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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“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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