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Life history evolution in Drosophila melanogaster. Banares Hindu University, Varansi. March 2014.

Is bigger better? Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. June 2013.

The importance of organismal size in life history evolution. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. May 2013.

Role of Selection in Evolution. Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi, Delhi. May 2011.

Life-history evolution in Drosophila: A tale of two traits. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. October 2009.

The cost of reproduction: the devil indeed is in the details. Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. September 2009.

Darwin’s difficulty. Science Festival, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 27-28 February 2009.

Before-Darwin-After. School of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 12 February 2007.

Are they victims of their own success? Biosparks’07, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 23-24 February 2007.

Darwinian demons in Drosophila. 30th All India Cell Biology Conference. Department of Zoology, University of Delhi. 2-4 February, 2007.

Studies in (organismal) behaviour and evolution. 12th Refresher Course in Life Sciences. Academic Staff Training College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 17th January 2007.

Making of Darwinian demons in fruitflies. Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 18th August 2006.

Darwinian demons in Drosophila. Methods in Behavioural Ecology Workshop, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 16-28 January 2006.

Development of neotenics in the lower termite, Cryptotermes secundus. 28th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Mundanthurai, Tirunelveli, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli and Tamil Nadu Forest Department. 7-8 February 2003.

The role of termites in ecosystem. Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur. 3rd November 2003.

Nutrition and development of reproductives in a lower termite. Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. 4th April 2002.

Developmental theory of ageing and its validity. Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. 22nd March 2001.

Evolution of life-time fecundity patterns in Drosophila melanogaster: constraints on common sense! Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. 10th February 2000.

tropical paper wasp Polistes stigma: a case of reverse social evolution? Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. 28th October 1999.

Division of labour in a lower termite Reticulitermes fukienensis. Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. 22nd April 1999.

Work organization in termites: testing theories. Methods in Behavioural Ecology Workshop, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 7-19 October 1996.