{"id":14890,"date":"2022-09-06T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/45.119.114.148\/iisernew\/?page_id=14890"},"modified":"2023-01-05T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:47:21","slug":"chiti-arvind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/pmrf\/chiti-arvind\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiti Arvind"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14890\" class=\"elementor elementor-14890\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9993d25 banner-parent elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9993d25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dcb733\" data-id=\"4dcb733\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c5eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9c5eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellowship (PMRF)<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73f513d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73f513d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-799139d\" data-id=\"799139d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca0ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ca0ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/chiti.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14535\" alt=\"Chiti Arvind Profile pic\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/chiti.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/chiti-133x150.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" style=\"width:100%;height:112.67%;max-width:150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1057aa3\" data-id=\"1057aa3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de5359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4de5359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chiti Arvind<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe1da0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe1da0c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a237fb\" data-id=\"1a237fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ffd6e9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ffd6e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-94901e8\" data-id=\"94901e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d432a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d432a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Academic background:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e79534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e79534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;My undergraduate and first master&#8217;s degree in Life Sciences provided a baseline foundation for my interest in biological sciences. Yet, my engagement in ecology and evolution stemmed from two fully-funded internships (<a href=\"https:\/\/fellowships.jncasr.ac.in\/details\/POBE\">JNCASR, Bengaluru as a POBE Fellow<\/a>\u00a0and at STRI, Panama as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iusstf.org\/khorana-program-for-scholars\">Khorana Fellow<\/a>) that I undertook over four summers. I then pursued a specialised Master\u2019s in Research in Ecology Evolution and Conservation at Imperial College London, and worked on the evolution of birdsong complexity with respect to sexual selection in Passeriformes for my thesis. My interest in avian acoustics led me to join IISER Tirupati with a small grant to develop a detection framework using passive acoustic monitoring techniques to monitor a Critically Endangered bird in the Eastern Ghats. The field of bioacoustics is not only rapidly advancing, but also helping us gain insight into evolutionary and ecological insights of organisms at the individual and population level.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b08c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b08c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>CV : <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xiG_i-nTEK127gTBKPFjRmW8f5hniVLm\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">View<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b7d24d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b7d24d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Lab Webpage &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyisland.in\/chiti.html\">https:\/\/www.skyisland.in\/chiti.html<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0034bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0034bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research interest:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352faca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352faca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just like human languages have different regional dialects, birds also exhibit dialects in their songs. I am interested in understanding the persistence of cultural dialects in birdsong across a landscape gradient and looking at the functional role of complexity in birdsong. To address these queries, I will study the vocalizations of the White-bellied sholakili, a bird with a highly complex vocal repertoire which is endemic to the montane cloud forests of the Shola Sky Island in the Western Ghats. These birds are range-restricted in their habitat and are found only 1500m above sea level on these mountain tops, making these isolated populations an ideal study system.<\/p><p>At a population level, variation in cultural dialects of songs across populations can lead to behavioural cues that may ultimately result in reproductive isolation in the long term. Thus, mapping the spatial extent of cultural dialects and linking them to genetic connectivity will help in understanding evolutionary transmitted traits. In this species, individuals have varying song complexity within a population. Complexity is considered an honest indicator of fitness and one would expect a positive association between increasing song complexity and individual fitness. My work will involve collecting focal acoustic data from identifiable individuals as well as genetic data collection to assess gene flow in this species across its distribution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e16b779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e16b779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This study will integrate aspects of behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology and bioacoustics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4170e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e4170e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advisor information:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d2b62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5d2b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr VV Robin\u2019s research interests broadly cover patterns and processes in ecology, behavioural ecology, biogeography and evolutionary ecology. He hopes that his research contributes to conservation initiatives. He is interested in conservation initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and also in collaborative research initiatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27121a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c27121a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Courses taken&nbsp;<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced Ecology &#8211; BIO627<\/li>\n<li>Animal Physiology &#8211; BIO624<\/li>\n<li>Communicating Biology &#8211; BIO825<\/li>\n<li>Evolution &#8211; BIO613<\/li>\n<li>Forensic Science &#8211; CHM615<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p style=\"line-height: var(--wp--typography--line-height, var(--global--line-height-body)); max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">\n<\/p><p style=\"line-height: var(--wp--typography--line-height, var(--global--line-height-body)); max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">Teaching Assistantships:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: calc(2 * var(--global--spacing-horizontal)); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">\n<li style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">Introductory Biology III: Ecology and Evolution &#8211; BIO211<\/li>\n<li style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">Introductory Biology II: Genetics and Molecular Biology &#8211; BIO121<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"line-height: var(--wp--typography--line-height, var(--global--line-height-body)); max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">Publications (peer-reviewed):<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: calc(2 * var(--global--spacing-horizontal)); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\">\n<li style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\"><a style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0030605321000995\">Arvind, C., Joshi, V., Charif, R., Jeganathan, P., &amp; Robin, V. (2022). Species detection framework using automated recording units: A case study of the Critically Endangered Jerdon&#8217;s courser. Oryx, 1-8. doi:10.1017\/S0030605321000995<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\"><a style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/2041-210X.13765\">Sawant, S., Arvind, C., Joshi, V., &amp; Robin, V. V. (2021). Spectrogram cross\u2010correlation can be used to measure the complexity of bird vocalizations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(2), 459-472.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/2041-210X.13765<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure);\"><a style=\"color: #0056b3; max-width: var(--global--spacing-measure); text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0103406\">Sarangi M, Ganguly P, Zenia, Arvind C, Lakshman A, Vidya TNC. 2014. Common Myna roosts are not recruitment centers. PloS One 9: e103406. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0103406<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellowship (PMRF) Chiti Arvind Academic background: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;My undergraduate and first master&#8217;s degree in Life Sciences provided a baseline foundation for my interest in biological sciences. Yet, my engagement in ecology and evolution stemmed from two fully-funded internships (JNCASR, Bengaluru as a POBE Fellow\u00a0and at STRI, Panama as a\u00a0Khorana Fellow)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/pmrf\/chiti-arvind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chiti Arvind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7974,"parent":4129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14890"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20459,"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14890\/revisions\/20459"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiser.ntc-us.com\/iisernew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}