2009

1. South Africa: I spent two weeks with a couple of buddies in South Africa running around in the Karoo, Africa's southern most desert, looking for tortoises. We drove the entire Western Cape Province and a part of Northern Cape Province starting from Cape Town. During the trip, we found 6 species in the two weeks, five as living examples and one as a shell, probably the result of avian predation.
   October 2009.

2. The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH): A week-long workshop "Species Distribution Modeling Methods for Conservation Biologists" run by the AMNH's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation and offered at the AMNH's Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeastern Arizona.
   Spring 2009. A Week. Portal, Arizona. WEB LINK.

2008

1. The British Museum of Natural History: Had a week-long visit cum professional training at the Department of Herpetology of the British Museum of Natural History, UK.
   Spring 2008. A Week. London, UK. WEB LINK.

2. Harvard University: A week-long visit cum training at the Herpetology Division of the Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology.
   Fall 2008. A Week. Boston, MA, USA. WEB LINK.

2006

1. California Academy of Sciences: Had a two weeks visit cum professional training at the Department of Herpetology of the California Academy of Sciences, USA.
   Spring 2006. Two Weeks. San Francisco, California, USA. WEB LINK.

2005

1. The British Virgin Islands: Worked on a project to assess the soldier crab population in different habitat types and altitudinal levels in the Guana Island of West Indies.
   Fall 2005. Two Weeks. The British Virgin Islands, West Indies. WEB LINK.

2. Texas Tech University: Worked as a research technician in the ecology of Horned Lizard project in the south great plains as a part of the Natural Resources Management project of the Texas Tech University, USA.
   Summer 2005. Three Months. Lubbock, Texas, USA. WEB LINK.

2004

1. University of Southern Mississippi: Worked as a research assistant in a project named 'Herpetological Survey at the Gulf of Mexico' as a part of a project of the University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
   Summer 2004. Four Weeks. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. WEB LINK.

2. The Wetlands Institute: Worked as an Asian Scholar for the Terrapin Conservation Project at the Wetlands Institute as a part of the Asian Scholarship Program for in-situ Chelonian Conservation, USA.
   Summer 2004. Eight Weeks. New Jersey, USA. WEB LINK.

3. The Chelonian Research Institute: Worked on the turtles and tortoises of Asia as an Asian Scholar at the Chelonian Research Institute for more than three weeks.
   Summer 2004. Three Weeks. Oviedo, Florida, USA. WEB LINK.

2003

1. Kerala Agricultural University: Participated a training workshop on field techniques for ecological studies and captive management for Chiroptera conservation organized by the Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), India.
   Summer 2003. Two Weeks. Kerala, India. WEB LINK.

1. IUCN-International Union of Conservation of Nature, Nepal: Participated a training workshop named, 'Project Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Using Logical Frame Analysis' organized by the Asia Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Program, IUCN Nepal Country Office, Nepal.
   Fall 2000. Four Weeks. Kathmandu, Nepal. WEB LINK.

2. Wildlife Conservation Society and Karnataka Forest Department: Participated a training program on techniques for monitoring large mammals population in evergreen forests of Southern India under the guidance of Dr. Ullas Karanth organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Karnataka Forest Department, India. 
   Summer 2000. Eight Weeks. South India.

3. Indian Institute Sciences: Worked as a summer research fellow at Center for Ecological Sciences, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, India under the guidance of Prof. Raghvendra Gadakar as a part of Summer Research Fellowship program by the Indian Academy of Science.
   Summer 2000. Eight Weeks. Bangalore, India. WEB LINK.