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{{Short description|Indian primatologist and ethologist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mewa Singh
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| birth_date = 11 April 1951
| birth_place = Maler Kotla
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| other_names =
| occupation = Life-Long Distinguished Professor
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| known_for = Primatologist, Ethologist and Conservation biologist
| notable_works =
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'''Mewa Singh''' (born 11 April 1951) is an Indian [[Primatology|primatologist]],<ref>[http://news.wildlife.org/featured/leading-the-way-in-wildlife-education/ Leading the way in Wildlife Education | The Wildlife Society News] ''Wildliffe''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814232842/http://news.wildlife.org/featured/leading-the-way-in-wildlife-education/ |date=14 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-intense-photos-lion-tailed-macaques-will-turn-you-conservationist-180953401/?no-ist "These Intense Photos of Lion-Tailed Macaques Will Turn You Into a Conservationist"]. By Trisha Gupta, ''Smithsonian Magazine''</ref> [[Ethology|ethologist]], and conservation [[biologist]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/look-who-calls-the-shots/article4955965.ece "Look who calls the shots!"]. ''The Hindu''. Akila Kannadasan. 26 July 2013</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150628172235/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-331264556.html "Prof. Mewa Singh To Continue Research Work Even After Retirement"]. ''Star of Mysore'' (Mysore, India) 26 May 2013</ref> He was a professor of ecology and animal behavior at [[University of Mysore]] Biopsychology Department in Mysore, Karnataka.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Mysore-University-yet-to-get-a-permanent-vice-chancellor/articleshow/17971277.cms Mysore University yet to get a permanent vice-chancellor - The Times of India]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140901211054/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140829/jsp/nation/story_18775526.jsp#.VXGgakZ0elo "Hanuman langurs not one species, at least 3"]. ''Telegraph India'', G.S. MUDUR</ref> Currently he is a Life-Long Distinguished Professor <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Mewa Singh |url=https://uni-mysore.ac.in/psychology/faculty/dr-mewa-singh |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=uni-mysore.ac.in}}</ref> in University of Mysore. Singh has a bachelor's degree in English, a Master's and a PhD degree in Psychology but was never formally trained in Biological or Conservation Sciences. Yet he is popular and revered for coordinating courses in Evolution, Genetics, Animal Behavior, Conservation Biology and Statistics not only in his department at the University of Mysore but at academic schools, conferences and faculty refresher courses throughout the country.

A new night frog ''Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi'' has been named after him which is endemic to the Western Ghats. It is generally referred to as Mewa Singh's Night frog.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malabar-sanctuary-home-to-new-night-frog/article22333739.ece|title=Malabar sanctuary home to new night frog species|author=Staff Reporter|date=2017-12-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Singh's research centers on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion,food-sharing, primate bereavement, etc. He is the author of the book ''Primate Societies'' and co-author of ''Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization''. He has published more than 200 research articles on several animal species.<ref name="Misra2009">{{cite book|author=Misra|title=Psychology In India, Volume I: Basic Psychological Processes And Human Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fy0hsJKA0YC&pg=PA32|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-1744-8|pages=32–}}</ref><ref>[http://www.conservationindia.org/case-studies/a-reprieve-for-the-wolves-of-maidenahalli-2 "A Reprieve for the Wolves of Maidenahalli"]. ''Conservation India''. by [[Sanjay Gubbi]]</ref> Singh also studies the viability of primate populations<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/slow-growth-among-liontailed-macaques-may-lead-to-loss-of-genetic-diversity/article3153602.ece "Slow growth among lion-tailed macaques may lead to loss of genetic diversity"]. ''The Hindu''.</ref> and is frequently quoted in the media as an expert in this area.<ref>[http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/lives-others?page=0,2 "Monkeys common no more"]. ''Down to Earth''.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/my-husband-and-other-animals-feckless-farmers/article525195.ece "My Husband and Other Animals - Feckless farmers"]. ''The Hindu''. JANAKI LENIN. 4 August 2010</ref>

He is a fellow of all three Science Academies of India: [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] Bangalore; Indian National Science Academy New Delhi; National Academy of Sciences Allahabad.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080210040503/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020652211000.htm The Hindu : Karnataka / Mysore News : Honour for Mysore professor]</ref> He is also a Ramanna Fellow, DST, a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Psychology]], India and a Distinguished SERB Fellow (2019).

== References ==
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150628172255/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Education-System-Does-not-Foster-the-Spirit-of-Inquiry/2015/04/06/article2749937.ece 'Education System Does not Foster the Spirit of Inquiry']. ''The Indian Express''.</ref>

{{Reflist}}https://roundglasssustain.com/species/lion-tailed-macaque-western-ghats

==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20111230065812/http://uni-mysore.ac.in/dr-mewa-singh/

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[[Category:Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences]]
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Mysore]]
[[Category:Primatologists]]
[[Category:Ethologists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:Scientists from Karnataka]]

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