Technology
Poonam Powers Through Solid Mechanics
A mechanical engineer doing research in IIT Guwahati talks piezoelectricity and busts some myths about mechanical engineering
January 11th 2018
Indu Has Some Concrete Ideas
A civil engineer at IIT Guwahati talks about her research on lightweight concrete
November 15th 2017
Technology for All? There’s a Manual for That.
Interview with technologist Chinmayi who created a manual for building inclusive technology platforms
November 7th 2017
Taking a Walk in Kavita’s Shoes
A cognitive scientist & game designer at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad
March 20th 2017
Lipi’s Tools for a Better Biology
A computational structural biologist at Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology in Delhi
December 12th 2016
Ramadevi’s Super Cool Space Gadgets
A retired space electronics engineer at Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Trivandrum
October 3rd 2016
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
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
Mamta Rani Deals with Chaos
WHO? MAMTA RANI WHAT? COMPUTER SCIENTIST WHERE? CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, BANDAR SINDRI Reported by Aashima Dogra I was leaving Rajasthan and driving northwards to Haryana. Before leaving the colourful state behind, I was happy to spend one last night in the desert. I turned left from the superhighway NH8 and parked my van […]
June 20th 2016