Recent replies to "Keeping this forum alive?"

Reply from Madhusudan Katti

Madhusudan Katti — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:08:42 -0000

Thank you, Matt! I hope we start getting some more chatter around here now.

Reply from Matt Brown

Matt Brown — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:57:35 -0000

Hi guys. Good to see some enthusiasm in this forum. I’ve left a message in our two more general forums for Indian scientists to alert their participants to your forum.

Reply from Madhusudan Katti

Madhusudan Katti — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:16:26 -0000

Hello Amitabh!

Good to hear from you and I’m glad you stumbled upon this network. I guess I should do more to spread the word too. Its just one of those things that happened in the initial buzz when nature networks started last year, but sort of lost steam. But we have to do more with it, absolutely.

And I agree – there are plenty of ecologists and evolutionary biologists in India, but my feeling is that field ecology in particular is dominated by conservation concerns. I’ve heard that some people (like our mutual friend who studies monkeys – if you are the same Amitabh Joshi!) have had great difficulty attracting funding for research because they don’t study taxa that are endangered or of conservation interest somehow. And back when I was in college in India, I sure ran into a lot more wildlife or conservation biologists than evolutionary biologists.

Perhaps I am mistaken with my telescopic view from across the oceans – and if so, great!

The more evolutionary ecologists the better, if you ask me!

So welcome, and lets keep this network going!

Madhu

Reply from Amitabh Joshi

Amitabh Joshi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:16:57 -0000

Hi,
I stumbled upon this forum by accident. I think there are lots of people who would like to join and I intend to spread the news. Incidentally, I don’t think ecology in India is dominated by conservation types – you just see more of them in the newspapers. There are lots of excellent ecologists and evolutionary biologists in India.
Amitabh