IISc
Two Years in IISc, and Learning to Doubt Everyone & Everything
From my two years of being in academia, I’ve come to understand that this insecurity has a name, ‘imposter syndrome’, and it does not stop or get any better along the journey.
September 28th 2019
How teaching an ‘open course’ can open doors
Finishing a PhD is fulfilling, but also a tense time because of the uncertainties of the future. This young ecologist found her footing thanks to an opportunity to teach an ‘open course’ at a new university.
July 23rd 2019
How happy is the scientific workforce in India?
Moved by a growing sense of unrest within the academic workforce, and a simultaneous explosion of articles discussing stress in academia in the western world, researcher Laasya Samhita investigates the scenario in India.
July 9th 2019
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
Prerna beats the cell drums
A physicist unlocking the mysteries of cell structures shares her findings and her scientific journey
June 21st 2018
Farah Gives Us a Bird’s Eye View
A avian disease researcher decides to crack the puzzle of malaria in birds.
May 24th 2018
Surya Shines her Laser on Relics
A researcher in archaeophotonics at Manipal University
April 4th 2017
Finding “Faults” with Kusala Rajendran
A geophysicist tells us about her adventures with earthquakes and tsunamis
February 29th 2016