Reportage
Five books on women in science to read in 2018
Five books written on women in science to include in your reading list for 2018.
January 7th 2018
Infosys Prizes Announced for Three Women – but That Is Not Enough
All 4 of the science prizes went to existing Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardees and the all-male jury chair could not acknowledge that the prize was purposefully attempting to be gender equal
November 21st 2017
Finally a daycare center at IIT Delhi
President of IIT Delhi Day Care Management Committee shares what went into starting the facility on campus whose time had come
October 10th 2017
BHU woman scientist on the protests and demands
Why did police lathi charge the women students of BHU on Saturday night and was it really a lone incident of sexual assault on campus that has triggered this rage? A PhD student at the university campus reports on the prevalent state-of-mind among her community in Banaras Hindu University.
September 25th 2017
Why IISER Bhopal’s Scientist-Parents are Breathing Easy
This is the story of how two women joined forces to help set up a daycare center on the campus of a premier research institution in the outskirts of Bhopal.
September 18th 2017
We won a Laadli Award!
We are SO HAPPY to inform you that The Life of Science is one of the recipients of a Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity. We won a Jury Appreciation certificate in the “Web | English” category at the 2015-16 (Southern Region) awards. The award ceremony was on the 10th of April in Hyderabad and […]
April 12th 2017
Talking gender equality at Bharathidasan University
TLoS co-ordinator Vishwam Shankar reports from a conference on gender equality in Bharathidasan University in Trichy
March 6th 2017
Some Findings after Eight Months of Labhopping
A talk and panel discussion at IIT Delhi gave us much fodder for thought
October 27th 2016