Nandita
Prajakta and Her Lab on A Chip
WHO? Prajakta Dandekar WHAT? Pharmaceutical biotechnologist WHERE? Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai Reported by Nandita Jayaraj I had a bad case of the cramps yesterday. As I usually do when this happens, I reached out for my strip of painkiller tablets and popped one. Within a couple of hours, I was fine again. Now […]
July 25th 2016
Smitha Hegde and Her Indomitable Ferns
An enlightening chat with of of the foremost pteridologists in the country
July 11th 2016
Annamma Adds Biofuel To the Fire
WHO? Annamma Anil WHAT? Industrial Microbiologist WHERE? Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai Reported by Nandita Jayaraj Importing fuel is expensive. To ease the load on the economy and on the environment, the Government of India has placed a mandate: it’s compulsory that 5% of diesel and petrol be blended with ethanol biofuel. However, we are […]
June 27th 2016
Maryam Optimizes in Electronics and in Life
An electrical engineer from Iran works at IIT Bombay today and tells us about her journey.
June 13th 2016
Vidita Vaidya Gets Into Your Head
WHO? Vidita Vaidya WHAT? Neuroscientist WHERE? Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Reported by Nandita Jayaraj “So Vidita, what is it about a life in science that excites you the most?” “You know that transient moment when you find something that, in that moment, you’re the only one in the world who knows? This feeling […]
May 30th 2016
Radhika Moves with Cancer Cells
Radhika calls her path to cancer biology unconventional and rather twisted. Find out about this cancer biologist’s journey.
May 16th 2016
Aardra and Gayathri Give Back to the Homeland
Two biotech entrepreneurs recount their transition from mildly disillusioned college students to founding a company
May 9th 2016
Elizabeth and her Eight-legged Friends
Elizabeth has travelled all over the country in her search for the seven species of Cyrtophora spiders found in India. The young taxonomist talks about her journey here.
March 28th 2016
Aruna, the Leather Detective
A conversation with a senior biophysicist at a leather institute in Chennai
March 7th 2016
Finding “Faults” with Kusala Rajendran
A geophysicist tells us about her adventures with earthquakes and tsunamis
February 29th 2016