physics


  • 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

  • Prerna beats the cell drums

    A physicist unlocking the mysteries of cell structures shares her findings and her scientific journey

    June 21st 2018

  • Suhita’s No Garland Neuroscience

    Computational Neuroscientist shares her ideas on how to put Indian interdisciplinary research on the map, Dnyanada reports

    March 23rd 2018

  • Swapna Probes into the Interrelated Universe

    A high energy physicist in Bhubaneswar talks about the potentials of string theory and being a researcher in a state university

    March 4th 2018

  • The Other Side of the Mech Lab

    There is much more to mechanical engineering than the smell and noise of machine. It’s high time we moved away from the sweat-and-grease loving, machine worshipping trope, says Ronak Gupta, a PhD scholar.

    February 19th 2018

  • 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

  • Scratching the Surface with Shikha

    A conversation with a condensed matter physicist about surface science and making change in Indian science

    January 5th 2018

  • The Life Cycle of Shanti and Her Stars

    A chat with Osmania University’s 33-year-old Head of the Astronomy Department

    November 22nd 2017

  • Maitreyee Steps on the Accelerator

    A conversation with a feisty nuclear physicist on her journey in a field that she is trying to revive

    October 18th 2017

  • Sudha’s Notes from the Underground

    A geophysicist from IIT Kharagpur tells us about the tricks of her trade.

    October 11th 2017