On National Science Day 2025, we bring to you three articles that provide important perspectives on the science ecosystem of India. The authors are TV Venkateswaran, L S Shashidhara and Sriparna Chatterjee.
https://t.co/Ts09zDS5Or
@TVVen@InspireFaculty
The Real Deal: Lessons, Learnings, and Laughter for Girl Scientists
Dr. Karishma S. Kaushik @_KarishmaK provides aspiring girl scientists with an insider’s view into the experiences of a contemporary woman scientist in India
https://t.co/JEokNwb99X
@joshiamitabhevo@Pavan_KumarGV
Pandit Nehru’s approach to Ayurveda
https://t.co/GST7PnxBmn
Confluence article by GL Krishna discusses Nehru’s views on Ayurveda: preserve what works, discard what doesn’t, using scientific scrutiny. Lessons worth revisiting today.
@joshiamitabhevo@Pavan_KumarGV@IAScDialogue
Confluence and Dialogue hosted a panel discussion on the origin, background and debates around the idea of scientific temper on the Scientific Temper Day, 2025.
Recording of the panel discussion is available here:
https://t.co/HtID9xPKer
@IAScDialogue@Shubawrite@Pavan_KumarGV
I thought of publishing this in Current Science. Apparently, they do not publish anything other than Science. Indian Academy of Sciences has two other online Journals to cater to such articles. This one has just appeared in Confluence. https://t.co/RT9DjVR1PW
On National Science Day 2025, we bring to you three articles that provide important perspectives on the science ecosystem of India. The authors are TV Venkateswaran, L S Shashidhara and Sriparna Chatterjee.
https://t.co/Ts09zDS5Or
@TVVen@InspireFaculty
Just out in Dialogue:
Soundarya Iyer writes about her experience in using R. Gadagkar's 'Experiments in Animal Behaviour' (a free e-book from @IAScBng ) to teach a mixed bunch of students:
https://t.co/VfV4UXS2uF
Just out in Dialogue:
Anindita Bhadra (@Abhadra7 ) writes about the new - or not so new - "casteism" analogue in scientific publishing:
https://t.co/tASEMzi5TH
"One Nation, One Subscription: A Good First Step"
An article by Rahul Siddharthan @rsidd120 (IMSc Chennai) on the "One Nation, One Subscription" scheme has been published on the Confluence platform.
Read here: https://t.co/kKBAwLfCoa
We are sorry for the downtime. There have been some technical issues with the Confluence website. However, a rudimentary version of the website is running now. We expect all features to become available soon.
@PragyaChaube We are sorry for the downtime. There have been some technical issues with the Confluence website. However, a rudimentary version of the website is running now. We expect all features to become available soon.
"Why study evolution?" : An article by Vidyanand Nanjundiah published at Confluence : https://t.co/JQyNsgwOGv
"An appreciation of evolution enriches the mind. To delete it from the syllabus is as foolish as not teaching a language, or poetry, or history."
Why dropping evolution from the Std. X curriculum is a very bad idea https://t.co/K94wILfnIl
The latest Confluence article by LS Shashidhara and Amitabh Joshi @joshiamitabhevo ...
“One Among Us” first appeared as a regular feature between 2002 through 2007 in Voices, the then students’ newsletter at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The comic strip, with Mr. Laapataa as its main character, was an instant hit among the IISc population.