The Life of Science

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The Life of Science is a travelling feminist science media project run by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj which tells the story of women scientists around India.They have interviewed almost a hundred women scientists so far and won a Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2016. You can see their work on www.thelifeofscience.com.

The Life of Science

The Life of Science is a travelling feminist science media project run by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj which tells the story of women scientists around India. They have interviewed almost a hundred women scientists so far and won a Laadli Media...
Ep. 01: Vidita Vaidya, Neuroscientist

15 min 24 sec

Vidita Vaidya is a Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardwinning neuroscientist at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. In this episode, she talks about the brain circuits that affect our emotions and stress, especially during childhood. She...
Ep. 02: Smitha Hegde, Pteridologist

13 min 48 sec

Smitha Hegde is one of the countrys topmost experts on one of the earliest land plants to appear on Earth ferns. Based in Mangaluru, the pteridologist studies the evolution of ferns in the Western Ghats. In this episode, she talks about a problem...
Ep. 03: Anu Sabhlok, Social Scientist

17 min 31 sec

Anu Sabhlok is a social scientist, architect and feminist scholar at IISER Mohali. She has been relooking the definition of nation with the help of migrant labourers who build Indias border roads every year. For many years she has been travelling...
Ep. 04: Kavita Shah, Environmental Biotechnologist

18 min 12 sec

A conversation with one of the very few women leaders at Benaras Hindu University who is an awardwinning biotechnologist. Kavita has had a long journey at BHU starting with her PhD and then returning to set up a laboratory from scratch at one of the...
Ep. 05: Indumathi D, Particle Physicist

24 min 4 sec

Indumathi is a particle physicist at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai. She works on mysterious subatomic particles called neutrinos. Indu is pushing for an underground neutrino observatory a project that has been dogged by...