Nandita
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An Agroforestry Scientist’s Notes on Kodagu and Climate Change
At the backdrop of the 2019 Kodagu floods, Switzerland-based agroforestry researcher Maike Nesper, talks about working with small coffee farmers to find sustainable ways of growing coffee.
September 18th 2019
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India’s Fusion Dance
Nandita reports from a recent visit to one of the largest big science experiments of the world: ITER. She writes about India’s participation in this project.
August 7th 2019
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Harini and Seema, on the value of being optimistic ecologists
Harini and Seema talk to us about their experiences while writing their latest book.
June 3rd 2019
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Talking about art history and math with Infosys Science Prize winners
A chat with the two women who recently won the 2018 Infosys Science Prize.
March 18th 2019
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Hidden No More: Pumza’s Inheritance
Nandita talks to Pumza Tshebe, director of Scifest Africa, about her journey into science outreach.
February 18th 2019
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How Hollywood brought women of S.T.E.A.M together
One of the labhoppers is back after spending three amazing weeks mingling with some amazing science women from all around the world in a unique exchange programme in the USA.
December 9th 2018
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What Will It Take for Science in India to Have Its #MeToo Movement?
The rigid hierarchies that are fundamental to Indian scientific institutions must be dismantled to keep a check on sexual harassment that are hushed but commonplace.
November 5th 2018
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Draw-a-scientist bloopers and other learnings from school children
Nandita shares her experience of interacting with school students. She tried the famous ‘Draw-a-scientist’ test with them. Read to see what she found out.
October 12th 2018
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Whether Donna Strickland or Aditi Sen De, gender gap in science remains unchanged
This week, Donna Strickland became the first woman to win a Physics Nobel in 55 years. Closer home, last week Aditi Sen De became the first woman to win a Physics Bhatnagar ever. Two of the nine scientists who won a Nobel Prize this week are women. While the winners are being rightly celebrated for […]
October 12th 2018
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VR Lalithambika, on Launching Humans into Space
Mission Director Dr. V.R. Lalithambika doesn’t make much of the fanfare surrounding the mission to launch humans to space by 2022. I got the rare chance to sit down with her, accompanied by ISRO’s head of public relations.
September 4th 2018