Pratidhvani - Humanizing Science

Pratidhvani - Humanizing Science

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  • Ep 82 – Conversation with Bhaskaran Muralidharan: Playing the Music of Electron Transport| IIT Bombay

    Bhaskaran is an Electrical Engineer & a Professor at the

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: https://cnqt-group.org/?page_id=25

    He is a quantum transport theorist, musician and long-distance

    runner.

    We explore his intellectual, musical and running journey.

    Also, don’t miss a segment on Bhaskaran playing the piano.

    References:

    1.    

    “Bhaskaran Muralidharan [Department of
    Electrical Engineering IIT Bombay].” Accessed November 26, 2024. https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/wiki/faculty/bm.

    2.    

    “‪Bhaskaran Muralidharan - ‪Google Scholar.”
    Accessed November 26, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=PWFVEKIAAAAJ&hl=en.

    3.    

    “Group Members – CNQT @ IIT Bombay.” Accessed
    November 26, 2024. https://cnqt-group.org/?page_id=25.

    4.    

    Muralidharan, B., A. W. Ghosh, and S. Datta.
    “Probing Electronic Excitations in Molecular Conduction.” Physical Review B
    73, no. 15 (April 10, 2006): 155410. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.155410.

    5.    

    Prof. Bhaskaran Muralidharan
    || Electrical Engineering || EESA IIT Bombay, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fFdb3-NRQ.

    1 hr 12 min
  • Ep. 81 : Conversation with Ainda Sinha –Quantum Field Theory, Superstrings & Ins'pi'rations

    Aninda Sinha is a theoretical physicist and a professor at

    Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru: https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html

     

    He works at the interface of quantum field theory,

    superstrings and mathematical physics. In this episode, we explore his
    intellectual journey and discuss his recent work that led to a new series on pi
    generalizing Madava’s series.

     

    References:

    1.      

    “Aninda Sinha.” In Wikipedia, June 8,
    2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aninda_Sinha&oldid=1227837004.

    2.      

    “‪Aninda Sinha - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed
    November 15, 2024. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-aNKuhIAAAAJ&hl=en.

    3.      

    “Asinha » Page 1 of 3.” Accessed November 15,
    2024. https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html.

    4.      

    Saha, Arnab Priya, and Sinha, Aninda. “Field
    Theory Expansions of String Theory Amplitudes.” Physical Review Letters
    132, no. 22 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221601.

    5.      

    Ananthanarayan, B, and Aninda Sinha.
    “Bootstrapping Quantum Field Theory: Past, Present and Future.” CURRENT
    SCIENCE 126, no. 8 (2024).

    6.      

    Bischoff, Manon. “String Theorists Accidentally
    Find a New Formula for Pi.” Scientific American. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/string-theorists-accidentally-find-a-new-formula-for-pi/.

    7.      

    From Euler to Veneziano and Back by Aninda
    Sinha. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKmoXW8Jmg.

    8.      

    “Michael Green.” Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/mbg15/.

    9.      

    “Michael Green (Physicist).” In Wikipedia,
    November 12, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Green_(physicist)&oldid=1256888698.

    10.  

    Stringing Madhava’s Pi: Aquantum Field Theory
    Perspective | Talk by Aninda Sinha. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_XUxmWlX8.

    11.  

    “Thursday Colloquium | Raman Research
    Institute.” Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.rri.res.in/events/stringing-madhavas-pi-quantum-field-theory-perspective.

    1 hr 21 min
  • Ep. 80 - Conversation with Chaitra Redkar – At the interface of Philosophy, History & Political Science

    Chaitra is a political scientist, Associate Professor &

    Chair of Humanities at IISER Pune - https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-faculty/chaitra-redkar/326


    She explores modern Indian political thought through the

    lens of philosophy and history.


    In this episode, we discuss her intellectual journey in

    capturing an interesting trinity.


    References:

    1.      

    “Chaitra Redkar - IISER Pune.” Accessed November
    8, 2024. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-faculty/chaitra-redkar/326.

    2.      

    Redkar, Chaitra. Gandhian Engagement with
    Capital. First Edition. New Dehli: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019.

    3.      

    X (formerly Twitter). “Chaitra Redkar
    (@R_Chaitra) / X,” April 9, 2023. https://x.com/r_chaitra.

    4.      

    “Amazon.In.” Accessed November 8, 2024. https://www.amazon.in/Books-Chaitra-Redkar/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AChaitra+Redkar.

    5.      

    “Chaitra (@my_historical_horizon) • Instagram
    Photos and Videos.” Accessed November 12, 2024. https://www.instagram.com/my_historical_horizon/.

    1 hr 14 min
  • Ep 79 : Scientific life of Gerhard Herzberg - Spectroscopy, Quantum Mechanics, Astrophysics & Astrochemistry

    References:

    1. Pavan Kumar, G. V. “Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999): A Pioneer in Molecular Spectroscopy.” Resonance 29 (2024): 1339. https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/reso/029/10/1339-1345.
    2. Stoicheff, Boris. Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science. Ottawa : Montréal ; Ithaca N.Y.: Canadian Forest Service,Canada, 2002.
    3. Stoicheff, Boris P. “Gerhard Herzberg PC CC. 25 December 1904 – 3 March 1999.” Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 49 (December 2003): 179–95. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2003.0011.
      4. 53 min
    4. Ep. 78: Conversation with Gautam Menon – Triangulating Physics, Biology & Public Health through Curiosity

      Gautam is a theoretical physicist who is driven by

      curiosity. His explorations include superconductivity, biophysics, active matter, public health, art, music etc.

      He is a Professor & Dean at Ashoka University

      In this episode, we discuss his intellectual journey until

      now.

      References:

      1.      

      Ashoka University. “Gautam Menon.” Accessed
      October 28, 2024. https://www.ashoka.edu.in/profile/gautam-menon-2/.

      2.      

      “Gautam I. Menon’s Home Page.” Accessed October
      28, 2024. https://www.imsc.res.in/~menon/.

      3.      

      University, Ashoka. “Prof. Gautam Menon Is the
      New Dean of Research at Ashoka University.” Ashoka University, October 4, 2022.
      https://www.ashoka.edu.in/prof-gautam-menon-is-the-new-dean-of-research-at-ashoka-university/.

      4.      

      X (formerly Twitter). “Gautam Menon
      (@MenonBioPhysics) / X,” January 14, 2022. https://x.com/menonbiophysics.

      5.      

      IndiaBioscience. “Interdisciplinarity: How to
      Make It Work for You,” November 2, 2018. https://indiabioscience.org/columns/opinion/interdisciplinarity-how-to-make-it-work-for-you.

      6.      

      Menon, Gautam I. “Active Matter.” arXiv, March
      10, 2010. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1003.2032.

      7.      

      “Science, Journalism, Media: Communicating
      Science in a Changing India.” Accessed October 28, 2024. https://www.imsc.res.in/~scimedia/index.html.

      1 hr 28 min
    5. Ep. 77: Conversation with Chinmay Tumbe - Hitchhiking History of Modern India | IIM Ahmedabad

      Chinmay is an author, historian and associate professor at

      IIM Ahmedabad: https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home.

      We explored his intellectual landscape of becoming a writer

      and a historian. We discuss his writing process and his experience of
      researching and teaching business history in a scientific & engaging way.

      Many related strands…

      Listen as we humanize science with history…

      References:

      1.      

      “Chinmay Tumbe.” Accessed October 15, 2024. https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home.

      2.      

      “Chinmay Tumbe | IIMA.” Accessed October 15,
      2024. https://www.iima.ac.in/faculty-research/faculty-directory/Chinmay-Tumbe.

      3.      

      “‪Chinmay Tumbe - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed
      October 15, 2024. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&btnA=1&user=MyvxhAUAAAAJ.

      4.      

      “Chinmay Tumbe - History.” Accessed October 16,
      2024. https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home/history.

      5.      

      Diamond, Jared, and James A. Robinson. Natural
      Experiments of History. Reprint edition. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard
      University Press, 2011.

      6.      

      Jha, Prabhat, Yashwant Deshmukh, Chinmay Tumbe,
      Wilson Suraweera, Aditi Bhowmick, Sankalp Sharma, Paul Novosad, et al. “COVID
      Mortality in India: National Survey Data and Health Facility Deaths.” Science
      375, no. 6581 (February 11, 2022): 667–71. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm5154.

      7.      

      “Literature Festivals: India’s Vibrant History
      Scene.” Accessed October 15, 2024. https://historylitfest.com/.

      8.      

      Tumbe, Chinmay. Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920):
      How They Shaped India and the World, 2020.

      9.      

      ———. India Moving: A History of Migration.
      Vintage Books, 2018.

      10.  

      X (formerly Twitter). “(1) Chinmay Tumbe
      (@ChinmayTumbe) / X,” June 9, 2024. https://x.com/chinmaytumbe.

      11.  

      X (formerly Twitter). “HITCH (@BizEconHist) /
      X,” September 15, 2022. https://x.com/bizeconhist.

      1 hr 15 min
    6. Ep. 76: Conversation with Ganesh Bagler - Computational Gastronomy with 'food for thought' | IIIT Delhi

      Ganesh is a multifaceted researcher who brings together food and computation via Computational Gastronomy. He is a Professor at IIIT Delhi and is interested in various facets of food science and technology: https://www.iiitd.ac.in/bagler


      What is his intellectual journey from Solapur to Delhi?


      Listen as we humanize science…with plenty of ‘food for

      thought.’


      References:

      1.      

      Making Food Computable | Ganesh Bagler |
      TEDxIISERPune, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrHD3FKeUaE.

      2.      

      “Complex Systems Lab IIIT Delhi Prof Ganesh
      Bagler.” Accessed October 12, 2024. https://cosylab.iiitd.edu.in/#wrapper.

      3.      

      “Ganesh Bagler.” In Wikipedia, September
      28, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ganesh_Bagler&oldid=1248324012.

      4.      

      “‪Ganesh Bagler - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed
      October 12, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=qyth_0QAAAAJ&hl=en.

      5.      

      Jain, Anupam, Rakhi N K, and Ganesh Bagler.
      “Analysis of Food Pairing in Regional Cuisines of India.” PLoS ONE 10,
      no. 10 (October 2, 2015): e0139539. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139539.

      6.      

      Jain, Anupam, Rakhi N. K, and Ganesh Bagler.
      “Spices Form the Basis of Food Pairing in Indian Cuisine.” arXiv, February 12,
      2015. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1502.03815.

      7.      

      Bagler, Ganesh. “Analysis of the Airport Network
      of India as a Complex Weighted Network.” Physica A: Statistical Mechanics
      and Its Applications 387, no. 12 (May 1, 2008): 2972–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.077.

      8.      

      Episode 15: Cracking the Flavor Code with Dr.
      Ganesh Bagler #beyondshodh #podcast #food #ai, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Es-0gqdpZU.

      9.      

      MIT Technology Review. “Data Mining Indian
      Recipes Reveals New Food Pairing Phenomenon.” Accessed October 13, 2024. https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/02/25/169030/data-mining-indian-recipes-reveals-new-food-pairing-phenomenon/.

      10.  

      Prof. Ganesh Bagler, Computational Gastronomy
      Pioneer, IIIT-Delhi, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYRXYAb55R8.

       

      1 hr 29 min
    7. Ep. 75 - Conversation with Subhankar Bedanta : Physicist with an outreach in Odia

      He is an experimental condensed matter physicist and a Professor

      at NISER Bhubaneswar who is deeply committed to combining cutting-edge physics
      with outreach in his mother tongue – Odia https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser

      What is his intellectual journey across Odisha, Germany, USA

      and back to his homeland and what motivates him to do what he does?

      Listen as we humanize science.

      References:

      1.      

      niser. “Subhankar Bedanta.” Accessed September
      25, 2024. https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser.

      2.      

      “‪Prof. Subhankar Bedanta - ‪Google Scholar.”
      Accessed September 25, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=OMLlkvUAAAAJ&hl=en.

      3.      

      Subhankar Bedanta, National Institute of
      Science Education & Research (NISER), India-TMAG2020- BA-05, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LPs6E6xu5o.

      4.      

      Mission Aditya | Panel Discussion with NISER
      Scientist Dr Subhankar Bedanta, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LbLdpaGmU.

      5.      

      niser. “Research Areas.” Accessed September 25,
      2024. https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser/research-areas.

      6.      

      niser. “Resume.” Accessed September 25, 2024. https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser/resume.

      7.      

      Bedanta, Subhankar, and Wolfgang Kleemann.
      “Supermagnetism.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, no. 1
      (December 2008): 013001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/42/1/013001.

      8.      

      BYTE ON NATIONAL SPACE DAY  PROF
      SUBHANKAR BEDANTA, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHUH5Q9IG8.

      9.      

      Dr Subhankar Bedanta, Professor of Physics,
      NISER  as a Resource Person in  Pattamundai College, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-dtA1QHcE.

      10.  

      “INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM.”
      Accessed September 25, 2024. http://irins.inflibnet.ac.in/.

      1 hr 21 min
    8. Ep 74: Conversation with Anindya Datta - Journey through the World of Fluorescence | IIT-Bombay

      He is a physical chemist and a senior professor at IIT

      Bombay. https://www.adufd.com/people/current-group

      He and his research group have made significant

      contributions to the understanding of the fluorescence dynamics of molecules
      and nanomaterials.

      In this episode, we discuss

      ·        

      his journey from his early education at institutions
      like Presidency College and the IACS, lecture at Raidighi, postdoc at Iowa State
      University, scientist at RRCAT and finally to his current role at t IIT Bombay.

      ·        

      his experience of learning and interacting with
      stalwarts of physical chemistry such as Mihir Chowdhury and Kankan
      Bhattacharyya.

      ·        

      experiences as a researcher and educator,
      discussing his thoughts and motivations.

      ·        

      exciting research is being conducted in his lab,
      where scholars are pushing the boundaries of fluorescence correlation
      spectroscopy and ultrafast dynamics in nanomaterials.

      ·        

      Many related strands…

      Listen as we humanize science.

       

      References:

      1.      

      “UFD Lab.” Accessed September 23, 2024. https://www.adufd.com/.

      2.      

      “UFD Lab - Courses.” Accessed September 23,
      2024. https://www.adufd.com/courses.

      3.      

      “UFD Lab - Current Group.” Accessed September
      23, 2024. https://www.adufd.com/people/current-group.

      4.      

      “UFD Lab - Research.” Accessed September 23,
      2024. https://www.adufd.com/research.

      5.      

      X (formerly Twitter). “Anindya Datta
      (@anidchemiitb) / X,” August 23, 2024. https://x.com/anidchemiitb.

      6.      

      “Kankan Bhattacharyya.” In Wikipedia,
      February 27, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kankan_Bhattacharyya&oldid=1210682961.

      7.      

      “Mihir Chowdhury.” In Wikipedia, April
      23, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mihir_Chowdhury&oldid=1220427522.

      1 hr 16 min
    9. Ep 73: Conversation with Anindita Bhadra: In the Theatre of Ecology – Dogs, Wasps and Acting

      Anindita is an Ecologist and an Associate Professor at the Indian

      Institute of Science Education & Research in Kolkata: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~abhadra/Anindita.html.

      She and her research group study the ecology of dogs in an urban

      environment. She is also an actress who uses theatre to express intellectual thought.

      Added to that she has been an excellent diplomat of science,

      making a case for science and its interface with society.

      What is her intellectual journey?

      Watch (listen) as we humanize science.

       

      References:

      1.      

      “Dog Lab.” Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~abhadra/Anindita.html.

      2.      

      “Dog Lab, IISER Kolkata - People.” Accessed
      September 18, 2024. https://sites.google.com/view/doglabiiserkolkata/people.

      3.      

      The Life of Science. “Finding My Foothold in
      Academia,” April 23, 2019. https://thelifeofscience.com/2019/04/23/finding-my-foothold-in-academia/.

      4.      

      “Anindita Bhadra.” Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/author/anindita-bhadra.

      5.      

      “Anindita Bhadra | WEF,” January 25, 2019. https://www.wef.org.in/anindita-bhadra/.

      6.      

      “‪Anindita Bhadra - ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed
      September 18, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Pg-UqF4AAAAJ&hl=en.

       

      1 hr 10 min

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