Sexual Harassment in Indian Science
A panel discussion on sexual harassment in STEM in India brought forward difficult-to-digest realities and valuable perspectives from institutional leaders, researchers, students, activists and lawyers.
December 31, 2021
In and out of the herbarium with Noorunnisa
A culture of mentorship sustained Noorunnisa Begum’s grand project, a rare herbarium of medicinal plants in India. Now she takes the same culture forward with her students.
December 26, 2021
Asha’s plunge into Feminist Science Studies
From medicine to sociology, Asha Achuthan took a road less travelled, but one that science urgently needs.
December 17, 2021
“I regret the years spent in academia”: a Bahujan scientist tells his story
News about Deepa Mohanan and Kripashankar Gautam prompted a journalist to revisit her decade-old interview with an IIT research scholar negotiating casteism on campus. Why has nothing changed since then, and what is the way forward?
December 10, 2021
Do you trust in science? – A Zine
A zine that asks us to evaluate our relationship with science and scientific discoveries.
December 2, 2021
Why is no one talking about menopause? S6, E1 Podcast
Gynaecologist Shaibya Saldanha in conversation with menopause researcher Aishwarya Viswamitra about the importance of menopause counselling in the medical system.
November 19, 2021
Tuning into the radio sky with Shilpa
Shilpa is an observer at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune. Her troubleshooting skills have kept India’s eyes into the universe open for many years.
August 13, 2021
How Beena went from handling tech to leading a scientific team
It's not everyday that one hears about gifted technical officers making it into faculty. This is why Beena DB's journey from technical officer to faculty member stands out.
October 15, 2020
Grace Banu: A Dalit-Trans technologist fights for a better world
What is it to be Dalit, trans, and still persist in STEM? Grace Banu, a technologist and a fierce activist, talks about the same as she takes us through her life in this comix.
October 2, 2020
The nuts and bolts of getting science done
A tour across some of India’s most sophisticated research facilities guided by the technologists who run these hi-tech spaces.
August 27, 2020
Fire burning bright: Aparna’s and Amrita’s work in public health
Amrita Sarkar and Aparna Banerjee set out to demand for transgender-affirmative public-health system in India, and in the process, discovered themselves.
January 14, 2022
In and out of the herbarium with Noorunnisa
A culture of mentorship sustained Noorunnisa Begum’s grand project, a rare herbarium of medicinal plants in India. Now she takes the same culture forward with her students.
December 26, 2021
Asha’s plunge into Feminist Science Studies
From medicine to sociology, Asha Achuthan took a road less travelled, but one that science urgently needs.
December 17, 2021
Why is no one talking about menopause? S6, E1 Podcast
Gynaecologist Shaibya Saldanha in conversation with menopause researcher Aishwarya Viswamitra about the importance of menopause counselling in the medical system.
November 19, 2021
TLoS team member Sayantan Datta is interviewing science journalist and writer Angela Saini as a part of India Science Fest 2022. The public interview is on January 8, 2022.
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The IUBS Working Group on Gender Equality is organising a webinar series on the "Gender Gap and the Biological Sciences".
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TLoS team member Sayantan Datta moderates a panel titled "Queers who STEM" at PrideEdSummit 2021
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Check out Notes on the Academy's powerful piece on students' deaths by suicide over the last year and the institutional response to these unfortunate deaths
Read here
Chayanika Shah delivers the 12th Anna Mani Lecture on "Unpacking gender to understand the gendered culture of science: A queer feminist take"
Watch here
TLoS team member Aishwarya Viswamitra compiled a very interesting Twitter thread on the experiences of menopausal women.
Check out the thread here
