E Arunan is a physical chemist and Professor at Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

webpage : https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~ea/arunan_cv_December2020.html

twitter : https://twitter.com/earunan?lang=en

In this episode (2 hour+) we discussed his biography, learning science in Tamil, his transition from Madurai to Madras to Delhi to Kansas and finally to IISc Bangalore. We discuss about his work including microwave spectroscopy, hydrogen bonding, Indian academia, and Tamil poetry and its contemporary relevance...

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References :

Arunan, E. “Arunan’s Lab Webpage.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~ea/.

earunan. “Arunan’s Blogpage,” January 2, 2022. https://earunan.org/.

“Indian Institute of Science.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://iisc.ac.in/events/remembering-prof-vasant-natarajan-1965-2021/.

“Inorganic and Physical Chemistry.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/.

“The American College | Madurai.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://americancollege.edu.in/.

Arunan, Elangannan, Gautam R. Desiraju, Roger A. Klein, Joanna Sadlej, Steve Scheiner, Ibon Alkorta, David C. Clary, et al. “Definition of the hydrogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2011).” Pure and Applied Chemistry 83, no. 8 (July 8, 2011): 1637–41. https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-01-02.

“Current Science.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/show.author.php?id=3002.

driftonblog. “Ode to My Mozart in Physics.” Driving and Drifting... (blog), December 29, 2021. https://driftonblog.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/ode-to-my-mozart-in-physics/.

“EA>Research.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~ea/research.html.

Episode 08 : Gripping History of Laser Invention, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atjcoM8UANs.

“Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju.” In Wikipedia, July 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gautam_Radhakrishna_Desiraju&oldid=1164957848.

“Kural.” In Wikipedia, August 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kural&oldid=1169933209.

“Pankaj Mandal’s Webpage - Pankaj Was One of the PhD Students of Arunan.” Accessed August 19, 2023. https://sites.google.com/view/iiser-pankaj-mandal/team.

I discuss the legacy of two important individuals Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar and their students. I highlight their styles of doing research and how they inspired important schools of thought. I emphasize the role of economic privilege and gender. I discuss Bimala Buti and mention about interesting books on women in science : Lilavatis Daughters and Lab Hopping.

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2.     “Chandrasekhar and His Limit - Google Books.”

3.     Chandrasekhar, S. Liquid Crystals.

4.     Cladis, Patricia E., Banahalli R. Ratna, and

5.     Dunmur, David, and Tim Sluckin. Soap,

6.     Goodby, John W. “Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar

7.     Gray, G. W., G. R. Luckhurst, and E. P.

8.     “Kameshwar C. Wali.” In Wikipedia, May

9.     Kumar, G. V. Pavan. “Raman’s Nephews.” Scatterings

10.  “Lilavatis Daughters | Women in Science |

11.  Penguin Random House India. “Lab Hopping.”

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13.  “Prof. G. Srinivasan | Imprints Collection |

14.  “Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar.” In Wikipedia,

15.  “The Women Scientists of India | Women in

16.  Wali, Kameshwar C. A Quest for

17.  Wali, Kameshwar C. Chandra: A Biography of

18.  Wali, Kameshwar C. S Chandrasekhar: The Man

I share 15 lessons that I have learnt as an Indian Professor, academic scientist, teacher and a citizen...

This is an audio-visual episode. The video is available on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVIRTkGrtbrsYaCGtmHK2MVMRlWg9zFPC

References :

“A Case for Compassionate Rationality.” Scatterings (blog), July 1, 2023. https://backscattering.blog/2023/07/01/a-case-for-compassionate-rationality/.

“New Episode : Science, Rationality and Compassion.” Scatterings (blog), May 27, 2023. https://backscattering.blog/2023/05/27/new-episode-science-rationality-and-compassion/.Pinker, Steven. “Rationality.” Accessed May 26, 2023. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Rationality/HT0NEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover.

Weinberg, Steven. “Four Golden Lessons.” Nature 426, no. 6965 (November 2003): 389–389. https://doi.org/10.1038/426389a.

Ranjini is an experimental soft condensed matter physicist. She is a Professor at Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru.

Ranjini's lab webpage : https://ranjinibandyopadhy.wixsite.com/complexfluids

She and her lab have been working on fascinating experiments on soft squishy matter including : Structure-dynamics correlations in colloidal suspensions; Mixed clay dispersions; Active colloids (synthesis and the study of active glasses); Interfacial instabilities and many other things.

In this episode we explore her biography, her ability to design and develop experiments, the difference between impact of research and impact factor of a journal, the process of articulation, importance of soft matter science and its relevance to India, and many other things.

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References :

Twitter. “Ranjini Bandyopadhyay (@RanjiniRRI) / Twitter,” July 20, 2023. https://twitter.com/RanjiniRRI.

“Ajay K. Sood.” In Wikipedia, July 19, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ajay_K._Sood&oldid=1166154434.

“Ajay Sood’s Home Page.” Accessed July 23, 2023. http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~asood/.

Basak, Rajib, and Ranjini Bandyopadhyay. “Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Drugs in Pluronic F127 Micelles: Effects of Drug Hydrophobicity, Solution Temperature, and PH.” Langmuir 29, no. 13 (April 2, 2013): 4350–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/la304836e.

complexfluids. “Group Members and Recent Lab News.” Accessed July 23, 2023. https://ranjinibandyopadhy.wixsite.com/complexfluids/page3.

complexfluids. “Ranjini Bandyopadhyay.” Accessed July 23, 2023. https://ranjinibandyopadhy.wixsite.com/complexfluids.

“Durian Group - Home.” Accessed July 23, 2023. https://www.physics.upenn.edu/duriangroup/.

Mukherjee, Siddhartha. The Emperor of All Maladies. HarperCollins UK, 2011.

Nagel, Sidney R. “Experimental Soft-Matter Science.” Reviews of Modern Physics 89, no. 2 (April 12, 2017): 025002. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.89.025002.

Phillips, Rob, and Stephen R. Quake. “The Biological Frontier of Physics.” Physics Today 59, no. 5 (May 2006): 38–43. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2216960.

Amitabh Joshi is a Professor in EVOLUTIONARY AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY UNIT at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Adv Sci Research, Bengaluru. He is also a poet in Urdu and English (and occasionally, Persian).

his lab webpage : https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/home

his twitter link : https://twitter.com/joshiamitabhevo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

In this episode, we discussed him becoming a biologist; his journey in to the  realm of genetics and evolutionary biology; science and its interface with society; on how to do research; and how to think of problems; we also discussed interface of art and science and; in a way, we broke the myth of CP Snow's essay on "Two cultures". Also, don't miss the fabulous recitation of poems in Persian and Urdu - including lines from Iqbal and Rumi, and delightful insights on his thoughts in eloquent Hindustani. There is so much to listen, learn and think about...as always on a conversation with Amitabh

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References :

“Amitabh Joshi.” In Wikipedia, January 21, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amitabh_Joshi&oldid=1134862112.

“Amitabh Joshi | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.” Accessed July 13, 2023. https://www.jncasr.ac.in/faculty/ajoshi.

Amitabh Joshi at Navisht 2019, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZI0Lu1r9E.

“EBL, JNCASR.” Accessed July 29, 2023. https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/home.

“EBL, JNCASR - Amitabh Miscellaneous Interests.” Accessed July 29, 2023. https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/amitabh-miscellaneous-interests.

“Joshi, Amitabh.” Accessed July 13, 2023. https://press.princeton.edu/our-authors/joshi-amitabh.

Joshi, Amitabh. “Poems Recited by Amitabh in This Podcast.” Google Docs. Accessed July 31, 2023. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BzJFUuunbWctVd_yCKARKtdEczlUXEfI/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=108686585365385026951&rtpof=true&usp=embed_facebook.

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His research interests include Multiphase transport processes. Atomization and sprays, Micro-nanoscale transport in droplets, Combustion.  

In this episode we discuss his dreams, transition from Engineer to a Scientist, his philosophy on research, teaching and academia; Segments on covid related work, Rabindra sangeet & many other things

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References :

1.     “Saptarshi Basu | webpage : https://mecheng.iisc.ac.in/people/saptarshi-basu/.

2.     “Amazon.In.” Accessed July 15, 2023. https://www.amazon.in/Books-G-Venkataraman/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AG.+Venkataraman.

3.     Borderless. “Abhisar by Rabindranath Tagore,”

4.     “College Street (Kolkata).” In Wikipedia,

5.     “Manik Bandopadhyay.” In Wikipedia,

6.     “Park Street, Kolkata.” In Wikipedia,

7.     “Poem: Can Death Be Sleep, When Life Is But a

8.     Popova, Maria. “When Einstein Met Tagore: A

9.     “Rabindranath Tagore.” In Wikipedia,

10.  “Rabindranath Tagore - Verses - কথা - অভিসার (Abhisar).” Accessed July 15, 2023. https://www.tagoreweb.in/Verses/kotha-39/abhisar-1211.

11.  “Satyajit Ray.” In Wikipedia, July 14,

12.  “South Point School.” In Wikipedia,

13.  “Srinivasa Ramanujan.” In Wikipedia,

14.  “The Last Leaf.” In Wikipedia, March

Nagaraj is a cell biologist and an Associate Professor of Biology at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

He is a scientist who interfaces with society and has a keen sense of aesthetics and love for music.

His webpage : https://www.adhesionlab.com/public

He is on twitter : https://twitter.com/AdhesionLab.

In this conversation, we discussed various things including

·     his biography

·     importance of school teachers

·     growing up in the-then Bombay

·     reading widely as student

·     background in microbiology

·     transition to cell-biology

·     doing PhD in cancer hospital

·     impact it had in on his research

·     importance of being curious

·     importance of stupidity in science

·     his transition from US to India

·     research on cellular matrix

·     connection to mechano-biology

·     multidisciplinary aspect of his work

·     elements of aesthetics

·     his deep interest in design

·     how to adapt your research to Indian

·     sociological aspects of doing research in

·     his outreach activities

·     his initiatives with Spic Macay

·     'great nation deserves great art'

·     a remarkable story on a concert by

·     emotion that music evokes

·     small segment in his mother tongue - Tamil

·     recitation of Hindi poem

·     engagement with art

·     interdisciplinary approaches towards research

·     some projects in outreach

 References:

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Seema Sharma is an experimental particle physicist who was also part of the experimental discovery of Higgs Boson at CERN. She is an Associate Professor, in the department of physics at the Indian institute of Science education research, Pune – India.

    In this episode we discuss about her journey from Rajsamand Rajasthan, to TIFR Bombay, then to FermiLab US and then

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References:

1.       “Rajsamand.” In Wikipedia, January 19, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajsamand&oldid=1134565017

2.       “The Higgs Boson | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/science/physics/higgs-boson.

3.       “Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | TIFR.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.tifr.res.in/.

4.       “Sunanda Banerjee.” Accessed July 10, 2023. http://iacs.res.in/athusers/index.php?navid=0&userid=IACS090.

5.       “Fermilab | Home.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.fnal.gov/.

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7.       “Inquiring Minds.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/physics/index.html.

8.       “The Large Hadron Collider | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider.

9.       Weinberg, Steven. “Four Golden Lessons.” Nature 426, no. 6965 (November 2003):

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Sutirth Dey is an evolutionary biologist. He is a Professor of Biology at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. In this conversation we discussed about his own evolution as a biologist, his career trajectory from Patna, Delhi, Bangalore to Pune, and how his knowledge, research and teaching has been influenced by the interactions he had over the years. There is a nice segment in Bengali and Hindi where he explains his research on evolutionary biology and ecology. We also discussed his deep interest in reading and Qawwali music, and many more things…

Listen, as we humanize science.

Sutirth is on Twitter : https://twitter.com/SutirthDey.

References :

1.     “PBL@IISERPune.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://sites.google.com/a/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/sdlab/.

2.     “PBL@IISERPune - Sutirth.” Accessed June 30,

3.     “MolBioForAll.” Accessed June 30, 2023. https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/molbioforall/home.

4.     “Amitabh Joshi | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for

5.     Anderson, P. W. “More Is Different.” Science

6.     “Biostatistics: A User’s Perspective.”

7.     Dey, Sutirth, and Amitabh Joshi. “Stability

8.     IndiaBioscience. “Standing Conventional Wisdom

9.     “Mewa Singh.” In Wikipedia, May 24,

Aditi Sen (De) is a Professor at HRI, Allahabad. We had a freewheeling conversation on her biography, research on quantum information, motherhood, her experience of working in Europe and India. Also, we have a small segment in Bengali -বাংলা (her mother tongue) on quantum research and her motivations.

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2.    “Aditi Sen De - Professor - Harish-Chandra

3.     “Aditi Sen De.” In Wikipedia, April 14,

4.     Konar, Tanoy Kanti, Ayan Patra, Rivu Gupta,

5.     Physics World. “Quantum Batteries Harvest

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7.     “Dagmar Bruß | Falling Walls.” Accessed June

8.     ICFO. “ICFO - The Institute of Photonic

9.     “ICREA.” Accessed June 27, 2023. https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/anna-sanpera--trigueros-318.

10.  “Maciej Lewenstein.” In Wikipedia, June

11.  “Marek Żukowski.” In Wikipedia,

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