Science
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
Podcast: In conversation with Aparna Mukherjee
Aparna Mukherjee shares her research on developing novel methods to diagnose and treat paediatric tuberculosis
August 30th 2018
Sucharita’s Guide to Preventing Diabetes
A clinical physiologist hopes her lifestyle intervention program can help prediabetics, athletes and elderly people.
August 24th 2018
Suparna searches for forgotten foods
A researcher from Gurgaon is documenting living knowledge about traditional foods.
August 16th 2018
COMIC: Pinky studies the science of ‘taste’
A neurobiologist is trying to understand how organisms use taste to make feeding decisions.
August 9th 2018
Bushra’s biomarkers for prostate cancer
A researcher at IIT-Kanpur is looking for early biomarkers to treat prostate cancer
August 2nd 2018
Aparna works on making healthcare accessible
Aparna Rao, a researcher at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Bhubaneswar, is looking for new answers to counter the irreversible effects of glaucoma.
July 20th 2018
Comic: On the tiger trail with Uma
Uma Ramakrishnan, a researcher from NCBS works on tiger conservation in India.
July 12th 2018
Aparna looks for better ways out of tuberculosis
A cheerful pediatrician is developing simple blood tests to monitor TB treatment
July 5th 2018
Comic: Farah gives us a bird’s eye view
Farah Ishtiaq, a researcher at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore works on understanding the spread of malaria in birds.
June 28th 2018