They Decided To Debate Women’s Leadership Skills. Then It Got Worse.

A recent debate reveals misogyny, casteism and queer-trans-phobia in Indian science academia.

January 2nd 2021

Sudipta’s evolution from ‘stone-carrying girl’ to top geologist

Sudipta Sengupta is by no means a ‘hidden figure’ in Indian science, but she is probably one of the few star scientists left who worked in a state university. In this report, she opens up about the big shifts in the world of geology and in her own life.

November 17th 2020

COVID-19 is exacerbating the gender gap in science

“The problem is the hit that you take today is going to have consequences for a long time to come.” This, and much more insight from a live discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on women in science in India

October 6th 2020

Keeping time with Poonam. S5. Ep2 Podcast

Talking about all things atomic clocks and time keeping with Poonam Arora, a hidden figure in Indian Physics and maker of India’s first caesium fountain atomic clock.

September 3rd 2020

The nuts and bolts of getting science done

A tour across some of India’s most sophisticated research facilities guided by the technologists who run these hi-tech spaces.

August 27th 2020

Lying on the forest floor, looking for orchids

On World Environment Day 2020, conservation ecologist Jis Sebastian reminisces about her time in the Western Ghats, studying the fantastically diverse orchids and what climate change has in store for them.

June 5th 2020