
Rao RR, Das P, Ramachandran R, Hrishikesh LR, Jaleel UCA, Manuel AT, Binoy V V Attitude towards COVID-19 Vaccine in India: Understanding the role of health beliefs DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20744.96004
Vasan T, Das P, Varma V, Tiwari A, Prakash A , Manilal D, Thomas L, Arjun C P , Philip S, Raghavan R, Binoy V V Captivity-induced behaviour and spatial learning abilities in an enigmatic, aquifer-dwelling blind eel, Rakthamichthys digressus doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.12.448170
2020
Varma V, Singh H, Vijayan J, and Binoy VV (2020). Social decision making is influenced by size of shoal but not boldness, sociability or familiarity in Deccan mahseer (Tor khudree). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2020.1838244
Pebsworth P, Gawde R, Bardi M, Binoy VV, Radhakrishna S (2020) To kill or not to kill? : Factors influencing people’s use of lethal mitigation strategies. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1856453
Varma V, Vasoya H, Jain A, and Binoy VV (2020). ‘The Bold are the Sociable’: Personality, sociability and lateralized utilization of brain hemisphere in the juveniles of a megafish Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree). Icthyological Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00744-8
Sengupta A, Binoy VV, Radhakrishna S (2020) Human-elephant conflict in Kerala, India: a rapid appraisal using compensation records. Human Ecology, 1-9.
Preprints
Varma, V, Raghavan R, Binoy VV. Big fish in small tanks: Stunting in the Deccan Mahseer, Tor khudree (Sykes 1849). bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.04.025049
Das P, Binoy VV. Is boldness in climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) Sensitive to the apparatus used for the measurement? bioRxiv.doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.06.189092
2019
Babu AN, Niehaus E, Shah S, Unnithan C, Ramkumar PS, Shah J, Binoy VV, Soman B, Arunan MC, Jose CP (2019) Smart Phone Geospatial Apps for Dengue control, prevention, prediction and education: MOSapp, DISapp and the Mosquito Perception Index (MPI). Journal of Environment Monitoring and Assessment, Special Issue: Geospatial Tech in Environment Health Applications, 191(2), 393
Sai Baba M, Binoy V V, Vasan T, Subhash H. J. (2019). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and India: Promise, Perception and Preparedness. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore (NIAS/NSE/U/RR/070/2019).
Preprints
Machiah A, Zeeshan M, Pillai S, and Binoy VV. ‘The load of diversity’: Cognitive load of lessons on biodiversity and classification in the biology textbooks of five different states of India. doi: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/k83cz
Binoy VV, Ingle BJ, Bhattacharya A and Sinha A. Can living with an alien invasive fish, tilapia, influence the shoaling decision-making and exploratory behaviour of an air-breathing freshwater fish, the climbing perch? doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/839563
Binoy VV, Rakesh VB, and Sinha A. Inter-ecosystem variation in the food-collection behaviour in climbing perch Anabas testudineus, a freshwater fish. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/573600
2018
Anand S, Binoy V V, and Radhakrishna S (2018) The monkey is not always a God: Attitudinal differences toward crop-raiding macaques and why it matters for conflict mitigation. Ambio, 1-10.
2017
Menon S, Binoy V V and Nagaraj N (2017) Self, Culture and Consciousness: Interdisciplinary Convergences on Knowing and Being. Springer
Bagla P and Binoy V V (2017 ) Bridging the Communication Gap in Science and Technology: Lessons from India. Singapore: Springer
Binoy V V, Vashishta I, Rathore A and Menon S (2017) Autobiographical memory - where self, wellbeing and culture congregate. In: Self, Culture and Consciousness: Interdisciplinary Convergences on Knowing and Being. Menon S., Nagaraj N. and Binoy V. V. (eds.) Springer - Nature
Menon S., Nagaraj N. and Binoy V. V. (2017) Bridging self, culture and consciousness. In: Self, Culture and Consciousness: Interdisciplinary Convergences on Knowing and Being. Menon S., Nagaraj N. and Binoy V. V. (eds.) Springer - Nature
Binoy VV (2017) When Science Meets the Public—Bridging the Gap. In: Bridging the Communication Gap in Science and Technology: Lessons from India. Bagla, P. and Binoy V. V. (eds.). Singapore: Springer
Binoy V V, Radhakrishna S and Kurup A (2017) Bridging educational institutions for a citizen science project: a case study from Malappuram district, Kerala, India. In: Bridging the Communication Gap in Science and Technology: Lessons from India. Bagla, P. and Binoy V. V. (eds.), Singapore: Springer
2016
Binoy V V, Iyer C, Patnaik LM and Raj B (2016) Science, Technology and Indian Society: An Anthology of Perspectives. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. ISBN 978-93-83566-21-1
2015
Binoy V V (2015) Food patch choice in climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), a freshwater fish. Indian Journal of Fisheries 62 : 149-151
Binoy V V, Kasturirangan R and Sinha A (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: 225-232
Binoy V V (2015) A comparative analysis of the boldness in four teleosts inhabiting an irrigation canal. Indian Journal of Fisheries 62 : 128-130
Kurup A, Chandra A and Binoy V V (2015). ‘Little minds dreaming big science’: are we really promoting ‘children gifted in STEM’ in India? Current Science 108: 779-781
Up to 2014
Radhakrishna S, Binoy V V and Kurup A (2014). The culture of environmental education: Insights from a citizen science experiment in India. Current Science 107: 176-178
Binoy V V and Radhakrishna S (2013). Environmental decision making: The role of culture-induced divergence in cognition. Current Science 105: 757-759
Karmakar S and Binoy V V (2012). Tools as non-elaborated aesthetic form. Science and Culture 78: 347-350
Binoy V V, Roshan K S and Rakesh V B (2012). Occurrence of Kryptoglanis shajii, an enigmatic subterranean-spring catfish (Siluriformes, Incertae sedis), in channels of paddy field. Current Science 102: 161
Binoy V V (2010). Catfish Clarias is vanishing from the waters of Kerala. Current Science 90: 714
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2008). Influence of hunger on the food stocking behavior of climbing perch. Journal of Fish Biology 73: 1053-1057
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2006). Climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) can recognize members of a familiar shoal. Current Science 90: 288-289
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2005). Comparative analysis of organochloride and organophosphate pesticides on the learning ability and sustained swimming capacity of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), a freshwater fish. Journal of the Indian Society of Toxicology 2: 23
Binoy V V, Menon S and Thomas K J (2005). The influence of methyl parathion on the behaviour of the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). Pollution Research 24: 253-259
Thomas K J, Binoy V V and Baby G (2005). Male Siamese fighting fish prefers larger females with distended belly. Journal of Ecobiology 17: 537-544
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2004). The climbing perch (Anabas testudineus Bloch), a freshwater fish, prefers larger unfamiliar shoals to smaller familiar shoals. Current Science 86: 207-211
Binoy V V, Job N and Thomas K J (2004). The influence of dicofol on the behaviour of the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). Indian Journal of Fisheries 51: 345-351
Conference Posters
Das P and Binoy VV (2023) Understanding social dimension in mahseer conservation: A study on perceptions of recreational anglers. 14th Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS), Bangalore, 9-12 October, 2023.
Das P and Binoy VV (2023) Behaviour and practices of recreational anglers towards three Mahseer species and responses they received from public: a YouTube based study; First Indian Conservation Conference, ICCON- 2023, Mysuru, 9-11 April 2023,
Gopinath A, Poojary S, Ajithkumar A, Binoy V V (2023) Propensity to take risky decisions and spatial learning ability in the hatchery reared juveniles of a megafish Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree); International Wildlife Conference on "Wildlife Conservation: Emerging scenario and way forward" Kanha Tiger Reserve, Mandla (M.P.), 27-29 April 2023
Varma V, Vijayan J, Singh A, and Binoy VV, (2019) Can boldness of shoal mate affect behavioural flexibility in Deccan Mahseer. 3rd National Post-Doc Symposium, IISER Pune, 10-13 December 2019
Varma V, Vasan T, Tiwari A, Prakash A, Manilal D, Raghavan R, Philip S and Binoy VV (2019) ‘Correlates of subterranean personalities’: Morphology, personality and learning ability in a subterranean fish, Monopterus sp. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2019, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 15-18 October 2019.
Vijayan J, Varma V, Singh A, and Binoy VV (2019) Influence of the boldness of the shoal mate on the flexibility of personality traits in Deccan Mahseer. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2019, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 15-18 October 2019.
Vijayan J, Singh A, Binoy VV, Varma V (2019) Can boldness of the shoal mate affect the behavioural flexibility in Deccan Mahseer. Association for the Study of the Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Summer Conference 2019, Konstanz, Germany, 26-28 August 2019.
Borah N, Binoy V V (2018) Communicating climate change through traditional folk theatre. American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall meeting Fall Meeting. Washington, D.C, USA 10-14 December 2018.
Vasan T, Arjun CP, Raghavan R, Philips S, Thomas L, Dahanukar N, Rajani MB, Binoy VV (2017) Bridging the ‘Wallacean shortfall’ for subterranean fishes of Kerala, India. International Biogeography Society special meeting. Bengaluru, 26-28 September 2017
Pankaj, Sandhya M, Binoy V V, Menon S, Hegde AS, Srinivasa R (2016) The autobiographical memory in the context of stroke and head injury. 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS). Bologna, Italy 13 - 16 September 2016.
Pankaj, Sandhya M, Menon S, Hegde AS, Srinivasa R and Binoy V V (2015) How PCA and MCA stroke affects autobiographic memory. International Conference on ‘Cognition Consciousness and Cultures Implications for the 21st centaury’. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 9-11 December 2015.
Pankaj, Sandhya M, Menon S, Hegde AS, Srinivasa R and Binoy V V (2015) The autobiographical memory and self in the context of stroke and head injury. International Conference “Neurodegenerative Diseases: Pathogenesis to Therapy”. Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 16-18 November 2015.
Kumaraswamy T R and Binoy V V (2015) ‘Student network’ - An axiological future key for conservation. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2015, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 8-11 September 2015.
Watve M, Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). Changing personalities? Are behavioural syndromes modified during metamorphosis in the Indian common toad? First Annual Conference on Cognitive Science, New Delhi, India, March 2014
Rao A, Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). Cube vision: Can blindfolded Rubik’s cubing provide insights into the formation of mental imagery and its application to problem solving? First Annual Conference on Cognitive Science, New Delhi, India, March 2014
Binoy V V and Sinha A (2013). The impact of an alien invasive fish, the tilapia, on the cognitive abilities and lateralized utilization of brain hemispheres in a freshwater fish, the climbing perch. Young Investigators’ Meeting 2013, Jodhpur, India, February 2013
Binoy V V, Kasturirangan R and Sinha A (2012). From sentience to consciousness: What can fish tell us? Looking Within: An International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Consciousness, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, January 2012
Conference Abstracts and Presentations
Gopinath A, Das P, Poojary S, Manaswini LR, Binoy V V (2023) Are fishes Intelligent? Conference on ‘Intelligence in Animals Humans and Machines, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore,18-19 April 2023
Das P and Binoy V V (2023) Understanding behaviour of recreational anglers towards mahseers and public response towards it on YouTube. Animal Behaviour Twitter Conference, ASAB-UK and ASB-USA, 18-19 January 2023
Varma V, Nayan A, Babulal A, Binoy VV (2020) Spatial learning in pairs of Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree), a freshwater megafish. 43rd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Symposium on Animal Behaviour- NASAB2020, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. 5-6 February 2020.
Devika S, Jayasree V, Mondal S , Borah N, Anusree NS, Binoy VV (2020) Student’s Attitude Towards the Strategies for Mitigating Water Scarcity: Does it Change with the Age? National Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, 29th Swadeshi Science Congress. ICAR -Central Plantation Crop Research Institute (CPCRI) Kasargode, Kerala, 28-29 February 2020
Mondal S, Devika S, Jayasree V, Borah N, Kumaraswamy T R, Binoy VV (2020) Girls Vs. Boys’ - Does Gender Influence the knowledge and attitude of school children from water scarce rural regions towards water management? National Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, 29th Swadeshi Science Congress. ICAR -Central Plantation Crop Research Institute (CPCRI) Kasargode, Kerala, 28-29 February 2020
Borah N, Binoy V V (2019) Communicating climate change - Bridging Experts to non-experts through Traditional Folk Theatre (TFT). European Geophysical Union (EGU), General Assembly -2019, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019.
Vishwanath Varma, Harsh Vasoya, Anushka Jain, Binoy V V (2018) Exploring the link between personality traits and lateralised utilisation of brain hemispheres in Deccan mahseer (Tor khudree). 42nd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and the symposium on Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity and Human Future. University of Calicut, Kozhikode Kerala. 4-6 December 2018.
Kumara Swamy TR, Binoy VV (2018) ‘Student-Scientist’ – Connecting undergraduate students with research and society. National seminar on Rejuvenation of Undergraduate Education in India, Center for Educational and Social Studies (CESS) Bangalore, 10-11 August 2018.
Binoy V V (2018) (2018) Learning interconnectedness and interdependence. Connected Learning at Scale: An International Symposium. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 8-9 August 2018.
Binoy VV (2017) Kin vs. familiar: Can acquired familiarity influence social decision making in fish? International Seminar on Altruism, Wellbeing and Purpose Vantage Views on Planetary Life and Its Meaning from Biology, Indian Philosophy and The Arts, METI International USA and NIAS, Bangalore, 1-2 February 2018
Binoy VV (2017) From Mazes to Robofish: Some ‘Fishy’ Facts About the Intelligence and Experience. Workshop on Minds and Machines: Debates on the Nature of Intelligence and Experience, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 27 December 2017
Binoy VV (2017) Animal cognition and Human-Induced Environmental Changes. 41st Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Conference on Behavioural Ecology: Responses to Changing Climate. Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj, Gujarat. 24-25 November 2017.
Binoy VV (2017) Behaviour and Cognition-Inevitability in Conservation. National Seminar on Riverine Fisheries Conservation, Karnataka Fisheries Department, Madikkeri, Kodagu. 7-8 November, 2017.
Binoy VV (2017) Behaviour and cognition: Ignored but indispensable tool for fish conservation. Mahseer-2017, International Workshop on Mahseer Conservation. Bournemouth University UK, Mahseer Trust, UK and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (KUFOS), Kochi 5-7 April 2017
Binoy VV, Akhila CM and Radhakrishna S. (2016) ICT in biology education: the Indian scenario. 26th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association for Biology Education. Goa, India, September 20 – 24, 2016
Babu A N, Unnithan C, Niehaus E, Shah S, Balwan S, Binoy VV, Ramkumar PS, (2016) DisApp: A novel approach to model building and community engagement for epidemic prevention. FOSS4G, Bonn, Germany August 2016
Binoy V V (2016). Fish Migration: Human Induced Rapid Environmental Changes (HIREC) and its impact on cognition and behaviour. Seminar on Linking Rivers, Barrages and Fish Migration". ATREE and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (KUFOS), Kochi. 21st May 2016.
Binoy V V (2015). Animal consciousness: Some fishy facts. International Conference on ‘Cognition Consciousness and Cultures Implications for the 21st centaury’. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore 9-11 December 2015
Radhakrishna S and Binoy V V (2015). Least Concern cause for much concern?: The impact of human-macaque conflict on bonnet macaque conservation status. Association of Tropical Biology Asia-Pacific chapter meeting on the theme of “The Future of Biodiversity in Tropical Asia: addressing local and global challenges”, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. April 2015.
Naresh Keerthi and Binoy V. V. (2015) "Angling in the Sanskrit sea’ – insights on ichthyology from the Sanskrit literary canon. Seminar on “Flora and Fauna in Ancient Indian Literature” Department of Zoology, Dr. A. V. Baliga College of Arts and Science, Kumta, Karnataka. 13-14 March 2015
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). Inter-population variation in exploratory behaviour during metamorphosis in the Asian common toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Rao A, Watve M and Binoy V V (2014). Exploration of linkages between morphology and personality in the Common Asian Toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V, Sinha A (2014). Population versus individual behavioral syndromes: How metamorphosis changes correlated behaviors in the common Indian toad. 15th Conference of the International society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE-2014), New York University, USA, July 31- August 5 2014
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). Inter-population variation in exploratory behaviour during metamorphosis in the Asian common toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Rao A, Watve M and Binoy V V (2014). Exploration of linkages between morphology and personality in the Common Asian Toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V, Sinha A (2014). Population versus individual behavioral syndromes: How metamorphosis changes correlated behaviors in the common Indian toad. 15 th Conference of the International society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE-2014), New York University, USA, July 31- August 5 2014
Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). ‘Left eye – right brain’: Exploring the impact of social isolation on personality traits and lateralised utilisation of the brain in an air-breathing freshwater fish, the climbing perch. First Annual Conference on Cognitive Science, New Delhi, India, March 2014
Binoy V V, Jayasree V and Shantha Mohan M (2014). What kind of water do ‘they’ prefer’? Drinking water choice in areas with multiple sources. International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM - 2014), Kozhikode, India, February 2014
Nathan H S K, Jayashree V and Binoy V V (2014). Is roof water harvesting an answer to urban water crisis? A case study of Bangalore. International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM - 2014), Kozhikode, India, February 2014
Watve M and Binoy V V (2013). Can metamorphosis alter behavioural syndromes in the Indian common toad. Young Investigators Talk and Interact (YETI), Nagaland University, Lumami, India, December 2013
Binoy V V (2012). Impact of an exotic invasive species tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) on the shoaling decisions of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). Student Conference on Conservation Science, Bangalore, August 2012
Shabeer K K, Binoy V V, Sreekumar S and Thomas K J (2008). Investigations on the influence of sediment and water quality on the plankton community of a wetland ecosystem. Lake-2008: Conservation and Management of River and Lake Ecosystems, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, December 2008
Binoy V V, Shahin A and Thomas K J (2007). Bio-film formation in Euglena gracilis: The influence of time of the day and wavelength of light. XIX National Symposium on Chronobiology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, December 2007
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2007). The influence of hunger on food stocking behaviour of climbing perch, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 31st Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, April 2007, p. 110
Avinash T A, Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2007). Analysis of the route learning ability of climbing perch. Abstracts of the 31st Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, April 2007, p. 108
Shiron J, Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2007). Predator avoidance behaviour of naïve juveniles of Puntius sarana, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 31st Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, April 2007, p. 109
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2005). Comparative analysis of organochloride and organophosphate pesticides on the learning ability and sustained swimming capacity of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), a freshwater fish. Abstracts of TOXOCON 1, Inaugural Conference of Indian Society of Toxicology, Cochin, November 2005, p. 38
Binoy V V and Thomas, K.J. (2005). Individual recognition in a fish, the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) and the cues involved in the formation of familiarity. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, February 2005, p. 51
Binoy V V, Sandhya V V and Thomas K J (2005). Altered environment alters stimulus–response paradigm: Effect of pH and salinity on the ontogeny of behaviour in Heteropneustes fossilis, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, February 2005, p. 52
Vincent M, Asha K, Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2005). Preference for higher wavelength colour in the larvae of Heteropneustes fossilis, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, February 2005, p. 50
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2003). Avenues and opportunities in ethology and behavioural sciences. Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences (ed Thomas K J), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, India, pp. 13-17
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2003). Factors reducing wandering behaviour in climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India (eds Annamalai R, Narayanan M and Vanitharani J), Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College and Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, India, p. 48
Online publications
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Das P and Binoy V V (2023) Understanding behaviour of recreational anglers towards mahseers and public response towards it on YouTube. Animal Behaviour Twitter Conference, ASAB-UK and ASB-USA, 18-19 January 2023
Varma V, Nayan A, Babulal A, Binoy VV (2020) Spatial learning in pairs of Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree), a freshwater megafish. 43rd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Symposium on Animal Behaviour- NASAB2020, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. 5-6 February 2020.
Devika S, Jayasree V, Mondal S , Borah N, Anusree NS, Binoy VV (2020) Student’s Attitude Towards the Strategies for Mitigating Water Scarcity: Does it Change with the Age? National Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, 29th Swadeshi Science Congress. ICAR -Central Plantation Crop Research Institute (CPCRI) Kasargode, Kerala, 28-29 February 2020
Mondal S, Devika S, Jayasree V, Borah N, Kumaraswamy T R, Binoy VV (2020) Girls Vs. Boys’ - Does Gender Influence the knowledge and attitude of school children from water scarce rural regions towards water management? National Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, 29th Swadeshi Science Congress. ICAR -Central Plantation Crop Research Institute (CPCRI) Kasargode, Kerala, 28-29 February 2020
Borah N, Binoy V V (2019) Communicating climate change - Bridging Experts to non-experts through Traditional Folk Theatre (TFT). European Geophysical Union (EGU), General Assembly -2019, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019.
Vishwanath Varma, Harsh Vasoya, Anushka Jain, Binoy V V (2018) Exploring the link between personality traits and lateralised utilisation of brain hemispheres in Deccan mahseer (Tor khudree). 42nd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and the symposium on Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity and Human Future. University of Calicut, Kozhikode Kerala. 4-6 December 2018.
Kumara Swamy TR, Binoy VV (2018) ‘Student-Scientist’ – Connecting undergraduate students with research and society. National seminar on Rejuvenation of Undergraduate Education in India, Center for Educational and Social Studies (CESS) Bangalore, 10-11 August 2018.
Binoy V V (2018) (2018) Learning interconnectedness and interdependence. Connected Learning at Scale: An International Symposium. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 8-9 August 2018.
Binoy VV (2017) Kin vs. familiar: Can acquired familiarity influence social decision making in fish? International Seminar on Altruism, Wellbeing and Purpose Vantage Views on Planetary Life and Its Meaning from Biology, Indian Philosophy and The Arts, METI International USA and NIAS, Bangalore, 1-2 February 2018
Binoy VV (2017) From Mazes to Robofish: Some ‘Fishy’ Facts About the Intelligence and Experience. Workshop on Minds and Machines: Debates on the Nature of Intelligence and Experience, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 27 December 2017
Binoy VV (2017) Animal cognition and Human-Induced Environmental Changes. 41st Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Conference on Behavioural Ecology: Responses to Changing Climate. Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj, Gujarat. 24-25 November 2017.
Binoy VV (2017) Behaviour and Cognition-Inevitability in Conservation. National Seminar on Riverine Fisheries Conservation, Karnataka Fisheries Department, Madikkeri, Kodagu. 7-8 November, 2017.
Binoy VV (2017) Behaviour and cognition: Ignored but indispensable tool for fish conservation. Mahseer-2017, International Workshop on Mahseer Conservation. Bournemouth University UK, Mahseer Trust, UK and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (KUFOS), Kochi 5-7 April 2017
Binoy VV, Akhila CM and Radhakrishna S. (2016) ICT in biology education: the Indian scenario. 26th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association for Biology Education. Goa, India, September 20 – 24, 2016
Babu A N, Unnithan C, Niehaus E, Shah S, Balwan S, Binoy VV, Ramkumar PS, (2016) DisApp: A novel approach to model building and community engagement for epidemic prevention. FOSS4G, Bonn, Germany August 2016
Binoy V V (2016). Fish Migration: Human Induced Rapid Environmental Changes (HIREC) and its impact on cognition and behaviour. Seminar on Linking Rivers, Barrages and Fish Migration". ATREE and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (KUFOS), Kochi. 21st May 2016.
Binoy V V (2015). Animal consciousness: Some fishy facts. International Conference on ‘Cognition Consciousness and Cultures Implications for the 21st centaury’. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore 9-11 December 2015
Radhakrishna S and Binoy V V (2015). Least Concern cause for much concern?: The impact of human-macaque conflict on bonnet macaque conservation status. Association of Tropical Biology Asia-Pacific chapter meeting on the theme of “The Future of Biodiversity in Tropical Asia: addressing local and global challenges”, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. April 2015.
Naresh Keerthi and Binoy V. V. (2015) "Angling in the Sanskrit sea’ – insights on ichthyology from the Sanskrit literary canon. Seminar on “Flora and Fauna in Ancient Indian Literature” Department of Zoology, Dr. A. V. Baliga College of Arts and Science, Kumta, Karnataka. 13-14 March 2015
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). Inter-population variation in exploratory behaviour during metamorphosis in the Asian common toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Rao A, Watve M and Binoy V V (2014). Exploration of linkages between morphology and personality in the Common Asian Toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V, Sinha A (2014). Population versus individual behavioral syndromes: How metamorphosis changes correlated behaviors in the common Indian toad. 15th Conference of the International society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE-2014), New York University, USA, July 31- August 5 2014
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). Inter-population variation in exploratory behaviour during metamorphosis in the Asian common toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Rao A, Watve M and Binoy V V (2014). Exploration of linkages between morphology and personality in the Common Asian Toad. 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Princeton, USA, August 2014
Watve M, Rao A, Binoy V V, Sinha A (2014). Population versus individual behavioral syndromes: How metamorphosis changes correlated behaviors in the common Indian toad. 15 th Conference of the International society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE-2014), New York University, USA, July 31- August 5 2014
Binoy V V and Sinha A (2014). ‘Left eye – right brain’: Exploring the impact of social isolation on personality traits and lateralised utilisation of the brain in an air-breathing freshwater fish, the climbing perch. First Annual Conference on Cognitive Science, New Delhi, India, March 2014
Binoy V V, Jayasree V and Shantha Mohan M (2014). What kind of water do ‘they’ prefer’? Drinking water choice in areas with multiple sources. International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM - 2014), Kozhikode, India, February 2014
Nathan H S K, Jayashree V and Binoy V V (2014). Is roof water harvesting an answer to urban water crisis? A case study of Bangalore. International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM - 2014), Kozhikode, India, February 2014
Watve M and Binoy V V (2013). Can metamorphosis alter behavioural syndromes in the Indian common toad. Young Investigators Talk and Interact (YETI), Nagaland University, Lumami, India, December 2013
Binoy V V (2012). Impact of an exotic invasive species tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) on the shoaling decisions of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). Student Conference on Conservation Science, Bangalore, August 2012
Shabeer K K, Binoy V V, Sreekumar S and Thomas K J (2008). Investigations on the influence of sediment and water quality on the plankton community of a wetland ecosystem. Lake-2008: Conservation and Management of River and Lake Ecosystems, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, December 2008
Binoy V V, Shahin A and Thomas K J (2007). Bio-film formation in Euglena gracilis: The influence of time of the day and wavelength of light. XIX National Symposium on Chronobiology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, December 2007
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2007). The influence of hunger on food stocking behaviour of climbing perch, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 31st Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, April 2007, p. 110
Avinash T A, Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2007). Analysis of the route learning ability of climbing perch. Abstracts of the 31st Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, April 2007, p. 108
Shiron J, Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2007). Predator avoidance behaviour of naïve juveniles of Puntius sarana, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 31st Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, April 2007, p. 109
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2005). Comparative analysis of organochloride and organophosphate pesticides on the learning ability and sustained swimming capacity of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), a freshwater fish. Abstracts of TOXOCON 1, Inaugural Conference of Indian Society of Toxicology, Cochin, November 2005, p. 38
Binoy V V and Thomas, K.J. (2005). Individual recognition in a fish, the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) and the cues involved in the formation of familiarity. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, February 2005, p. 51
Binoy V V, Sandhya V V and Thomas K J (2005). Altered environment alters stimulus–response paradigm: Effect of pH and salinity on the ontogeny of behaviour in Heteropneustes fossilis, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, February 2005, p. 52
Vincent M, Asha K, Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2005). Preference for higher wavelength colour in the larvae of Heteropneustes fossilis, a freshwater fish. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Bangalore, February 2005, p. 50
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2003). Avenues and opportunities in ethology and behavioural sciences. Lectures on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences (ed Thomas K J), Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, India, pp. 13-17
Binoy V V and Thomas K J (2003). Factors reducing wandering behaviour in climbing perch (Anabas testudineus). Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Conference of the Ethological Society of India (eds Annamalai R, Narayanan M and Vanitharani J), Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College and Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, India, p. 48
Online publications
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Talks
Building science communicators from the ground up: Why and how. Panel Discussion, Organized by DST-UoH Centre for Policy Research. University of Hyderabad. 6th December 2023
Achieving Sustainability Development of Goals – Harnessing the Power of Collectives for Innovation. Inaugural Lecture – International Conference on ‘Back to Nature. Organized by Jugent Ein Welt Austria, SAVE Foundation Belgium and Skills for Progress (SKIP) India, Bangalore 25th November 2023.
Science of Science Communication. NIAS-DST Programme on Science & Technology: Global Developments and Perspectives 30th November 2023
Animal cognition and conservation. Students Scientist Interaction. National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. 16 October 2023.
Passion - a catalysis in research. Interaction with research students in social sciences from various institutes located in Bangalore. Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. 23 September 2023
Understanding intelligence: why we need to follow a transdisciplinary approach. Conference on Intelligence in Animals Humans and Machines, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore. 18 April 2023·
Connecting disaster risk communication with behavioral sciences. 3-day Online Training Programme on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Academia. Organised by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Department of Teacher Education, Nagaland university, Kohima, Nagaland; 14 March 2023
Living with invaders: Impact of alien invasive species on the behavior and cognition in fishes. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, 4 November, 2022
Science communication under the lens of psychology. SERB Karyashala on Science communication. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 26 July 2022,
Science of science communication. International Workshop on Science Communication and Film-making jointly organized by Vigyan Prasar and CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow India. 22nd July, 2022
Early warning and communication' (online) National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) & Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA) Chandigarh, 17 November, 2021
'Communicating risk and ensuring protective action decision-making' (online) Virtual National Conference on 'Disaster Management with a focus on Geohazards. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Geological Society of India (GSI). 23-24 September, 2021
Science education- Can cognitive science help improve quality? (online) Center for Educational Initiatives and Research, 9 June 2021
Connecting Science with Society: Why is it important? (online) AGORA-2021 Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala, 12 May 2021.
Collective consciousness (online). Academy of Research for the Cultivation of Indian Sciences (ARCIS), Kolkata, 27 March 2021
Science, Technology, Innovation Policy STIP-2020, (online). National Science Day-2021 Bangalore, 8 March, 2021
‘Connecting science with society - how educational institutions can work as a catalyst’, (online) Faculty Development Programme organised by MES KVM College Valanchery Kerala, 26 February 2021
Did COVID-19 impacted science communication? ‘Sciencecomm-2020’ organised by Swiss Academies of Arts and Science and Science et Cite, Solothurn, Switzerland, 17 September, 2020
Achieving Sustainability Development Goals (SDG), Can collective intelligence help? Christ University, Bangalore, 8 August 2020
Converging Behaviour, cognition and conservation. 43rd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Symposium on Animal Behaviour- NASAB2020, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. 5-6 February 2020.
Research resources for biology teachers in higher education. National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology Resources for Teachers in Higher Education’. National Resource Centre for Education, National Institute of Education Planning and Administration NIEPA, New Delhi, 30-31 January 2020.
Climate change mitigation: the role of a science communicator. Christ University, Bangalore, 19 December 2019.
‘Connecting science communication with science education’. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Kochi, 10 December 2019.
‘Science of science communication’. Pre-Congress Seminar on Whither Science Communication, 43rd Indian Social Science Congress. National College, Bangalore, 10 December 2019.
'Integrating animal cognition and conservation science'. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2019, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 15-18 October 2019.
‘Let us study the behaviour of fishes’. Homibhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 11 October 2019.
Social cognition and social inclusion. Inaugural lecture, Stimuli-2019, National level intercollegiate fest of psychology students. Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore, 18 September 2019.
“Too many bacteria to remember!” - Can we make ecology education exciting? NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 23 May 2019.
‘Fishy Decisions’! Determinants of Social Decision Making in Climbing Perch, an Air- Breathing Freshwater Fish. Plenary talk - 42nd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and the symposium on Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity and Human Future. University of Calicut, Kozhikode Kerala. 4-6 December 2018
Social Behaviour and Cognition in Fishes. Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on ‘Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences’. Indian Academy College, Bangalore; 4 October 2018
Social Cognition, Science and Policies. NIAS-DST Training Programme on 'Policy for Science and Science for Policies' (For Directors/Divisional Heads/Chief Scientists/Senior Scientists). National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 3 October 2018.
Life Science Education- the Way Forward. Maharani's Science College for Women, Bangalore, 20 July 2018.
Adapting to Invasion: Understanding the Impact of Non-native Fishes on the Behaviour of Indigenous Species. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 25 April 2018.
Kin vs. familiar: Can acquired familiarity influence social decision making in fish? International Seminar on Altruism, Wellbeing and Purpose Vantage Views on Planetary Life and Its Meaning from Biology, Indian Philosophy and Arts, METI International USA and NIAS, Bangalore, 1-2 February 2018.
From Mazes to Robofish: Some ‘Fishy’ Facts About the Intelligence and Experience. Workshop on Minds and Machines: Debates on the Nature of Intelligence and Experience, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 27 December 2017
Bridging communication gap in science and technology: lessons from India. Science Communication Dialogue for New India". Observer Research Foundation and Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. 12 December 2017
Animal cognition and Human-Induced Environmental Changes. 41st Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Conference on Behavioural Ecology: Responses to Changing Climate. Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj, Gujarat. 24-25 November 2017.
Behaviour and Cognition-Inevitability in Conservation. National Seminar on Riverine Fisheries Conservation, Karnataka Fisheries Department, Madikkeri, Kodagu. 7-8 November 2017.
Bridging communication gap in science and technology: lessons from India. Springer-Nature and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. 9 October 2017
Fish behaviour and the conservation of endangered species. Workshop on Freshwater Fish Conservation: Concepts, Techniques and Strategies. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 21 - 24 September 2017.
Necessity of Science Communication. Siddhaganga College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Tumkur; 22nd August 2017
Joining Silk Threads to Catch the Lion-The pain and pleasures of doing science communication in India ‘ScienceComm-2017’ National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 30 June 2017
Forbidden knowledge: Understanding martial arts. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 3 May 2017
Behaviour and cognition: Ignored but indispensable tool for Mahseer conservation. Mahseer-2017, International Workshop on Mahseer Conservation. Kochi , 5-7 April 2017
Why should we protect the Subterranean Fishes. Public awareness programme on Conservation of the Subterranean Fishes. CEC Payyaparamba, Mattanur, Kannur district Kerala; 19th March 2017
Science Communication: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Society. NIAS-DST Training Programme on Policy for Science and Science for Policies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 7 -11 November, 2016
Student Scientists. One day workshop on Communicating Science Out of the Lab. EURAXESS Links India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Outreach and National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 22nd October 2016
Utilisation of the behavioural flexibility and behavioural consistency in the conservation of the animal species in the wild. Workshop on Understanding Personality Traits in Animal Species and its Applications in Wildlife Conservation, Student Conference on Conservation Science-2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; 21 - 24 September 2016
Behaviour and cognition as windows to conservation. Workshop on Freshwater Fish Conservation: Concepts, Techniques and Strategies. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 21 - 24 September 2016.
Animal personalities: Insight from ichthyology. Wednesday discussion meeting. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, 30 March 2016.
Interdisciplinarity and Biology. For the Members of ‘Walk with a Scholar Programme’ of Nirmalagiri College Kannur. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, 18 March 2016
Water Resource Conservation and Student Network. St. Thomas College, Thrissur 24 February 2016
Freshwater Resource Conservation: Role of Environmental Education. St. Joseph College, Devagiri, Kozhikode. 17 February 2016
Freshwater Resource Management: A Social Cognition Approach. Government College, Nellihudikeri, Coorg, 6 February 2016
Science Education: Role of the School-College-Research Institution Network. MES KVM College, Valanchery, 22 January 2016
Fish Behaviour and Cognition. Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS,) 21 January 2016
Biology Education In India, Making it Fun. Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai, 28 Januvay 2016
Yoga: Research and Education. International Conference on Yoga and Education Kaivalydhama Institute of Yoga, Lonavala, 29 Decemer 2015
Introduction to the Cognitive Science. ISHAN VIKAS – UDHAN PROGRAMME, NIAS, 18 December 2015
Student Network- A platform for the Student-Scientist Partnership. Workshop on Student Network, National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, 1 December 2015
Conservation and Ethology: Can the Twain Meet? Workshop on Freshwater Fish Conservation: Concepts, Techniques and Strategies. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2015, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , 9th September, 2015.
Student Networks’, MES, KVM College Valanchery, Malappuram, Kerala, 12th June, 2015
Free Choice Learning and Information Technology Based Biology Education. Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai, 25-28 April 2015
Human-Wildlife Conflict: The Mitigation Strategies. Panchayath Secretaries Forum, Kasargode, Kerala, 23 February 2015
Introduction to Cognitive Science; Course for ISHAN VIKAS-UDHAN Programme. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; 25 December, 2014
Bringing Environmental Pro Behaviours Amongst School Children: How Knowledge from Conservation Psychology and Citizen Science Movements Can Help. Environmental Conference. Swasraya Bharat-2014, College of Agriculture, Padannakad, 16 October 2014
Human Mind: The Source of Environmental Problems as well as the Hope for Solutions. National Symposium on "Human-wildlife Conflict or Coexistence-What We Want? Central University of Kerala, Padannakad, Nileshwar, 15 October 2014
Behavioural Syndrome and Lateralised Utilisation of Brain Hemisphere in an Air Breathing Fish, Climbing Perch. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), 30 August 2014
Our Natural Resources. Green Olympiad, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Bangalore, 9 July, 2014
“When Spider Webs Unite, They Can Tie Up a Lion” Efficacy of Citizens science projects in data collection and science communication. African Delegation, visiting the Centre for International Cooperation in Science, Chennai. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India; April 15, 2014
Big Science and Little Hands: Understanding the Knowledge and Attitude Towards Mammals in School Children Using Student Network. Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 18 October, 2013
Determinants of Shoaling Decision in Climbing Perch, a Freshwater Fish. Center for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 11th September 2013
Can Behavioural Science Help Save Biodiversity? ATREE, Bangalore, 19th June 2013
“I Know All About The Tiger, but What is A Civet?”: Understanding attitudes towards wildlife by school children in Malappuram, Kerala; NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting, 17 April, 2013
Can Humans Love Unconditionally: The Perspectives of an Abandoned Pet. People for Animal Welfare Services (PAWS), Thrissur, 2 March, 2013
Animal Rights. People for Animal Welfare Services (PAWS), Thrissur, 5 November, 2012
Fish Behaviour and Cognition:New Horizons. Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, 27 September, 2012
Familiarity-Bred Shoaling Decisions in Climbing perch, a Freshwater Fish. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting, 12 September, 2012
Is Homo sapiens Matchless? Cognition Summer school. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, July 10 2012
“Not Like Us–Like Us–Not Like Us” Cognition in Non Human Species. Cognition Summer school. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, July 9 2012
Citizen Science and Student Network. Workshop on 'Citizens Science Project.' National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore and MES KEVEEYAM College, Valanchery, January 25, 2010
Why Should I Learn Science? SIGN (An Educational Society for The Upliftment of Tribal Communities), Konnakadu, Wynad, Kerala, April 6, 2009
Choosing and Using Statistics. Workshop on Research and Research Methodology, Sree Narayana College, Nattika, Kerala, March 12, 2008
Pesticide and Cognition. Rachel Carlson Lecture. Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad, Thrissur, Kerala, October 13, 2008
Quantifying Fish Behaviour in the Laboratory. Homibabha Center for Science Education, Mumbai. 2007
Seeds and Society. Department of Social Work, St Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, March 14, 2007
Why Conservation of Local Biodiversity is Important for Ecosystem Homeostasis. Workshop on Biodiversity: Conservation of Medicinal Plants and Revitalization of Basic Phytomedical Systems. ISRDO, Irinjalakuda and Community Agro-biodiversity Centre, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Kalpetta, Wynad, June 10-11, 2006
Agriculture and Environment. Department of Social Work, St Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, February 28, 2006
Quantifying Behaviour of Zooplanktons. International Training Course in Tropical Freshwater Zooplankton. Limnological Association of Kerala, Irinjalakuda, April 1- 15, 2004
Studying Animal Behaviour in the Laboratory. Seminar on Animal Behaviour and Behaviour Control. Blue Cross Society of Thrissur (BCST) and College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Kerala Agriculture University, Mannuthy, Kerala. December 2, 2003
Designing and Developing Low-cost Instruments to Study Animal Behaviour in the Laboratory. National Workshop on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Animal Behaviour and Wetland Research Laboratory, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, August 5-8, 2003
Introduction to Model Systems Popular in Animal Behaviour Research in the Laboratory. National Workshop on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Animal Behaviour and Wetland Research Laboratory, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, August 5-8, 2003
Talks for school children
Introduction to the tools and techniques to study water quality and water utilisation pattern. St Jude's School, Vellarikundu, Kasargode, Kerala, 30 August 2016
Freshwater Conservation and Student Network. Anglo Vernacular Composite High School, Madikeri, 5 February 2016
Yes! Science is fun. Govt. Middle Primary School, Nanjarayapatna, 5 February 2016
Bridging Colleges with School for Effective Science Education. Student Scientist Workshop for Malappuaram node of the Student-Network. Govt. High School, Irimbiliyam, Malappuram, 22 January 2016
Student Scientists and Water, Sanitation, Hygeine (WaSH). Anekkal Public School, Anekal, Karnataka. 14th November 2015.
Imagination and Creativivity, BVM High School Thrissur, Kerala. 6th November 2015.
Why We Need More Student Scientist? Govt. High School, Irimbiliyam, Malappuram, 24 July 2015
Animal welfare and Pet Animals. Sandeepani High School Thrissur Kerala, 2 March, 2013
Plastic and Environment. Government Model Boys’ Vocational Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, October 11, 2005
In Television
Sand Mining and River Health. Indiavision. April 25, 2010.
Nilayude Kalasncharangaliloode. Indiavision. April 15, 2010.
Solar Eclipse and Animal Behavior'. Asianet. January 15, 2010.
River Nila. Indiavision. December 19, 2009.
Science Notes. All India Radio, October 23, 2005
Achieving Sustainability Development of Goals – Harnessing the Power of Collectives for Innovation. Inaugural Lecture – International Conference on ‘Back to Nature. Organized by Jugent Ein Welt Austria, SAVE Foundation Belgium and Skills for Progress (SKIP) India, Bangalore 25th November 2023.
Science of Science Communication. NIAS-DST Programme on Science & Technology: Global Developments and Perspectives 30th November 2023
Animal cognition and conservation. Students Scientist Interaction. National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. 16 October 2023.
Passion - a catalysis in research. Interaction with research students in social sciences from various institutes located in Bangalore. Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. 23 September 2023
Understanding intelligence: why we need to follow a transdisciplinary approach. Conference on Intelligence in Animals Humans and Machines, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore. 18 April 2023·
Connecting disaster risk communication with behavioral sciences. 3-day Online Training Programme on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Academia. Organised by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Department of Teacher Education, Nagaland university, Kohima, Nagaland; 14 March 2023
Living with invaders: Impact of alien invasive species on the behavior and cognition in fishes. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, 4 November, 2022
Science communication under the lens of psychology. SERB Karyashala on Science communication. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 26 July 2022,
Science of science communication. International Workshop on Science Communication and Film-making jointly organized by Vigyan Prasar and CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow India. 22nd July, 2022
Early warning and communication' (online) National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) & Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA) Chandigarh, 17 November, 2021
'Communicating risk and ensuring protective action decision-making' (online) Virtual National Conference on 'Disaster Management with a focus on Geohazards. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Geological Society of India (GSI). 23-24 September, 2021
Science education- Can cognitive science help improve quality? (online) Center for Educational Initiatives and Research, 9 June 2021
Connecting Science with Society: Why is it important? (online) AGORA-2021 Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala, 12 May 2021.
Collective consciousness (online). Academy of Research for the Cultivation of Indian Sciences (ARCIS), Kolkata, 27 March 2021
Science, Technology, Innovation Policy STIP-2020, (online). National Science Day-2021 Bangalore, 8 March, 2021
‘Connecting science with society - how educational institutions can work as a catalyst’, (online) Faculty Development Programme organised by MES KVM College Valanchery Kerala, 26 February 2021
Did COVID-19 impacted science communication? ‘Sciencecomm-2020’ organised by Swiss Academies of Arts and Science and Science et Cite, Solothurn, Switzerland, 17 September, 2020
Achieving Sustainability Development Goals (SDG), Can collective intelligence help? Christ University, Bangalore, 8 August 2020
Converging Behaviour, cognition and conservation. 43rd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Symposium on Animal Behaviour- NASAB2020, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. 5-6 February 2020.
Research resources for biology teachers in higher education. National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology Resources for Teachers in Higher Education’. National Resource Centre for Education, National Institute of Education Planning and Administration NIEPA, New Delhi, 30-31 January 2020.
Climate change mitigation: the role of a science communicator. Christ University, Bangalore, 19 December 2019.
‘Connecting science communication with science education’. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Kochi, 10 December 2019.
‘Science of science communication’. Pre-Congress Seminar on Whither Science Communication, 43rd Indian Social Science Congress. National College, Bangalore, 10 December 2019.
'Integrating animal cognition and conservation science'. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2019, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 15-18 October 2019.
‘Let us study the behaviour of fishes’. Homibhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 11 October 2019.
Social cognition and social inclusion. Inaugural lecture, Stimuli-2019, National level intercollegiate fest of psychology students. Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore, 18 September 2019.
“Too many bacteria to remember!” - Can we make ecology education exciting? NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 23 May 2019.
‘Fishy Decisions’! Determinants of Social Decision Making in Climbing Perch, an Air- Breathing Freshwater Fish. Plenary talk - 42nd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and the symposium on Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity and Human Future. University of Calicut, Kozhikode Kerala. 4-6 December 2018
Social Behaviour and Cognition in Fishes. Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on ‘Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences’. Indian Academy College, Bangalore; 4 October 2018
Social Cognition, Science and Policies. NIAS-DST Training Programme on 'Policy for Science and Science for Policies' (For Directors/Divisional Heads/Chief Scientists/Senior Scientists). National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 3 October 2018.
Life Science Education- the Way Forward. Maharani's Science College for Women, Bangalore, 20 July 2018.
Adapting to Invasion: Understanding the Impact of Non-native Fishes on the Behaviour of Indigenous Species. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 25 April 2018.
Kin vs. familiar: Can acquired familiarity influence social decision making in fish? International Seminar on Altruism, Wellbeing and Purpose Vantage Views on Planetary Life and Its Meaning from Biology, Indian Philosophy and Arts, METI International USA and NIAS, Bangalore, 1-2 February 2018.
From Mazes to Robofish: Some ‘Fishy’ Facts About the Intelligence and Experience. Workshop on Minds and Machines: Debates on the Nature of Intelligence and Experience, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 27 December 2017
Bridging communication gap in science and technology: lessons from India. Science Communication Dialogue for New India". Observer Research Foundation and Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. 12 December 2017
Animal cognition and Human-Induced Environmental Changes. 41st Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India and National Conference on Behavioural Ecology: Responses to Changing Climate. Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj, Gujarat. 24-25 November 2017.
Behaviour and Cognition-Inevitability in Conservation. National Seminar on Riverine Fisheries Conservation, Karnataka Fisheries Department, Madikkeri, Kodagu. 7-8 November 2017.
Bridging communication gap in science and technology: lessons from India. Springer-Nature and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. 9 October 2017
Fish behaviour and the conservation of endangered species. Workshop on Freshwater Fish Conservation: Concepts, Techniques and Strategies. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 21 - 24 September 2017.
Necessity of Science Communication. Siddhaganga College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Tumkur; 22nd August 2017
Joining Silk Threads to Catch the Lion-The pain and pleasures of doing science communication in India ‘ScienceComm-2017’ National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 30 June 2017
Forbidden knowledge: Understanding martial arts. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 3 May 2017
Behaviour and cognition: Ignored but indispensable tool for Mahseer conservation. Mahseer-2017, International Workshop on Mahseer Conservation. Kochi , 5-7 April 2017
Why should we protect the Subterranean Fishes. Public awareness programme on Conservation of the Subterranean Fishes. CEC Payyaparamba, Mattanur, Kannur district Kerala; 19th March 2017
Science Communication: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Society. NIAS-DST Training Programme on Policy for Science and Science for Policies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru 7 -11 November, 2016
Student Scientists. One day workshop on Communicating Science Out of the Lab. EURAXESS Links India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Outreach and National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; 22nd October 2016
Utilisation of the behavioural flexibility and behavioural consistency in the conservation of the animal species in the wild. Workshop on Understanding Personality Traits in Animal Species and its Applications in Wildlife Conservation, Student Conference on Conservation Science-2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; 21 - 24 September 2016
Behaviour and cognition as windows to conservation. Workshop on Freshwater Fish Conservation: Concepts, Techniques and Strategies. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 21 - 24 September 2016.
Animal personalities: Insight from ichthyology. Wednesday discussion meeting. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, 30 March 2016.
Interdisciplinarity and Biology. For the Members of ‘Walk with a Scholar Programme’ of Nirmalagiri College Kannur. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, 18 March 2016
Water Resource Conservation and Student Network. St. Thomas College, Thrissur 24 February 2016
Freshwater Resource Conservation: Role of Environmental Education. St. Joseph College, Devagiri, Kozhikode. 17 February 2016
Freshwater Resource Management: A Social Cognition Approach. Government College, Nellihudikeri, Coorg, 6 February 2016
Science Education: Role of the School-College-Research Institution Network. MES KVM College, Valanchery, 22 January 2016
Fish Behaviour and Cognition. Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS,) 21 January 2016
Biology Education In India, Making it Fun. Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai, 28 Januvay 2016
Yoga: Research and Education. International Conference on Yoga and Education Kaivalydhama Institute of Yoga, Lonavala, 29 Decemer 2015
Introduction to the Cognitive Science. ISHAN VIKAS – UDHAN PROGRAMME, NIAS, 18 December 2015
Student Network- A platform for the Student-Scientist Partnership. Workshop on Student Network, National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, 1 December 2015
Conservation and Ethology: Can the Twain Meet? Workshop on Freshwater Fish Conservation: Concepts, Techniques and Strategies. Student Conference on Conservation Sciences- 2015, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , 9th September, 2015.
Student Networks’, MES, KVM College Valanchery, Malappuram, Kerala, 12th June, 2015
Free Choice Learning and Information Technology Based Biology Education. Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai, 25-28 April 2015
Human-Wildlife Conflict: The Mitigation Strategies. Panchayath Secretaries Forum, Kasargode, Kerala, 23 February 2015
Introduction to Cognitive Science; Course for ISHAN VIKAS-UDHAN Programme. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; 25 December, 2014
Bringing Environmental Pro Behaviours Amongst School Children: How Knowledge from Conservation Psychology and Citizen Science Movements Can Help. Environmental Conference. Swasraya Bharat-2014, College of Agriculture, Padannakad, 16 October 2014
Human Mind: The Source of Environmental Problems as well as the Hope for Solutions. National Symposium on "Human-wildlife Conflict or Coexistence-What We Want? Central University of Kerala, Padannakad, Nileshwar, 15 October 2014
Behavioural Syndrome and Lateralised Utilisation of Brain Hemisphere in an Air Breathing Fish, Climbing Perch. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), 30 August 2014
Our Natural Resources. Green Olympiad, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Bangalore, 9 July, 2014
“When Spider Webs Unite, They Can Tie Up a Lion” Efficacy of Citizens science projects in data collection and science communication. African Delegation, visiting the Centre for International Cooperation in Science, Chennai. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India; April 15, 2014
Big Science and Little Hands: Understanding the Knowledge and Attitude Towards Mammals in School Children Using Student Network. Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 18 October, 2013
Determinants of Shoaling Decision in Climbing Perch, a Freshwater Fish. Center for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 11th September 2013
Can Behavioural Science Help Save Biodiversity? ATREE, Bangalore, 19th June 2013
“I Know All About The Tiger, but What is A Civet?”: Understanding attitudes towards wildlife by school children in Malappuram, Kerala; NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting, 17 April, 2013
Can Humans Love Unconditionally: The Perspectives of an Abandoned Pet. People for Animal Welfare Services (PAWS), Thrissur, 2 March, 2013
Animal Rights. People for Animal Welfare Services (PAWS), Thrissur, 5 November, 2012
Fish Behaviour and Cognition:New Horizons. Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, 27 September, 2012
Familiarity-Bred Shoaling Decisions in Climbing perch, a Freshwater Fish. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Meeting, 12 September, 2012
Is Homo sapiens Matchless? Cognition Summer school. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, July 10 2012
“Not Like Us–Like Us–Not Like Us” Cognition in Non Human Species. Cognition Summer school. National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore, July 9 2012
Citizen Science and Student Network. Workshop on 'Citizens Science Project.' National Institute of Advanced Studies Bangalore and MES KEVEEYAM College, Valanchery, January 25, 2010
Why Should I Learn Science? SIGN (An Educational Society for The Upliftment of Tribal Communities), Konnakadu, Wynad, Kerala, April 6, 2009
Choosing and Using Statistics. Workshop on Research and Research Methodology, Sree Narayana College, Nattika, Kerala, March 12, 2008
Pesticide and Cognition. Rachel Carlson Lecture. Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad, Thrissur, Kerala, October 13, 2008
Quantifying Fish Behaviour in the Laboratory. Homibabha Center for Science Education, Mumbai. 2007
Seeds and Society. Department of Social Work, St Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, March 14, 2007
Why Conservation of Local Biodiversity is Important for Ecosystem Homeostasis. Workshop on Biodiversity: Conservation of Medicinal Plants and Revitalization of Basic Phytomedical Systems. ISRDO, Irinjalakuda and Community Agro-biodiversity Centre, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Kalpetta, Wynad, June 10-11, 2006
Agriculture and Environment. Department of Social Work, St Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, February 28, 2006
Quantifying Behaviour of Zooplanktons. International Training Course in Tropical Freshwater Zooplankton. Limnological Association of Kerala, Irinjalakuda, April 1- 15, 2004
Studying Animal Behaviour in the Laboratory. Seminar on Animal Behaviour and Behaviour Control. Blue Cross Society of Thrissur (BCST) and College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Kerala Agriculture University, Mannuthy, Kerala. December 2, 2003
Designing and Developing Low-cost Instruments to Study Animal Behaviour in the Laboratory. National Workshop on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Animal Behaviour and Wetland Research Laboratory, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, August 5-8, 2003
Introduction to Model Systems Popular in Animal Behaviour Research in the Laboratory. National Workshop on Recent Trends in Ethology and Behavioural Sciences. Animal Behaviour and Wetland Research Laboratory, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, August 5-8, 2003
Talks for school children
Introduction to the tools and techniques to study water quality and water utilisation pattern. St Jude's School, Vellarikundu, Kasargode, Kerala, 30 August 2016
Freshwater Conservation and Student Network. Anglo Vernacular Composite High School, Madikeri, 5 February 2016
Yes! Science is fun. Govt. Middle Primary School, Nanjarayapatna, 5 February 2016
Bridging Colleges with School for Effective Science Education. Student Scientist Workshop for Malappuaram node of the Student-Network. Govt. High School, Irimbiliyam, Malappuram, 22 January 2016
Student Scientists and Water, Sanitation, Hygeine (WaSH). Anekkal Public School, Anekal, Karnataka. 14th November 2015.
Imagination and Creativivity, BVM High School Thrissur, Kerala. 6th November 2015.
Why We Need More Student Scientist? Govt. High School, Irimbiliyam, Malappuram, 24 July 2015
Animal welfare and Pet Animals. Sandeepani High School Thrissur Kerala, 2 March, 2013
Plastic and Environment. Government Model Boys’ Vocational Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, October 11, 2005
In Television
Sand Mining and River Health. Indiavision. April 25, 2010.
Nilayude Kalasncharangaliloode. Indiavision. April 15, 2010.
Solar Eclipse and Animal Behavior'. Asianet. January 15, 2010.
River Nila. Indiavision. December 19, 2009.
Science Notes. All India Radio, October 23, 2005