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| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| image = Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the Dada Saheb Falke Award for the year 2006 to Shri Tapan Sinha. Photo shows Shri Anindya Sinha So Shri Tapan Sinha, receiving the award on behalf of his father on the occasion.jpg<br />
| other_names = Rana<br />
| known_for = [[Primatology]], [[Behavioral ecology]] and others<ref name=NIAS /><br />
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| [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]<br />
| [[Master of Science|M.S.]] [[Botany]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| [[PhD]] [[Molecular Biology]], [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]<br />
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| employer = [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]]<br />
| occupation = [[Professor]]<br />
| years_active = 1996–present<ref name=NIAS>{{cite web|title=Anindya Sinha - Faculty at NIAS |url=http://www.nias.res.in/aboutnias-people-faculty-anindyasinha.php |accessdate=3 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507141940/http://www.nias.res.in/aboutnias-people-faculty-anindyasinha.php |archivedate=7 May 2012 }}</ref><br />
| notable_works = Discovery of [[Arunachal macaque]]<br />
| spouse = Kakoli Mukhopadhyay<ref name=dh>{{cite news|last=Mukherjee|first=Treena|title=An obsession with owls|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/261026/an-obsession-owls.html|accessdate=3 July 2012|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=2 July 2012}}</ref><br />
| awards = [[TED Fellows|TED Fellow]]<ref name=TED>{{cite web|title=TED Community, Main profile | url = https://www.ted.com/profiles/299172 | publisher = TED | access-date = 3 July 2012}}</ref><br />
| father = [[Tapan Sinha]]<br />
| mother = [[Arundhati Devi]]<ref name=hst>{{cite web|last=Bhattacharya|first=Papiya|title=The mind of a monkey|url=http://hstnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&id=40%3Athe-mind-of-a-monkey&Itemid=6Sc|work=Science in society|publisher=HST Network|accessdate=3 July 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
| website = {{URL|http://nias.res.in/professor/anindya-sinha}}<br />
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'''Anindya (Rana) Sinha''' is an Indian primatologist.<ref>[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/wdp/entry/64 Entry in International Directory of Primatology People]</ref> He is a [[professor]] at the [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]] (NIAS), [[India]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
After obtaining an undergraduate degree in botany from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1983, he went on to earn a postgraduate degree in the same university in 1985, specializing in cytogenetics.<ref>[http://www.ncf-india.org/people.php?name=Anindya+Sinha website]</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He is on the executive board of [[Nature Conservation Foundation]], [[India]].<ref name=ncf>[http://www.ncf-india.org/people.php?name=Anindya+Sinha Profile on the Nature Conservation Foundation website]</ref> His research is mostly centered on the field of [[cognition]] and [[consciousness]] of [[bonnet macaque]] (''Macaca radiata'')<ref>Sinha, A. 2005 Not in their genes: Phenotypic flexibility, behavioural traditions and cultural evolution in wild bonnet macaques 30:1 pp. 51–64</ref> but he also has been involved in many genetics projects on Indian primates. He is also involved with [[Biology Olympiad]] as the leader of the Indian team.<br />
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He is the son of the Indian director and film-maker, [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Master filmmaker Tapan Sinha dead|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/master-filmmaker-tapan-sinha-dead/411264/|newspaper=The Indian Express|location=Kolkata|date=January 2009|accessdate=2009-07-19}}</ref> and filmmaker / actress / singer [[Arundhati Devi]]. In 2009, he was chosen as a [[TED (conference)|TED Fellow]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://nias.res.in/professor/anindya-sinha Profile on the National Institute of Advanced Studies website]<br />
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