Fellow
Gadagkar Raghavendra
Professor and National Science Chair
Current nationality
India
Current country of residence
India
Past nationality
India
Affiliation / Institution
Indian Institute of Science
Biodata
Gadagkar is Prof. & National Science Chair at Centre for Ecol. Scs., Ind. Inst. of Sc.(IISc), Hon. Prof., Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Adv. Sci. Res., Bangalore and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, and Senior Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, Univ. of Konstanz, Germany. He has published over 400 research papers, articles & four books. His awards include TWAS award in Biology, SS Bhatnagar Prize, B.M. Birla Science Prize, Homi Bhabha Fellowship, B.P. Pal Natl. Envirmnt. Fellowship on Biodiversity, H. K. Firodia award, DSc (hc) of the University of Burdwan, West Bengal and Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Animal Behaviour by the Animal Behaviour Society, USA (2021). He is a fellow of IAS, INSA, Natl. Acad. of Scs, India, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World(TWAS), Intl. Member, Natl. Acad. of Scs., USA, the German Natl. Science Academy Leopoldina, the American Acad. of Arts and Scs., Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Past(Founder)President, Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists(ISEB), Secretary General, Intl.
Keywords
Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution, Sociobiology, Insect Biodiversity
ELECTED
2000
Place of birth
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Country of birth
India
DATE OF BIRTH
28
June
1953
Section
02. Biological Sciences
TWAS Awards
TWAS Prize in Biology (1999)
rg-cv_july_2026.pdf
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Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
India
Public contact information
EMAIL
ragh@iisc.ac.in
PHONE
(+91 80) 2293-2340 (O)
Website, social media accounts or additional info
https://sites.google.com/view/raghavendragadagkar
ADDRESS
Centre for Ecological Sciences – Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore 560 012 – India
List of publications
rg-complete_list_of_publications.pdf
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Last updated on 26/08/2026