aashima
Aashima is a freelance science communicator, author and editor. She co-founded thelifeofscience.com in 2016.-
Tremors from Within – Part II
In this excerpt from ‘Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India’: The story of what it means to advocate for women in science in India. This story traverses efforts towards ensuring equitable representation of women in conferences and publications.
February 15th 2024
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Tremors from Within – Part I
In this excerpt from ‘Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India’: The story of the (at least) two-decade-old movement for equity in Indian science. Here’s how women and trans persons in science started (and continue to) shake things from within.
February 11th 2024
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A glimpse into the research culture at CMC Vellore S6, E2 Podcast
Conversations with bioethicist Anuradha Rose, an expert on infectious diseases Priscilla Rupali, and pathologist Anna Pulimood, who are leading important work at CMC Vellore
February 17th 2022
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Disentangling the epidemic of scientific misconduct
A report on the live webinar we hosted to discuss the many facets of scientific misconduct in India
September 11th 2021
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Transcript of ‘Get Out of Class’ Webinar on Casteism in Indian Higher Education Institutes
A multimedia transcript of the Webinar ‘Get out of class: Caste and casteism in our top institutions’.
June 2nd 2021
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A calendar featuring women, transgender & non-binary folks in science
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February 1st 2021
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Anju’s vision for universities in Jammu & Kashmir. S5, Ep3 Podcast
A podcast interview with Anju Bhasin, a high energy physicist and until recently, VC of Jammu Cluster University.
October 31st 2020
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COVID-19 is exacerbating the gender gap in science
“The problem is the hit that you take today is going to have consequences for a long time to come.” This, and much more insight from a live discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on women in science in India
October 6th 2020
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Keeping time with Poonam. S5. Ep2 Podcast
Talking about all things atomic clocks and time keeping with Poonam Arora, a hidden figure in Indian Physics and maker of India’s first caesium fountain atomic clock.
September 3rd 2020
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On to the next dimension with Urbasi. S5. Ep1 Podcast
On our first episode of our ‘womxn in physics’ podcast series, Aashima talks to quantum technology scientist Urbasi Sinha from Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore.
July 24th 2020