Conversation with Vijay Chikkadi

Welcome to the podcast, Pratidhavani – Humanizing Science
Vijay is an Associate Professor of Physics at IISER Pune, and works on various aspects of Soft Matter Physics, including deformation and flow of soft matter, and active matter.

In this episode, we discuss various facets of soft matter physics and Vijay’s research on these fascinating materials.

‘Vijayakumar Chikkadi – IISER Pune’. Accessed 1 November 2025. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/physics/people/faculty/regular-faculty/vijayakumar-chikkadi/252.

‘Soft & Active Matter Lab’. Accessed 1 November 2025. https://sites.google.com/site/vchikkadi/home.

‘Soft & Active Matter Lab – PEOPLE’. Accessed 1 November 2025. https://sites.google.com/site/vchikkadi/people.

‘‪Vijayakumar Chikkadi‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬’. Accessed 1 November 2025. https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?hl=en&user=Xex6qvIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate.

Sahu, Ratimanasee, Mohit Sharma, Peter Schall, Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya, and Vijayakumar Chikkadi. ‘Structural Origin of Relaxation in Dense Colloidal Suspensions’. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, no. 42 (2024): e2405515121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2405515121.

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Author: G.V. Pavan Kumar

Namaste, Hola & Welcome from G.V. Pavan Kumar. I am a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. My research interests are : (1) Optics & Soft Matter: Optically Induced Forces – Assembly, Dynamics & Function; (2) History and Philosophy of Science – Ideas in Physical Sciences. I am interested in the historical and philosophical evolution of ideas and tools in the physical sciences and technology. I research the intellectual history of past scientists, innovators, and people driven by curiosity, and I write about them from an Indian and Asian perspective. My motivation is to humanize science. In the same spirit, I write and host my podcast Pratidhvani – Humanizing Science.

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