Anindya Sinha

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Anindya Sinha
Born
Other namesRana
Education
Occupation Professor
Years active1996–present [1]
Employer National Institute of Advanced Studies
Known for Primatology, Behavioral ecology and others [1]
Notable work
Discovery of Arunachal macaque
Spouse(s)Kakoli Mukhopadhyay [2]
Parents
Awards TED Fellow [4]
Website nias.res.in/professor/anindya-sinha

Anindya (Rana) Sinha is an Indian primatologist. [5] He is a professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), India.

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Early life

After obtaining an undergraduate degree in botany from the University of Calcutta in 1983, he went on to earn a postgraduate degree in the same university in 1985, specializing in cytogenetics. [6]

Career

He is on the executive board of Nature Conservation Foundation, India. [7] His research is mostly centered on the field of cognition and consciousness of bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) [8] but he also has been involved in many genetics projects on Indian primates. He is also involved with Biology Olympiad as the leader of the Indian team.

He is the son of the Indian director and film-maker, Tapan Sinha. [9] and actress / singer Arundhati Devi. In 2009, he was chosen as a TED Fellow.

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References

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  5. Entry in International Directory of Primatology People
  6. website
  7. Profile on the Nature Conservation Foundation website
  8. Sinha, A. 2005 Not in their genes: Phenotypic flexibility, behavioural traditions and cultural evolution in wild bonnet macaques 30:1 pp. 51–64
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