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The Life of Science

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.

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  • Ep. 05: Indumathi D, Particle Physicist

    Ep. 05: Indumathi D, Particle Physicist
    Jan 2 2018

    Indumathi is a particle physicist at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai. She works on mysterious sub-atomic particles called neutrinos. Indu is pushing for an underground neutrino observatory - a project that has been dogged by controversy ever since its conception. In this episode, she talks about the science of neutrinos and why we must not be afraid of them.

    For more information, check out: Thelifeofscience.com

    You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5

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    24 mins
  • Ep. 04: Kavita Shah, Environmental Biotechnologist

    Ep. 04: Kavita Shah, Environmental Biotechnologist
    Dec 26 2017

    A conversation with one of the very few women leaders at Benaras Hindu University who is an award-winning 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 oldest and tradition wrapped universities of modern India. She opens about how she had made it this far and her current work in environmental biology for which she holds multiple patents.

    For more information, check out: Thelifeofscience.com

    You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5

    You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    18 mins
  • Ep. 03: Anu Sabhlok, Social Scientist

    Ep. 03: Anu Sabhlok, Social Scientist
    Dec 19 2017

    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 India"s border roads every year. For many years she has been travelling with the labourers as they build the Indo-Tibetan border roads and then back again to their homes in central India. Her research reflects the realities of contemporary India.

    For more information, check out: Thelifeofscience.com

    You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5

    You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    18 mins

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