Anindya (Rana) Sinha is an Indian primatologist.Entry in International Directory of Primatology People He is a professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), India.
Early life Sinha was born in 1954, to Prabhat Mukherjee and Arundhati Devi. He was nine months old when his parents separated in 1955. He obtained an undergraduate degree in botany from the University of Calcutta in 1983, and a postgraduate degree from the same university in 1985, specializing in cytogenetics.website
Career He is on the executive board of Nature Conservation Foundation, India.Profile on the Nature Conservation Foundation website His research is mostly centered on the field of cognition and consciousness of bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)Sinha, A. 2005 Not in their genes: Phenotypic flexibility, behavioural traditions and cultural evolution in wild bonnet macaques 30:1 pp. 51–64 but he has also been involved in genetics projects on Indian primates. He is also involved with Biology Olympiad as the leader of the Indian team.
He is the son of the Indian director and filmmaker Tapan Sinha and filmmaker / actress / singer Arundhati Devi. In 2009, he was chosen as a TED Fellow.
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External links Profile on the National Institute of Advanced Studies website