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{{Short description|Indian ecologist (born 1953)}} | |||
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| name = Raghavendra Gadagkar | |||
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|6|28}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[India]] | |||
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| fields = [[Biologist]] | |||
| workplaces = [[Indian Institute of Science]] | |||
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| known_for = [[sociobiology]], [[eusociality]] | |||
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| awards = * [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] in [[Biological Science]]s (1993) | |||
* [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Cross of the Order of Merit (Germany)]](2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/02__Bangalore/00__start/Ordensverleihung.html |title=German Mission in India |access-date=7 August 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034305/http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/02__Bangalore/00__start/Ordensverleihung.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
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'''Raghavendra Gadagkar''' is | '''Raghavendra Gadagkar''' is an honorary professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, [[Indian Institute of Science]] in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], who studies [[evolution]] of social behaviour using [[eusociality|eusocial]] insects using ''[[Ropalidia marginata]]'', a locally common wasp as a [[model organism|model]]. He was, from 2014 to 2016, the president of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]. | ||
Gadagkar has published over 275 scientific papers and articles in various international journals as well as in Indian journals like [[Current Science]] magazine, and the [[Journal of Biosciences]] (India) | Gadagkar has published over 275 scientific papers and articles in various international journals as well as in Indian journals like [[Current Science]] magazine, and the [[Journal of Biosciences]] (India). His work on the evolution of eusociality using the theory of "assured fitness returns" which has been examined using empirical data <ref>{{cite book |title=The Social Biology of ''Ropalidia'' |last=Gadagkar |first=Raghavendra |date=November 2001 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Harvard |isbn=978-0-674-00611-9 |pages=400}}</ref> is considered as a significant landmark and advance over the idea of inclusive fitness introduced by [[W. D. Hamilton]] in 1964. He helped established a research group that has examined theoretical predictions, proximate and ultimate factors in the evolution of sociality in wasps. Some of his opinion pieces on science policy have been questioned, such as his exception to the pay to publish, free to read Open Access science publishing model.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gadagkar|first=Raghavendra|date=2008-05-21|title=Open-access more harm than good in developing world|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=453|issue=7194|pages=450|doi=10.1038/453450c|pmid=18497797|issn=1476-4687|bibcode=2008Natur.453..450G|doi-access=free}}</ref> | ||
His first book, ''Survival Strategies'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Survival Strategies - Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Societies |last=Gadagkar |first=Raghavendra |date=May 2001 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Harvard |isbn=978-0-674-00611-9 |pages=212 }}</ref> has been translated into Chinese and Korean. It uses simple language to explain recent advances in behavioural ecology and sociobiology to a general audience. | His first book, ''Survival Strategies'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Survival Strategies - Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Societies |last=Gadagkar |first=Raghavendra |date=May 2001 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Harvard |isbn=978-0-674-00611-9 |pages=212 }}</ref> has been translated into Chinese and Korean. It uses simple language to explain recent advances in behavioural ecology and sociobiology to a general audience.[https://www.indianentomologist.org/post/in-conversation-with-beste-der-besten-of-ethology-and-evolution-professor-raghavendra-gadagkar] In an interview published in Indian Entomologist, his book Survival Strategies has been considered an Indian masterpiece on ethology and has been compared with Konrad Lorenz's King Solomon's Ring. | ||
He has also written a more technical book, ''The Social Biology of Ropalidia marginata: Towards understanding the evolution of eusociality'',<ref>{{cite book |title=The Social Biology of ''Ropalidia'' |last=Gadagkar |first=Raghavendra |date=November 2001 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Harvard |isbn=978-0-674-00611-9 |pages=400}}</ref> which puts together over twenty years of his research about the [[evolution]] of eusociality. | He has also written a more technical book, ''The Social Biology of Ropalidia marginata: Towards understanding the evolution of eusociality'',<ref>{{cite book |title=The Social Biology of ''Ropalidia'' |last=Gadagkar |first=Raghavendra |date=November 2001 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Harvard |isbn=978-0-674-00611-9 |pages=400}}</ref> which puts together over twenty years of his research about the [[evolution]] of eusociality. | ||
From 2002-2022 he was a Non-resident Permanent Fellow<ref>[https://www.wiko-berlin.de/fellows/akademisches-jahr/9997/gadagkar-raghavendra Non-resident Permanent Fellows at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin]</ref> at the German institute Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.<ref>[[Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin|Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin]]</ref> | |||
In 2006 Gadagkar became one of the very few Indian scientists to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the [[National Academy of Sciences, USA]]. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to science research including [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Cross of the Order of Merit (Germany)]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany's highest civilian honour conferred on Indian professor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Germanys-highest-civilian-honour-conferred-on-Indian-professor/articleshow/48389783.cms|access-date=9 August 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|date=7 August 2015}}</ref> in 2015, the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] in Biology in 1993 and the [[TWAS Prize]] in 1999.<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> | In 2006 Gadagkar became one of the very few Indian scientists to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the [[National Academy of Sciences, USA]]. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to science research including [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Cross of the Order of Merit (Germany)]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany's highest civilian honour conferred on Indian professor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Germanys-highest-civilian-honour-conferred-on-Indian-professor/articleshow/48389783.cms|access-date=9 August 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|date=7 August 2015}}</ref> in 2015, the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] in Biology in 1993 and the [[TWAS Prize]] in 1999.<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> | ||
He holds a number of other academic positions. He is the founding chairman of the Centre for Contemporary Studies, IISc, Bangalore. He is an honorary professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. He is a Non-resident Permanent fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He is a chairman of Research Council for History of Science, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. He was elected as a member of | He holds a number of other academic positions. He is the founding chairman of the Centre for Contemporary Studies, IISc, Bangalore. He is an honorary professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. He is a Non-resident Permanent fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He is a chairman of Research Council for History of Science, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. He was elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in July 2012. | ||
the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in July 2012. | |||
In 2004, Gadagkar | In 2004, Gadagkar helped set up the Centre for Contemporary Studies<ref>[https://ces.iisc.ac.in/?q=user/33 CES]</ref> in the Indian Institute of Science. This department aimed to support interdisciplinary discourse. | ||
In the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, Gadagkar was awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Zukunftskollegs at the University of Konstanz.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Senior Fellows | url=https://www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskolleg/community/senior-fellows/ | access-date=2026-03-21 | website=www.uni-konstanz.de}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
== Further reading == | |||
* {{cite book|author=Michael L. Lewis|title=Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking the Biodiversity Ideal in India, 1947-1997|chapter=Modern Ecology Comes to India|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Bl8s5JCM4UC&pg=PA109|year=2003|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-8214-1540-5}} | * {{cite book|author=Michael L. Lewis|title=Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking the Biodiversity Ideal in India, 1947-1997|chapter=Modern Ecology Comes to India|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Bl8s5JCM4UC&pg=PA109|year=2003|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-8214-1540-5}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Wikiquote}} | {{Wikiquote}} | ||
* [ | * [https://ces.iisc.ac.in/?q=user/33 Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar's home page] | ||
* [ | * [https://ces.iisc.ac.in/ CES] | ||
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Raghavendra Gadagkar | |
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 Raghavendra Gadagkar | |
| Born | 28 June 1953 |
| Known for | sociobiology, eusociality |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biologist |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science |
| Website | https://ces.iisc.ac.in/?q=user/33 |
Raghavendra Gadagkar is an honorary professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India, who studies evolution of social behaviour using eusocial insects using Ropalidia marginata, a locally common wasp as a model. He was, from 2014 to 2016, the president of the Indian National Science Academy.
Gadagkar has published over 275 scientific papers and articles in various international journals as well as in Indian journals like Current Science magazine, and the Journal of Biosciences (India). His work on the evolution of eusociality using the theory of "assured fitness returns" which has been examined using empirical data [2] is considered as a significant landmark and advance over the idea of inclusive fitness introduced by W. D. Hamilton in 1964. He helped established a research group that has examined theoretical predictions, proximate and ultimate factors in the evolution of sociality in wasps. Some of his opinion pieces on science policy have been questioned, such as his exception to the pay to publish, free to read Open Access science publishing model.[3]
His first book, Survival Strategies,[4] has been translated into Chinese and Korean. It uses simple language to explain recent advances in behavioural ecology and sociobiology to a general audience.[1] In an interview published in Indian Entomologist, his book Survival Strategies has been considered an Indian masterpiece on ethology and has been compared with Konrad Lorenz's King Solomon's Ring.
He has also written a more technical book, The Social Biology of Ropalidia marginata: Towards understanding the evolution of eusociality,[5] which puts together over twenty years of his research about the evolution of eusociality.
From 2002-2022 he was a Non-resident Permanent Fellow[6] at the German institute Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.[7]
In 2006 Gadagkar became one of the very few Indian scientists to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to science research including Cross of the Order of Merit (Germany)[8] in 2015, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biology in 1993 and the TWAS Prize in 1999.[9]
He holds a number of other academic positions. He is the founding chairman of the Centre for Contemporary Studies, IISc, Bangalore. He is an honorary professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. He is a Non-resident Permanent fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He is a chairman of Research Council for History of Science, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. He was elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in July 2012.
In 2004, Gadagkar helped set up the Centre for Contemporary Studies[10] in the Indian Institute of Science. This department aimed to support interdisciplinary discourse.
In the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, Gadagkar was awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Zukunftskollegs at the University of Konstanz.[11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "German Mission in India". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Gadagkar, Raghavendra (November 2001). The Social Biology of Ropalidia. Harvard: Harvard University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-674-00611-9.
- ↑ Gadagkar, Raghavendra (21 May 2008). "Open-access more harm than good in developing world". Nature. 453 (7194): 450. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..450G. doi:10.1038/453450c. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 18497797.
- ↑ Gadagkar, Raghavendra (May 2001). Survival Strategies - Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Societies. Harvard: Harvard University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-674-00611-9.
- ↑ Gadagkar, Raghavendra (November 2001). The Social Biology of Ropalidia. Harvard: Harvard University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-674-00611-9.
- ↑ Non-resident Permanent Fellows at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
- ↑ Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
- ↑ "Germany's highest civilian honour conferred on Indian professor". The Times of India. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
- ↑ CES
- ↑ "Senior Fellows". www.uni-konstanz.de. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Michael L. Lewis (2003). "Modern Ecology Comes to India". Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking the Biodiversity Ideal in India, 1947-1997. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1540-5.