A Manifesto for Indian Women in Science by a Woman in Science

Prabhavathy Devan offers suggestions to make postdocs in India, women-friendly.

March 11th 2019

Maithreyi moulds cells into tissues

A researcher from TIFR, Mumbai talks about her journey from a medical student to a biological researcher.

February 25th 2019

Sandhya’s gusto for guts and affirmative action

A researcher at IISc talks about how she lobbied to modify the tenure policies for new mothers at her institute, her pathbreaking research on ‘familial diarrhoeal disease’ and the importance of partnering with clinicians.

September 28th 2018

Podcast: In conversation with Suhita Nadkarni

Suhita talks about her formative years in neuroscience research at the Salk Institute, establishing her own lab and forming a unique neuroscience collective in India

September 20th 2018

Comic: Prerna uses physics to understand the biological membranes

The Interpreter of the Infinitesimal

September 13th 2018

Coming Back to the Fold with Mahalakshmi

A photo-essay describing the tools and techniques used by a biophysicist to understand how the membrane proteins fold

September 6th 2018

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