1. Inspecting the presence of Chytrid fungus in Amphibians of Western Ghats – Dr. Sanjay Molur, Zoo outreach organization, Delhi
2. Effects of land use intensity on Birds and Amphibians in Western Ghats – Dr. Krithi Karanth, CWS, Bangalore
3. Distribution of moths in Western Ghats – Dino (Ph. D. Student, Punjabi University, Punjab)
4. Bacterial diversity in guts of dragonflies – Ashwin Naidu (JRF, Dr. Deepa Agashe’s Lab, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore)
5. Ecology and distribution of rats Rattus rattus – Amruta Varudkar (Ph. D. Student, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
6. Spacial vision in honey bees (Apis serana) – Aravin Chakravarthy (Ph. D. Student, LUND University, Sweden)