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Srabanti is a theoretical chemist interested in biophysics and chemical physics.

She is an Associate Professor at IISER-Pune.

Her webpage : https://sites.google.com/site/srabantic01/home

In this episode we discuss her:

•biography and career trajectory

•interest in mathematics followed by chemistry

•Work during MSc, PhD and postdoc

•Current research

•Motherhood and her life lessons

•Many other interesting things…

Listen, as we humanize science…

apple podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-27-conversation-with-srabanti-chaudhury-journey/id1687861465?i=1000634068835

google podcast : https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZmY1YjYwZjEtZjM1Yy00ZWE0LTg5NTctM2IzYjdiZTY2MTU3?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiAu6a-rbOCAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

References :

1.“Srabanti Chaudhury.” Accessed November 7, 2023. https://sites.google.com/site/srabantic01/.

2.“Durgapur.” In Wikipedia, November 2, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durgapur&oldid=1183066399.

3.“The University of Burdwan.” Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.buruniv.ac.in/Demo/index_bucc.php.

4.“Group Members.” Accessed November 7, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~bjc/page3.html.

5.“Home.” Accessed November 7, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/~bjc/.

6.“Inorganic and Physical Chemistry.” Accessed November 7, 2023. https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/.

7.Punia, Bhawakshi, Srabanti Chaudhury, and Anatoly B. Kolomeisky. “Microscopic Mechanisms of Cooperative Communications within Single Nanocatalysts.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 3 (January 18, 2022): e2115135119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115135119.

8.X (formerly Twitter). “Srabanti Chaudhury (@srabantichaudh2) / X,” September 7, 2023. https://twitter.com/srabantichaudh2.

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Sourabh Dube is an experimental particle physicist interested in computation and machine learning. He is an Associate Professor at the physics department, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

His webpage:  http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~sdub:/.

In this conversation, we discussed his

• Biography, career trajectory,
• growing up in Pune.
• His Fergusson College experience, PhD and postdoc time in the USA.
• His thoughts on
  • Experimental particle physics and its interface with machine learning and computational physics.
  • science outreach initiatives
  • doing science in India and other parts of the world
  • importance of the research group and its communication
• an interesting segment in Marathi
• His recommendation – books, arts, sports etc.

Listen, as we humanize science….

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google podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZTFiNzI5ZTEtZTc2My00Y2RjLThhOTktZWI1MjIzNmE3MWMx?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiYqdGk3qGCAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-26-conversation-with-sourabh-dube-punekar-doing/id1687861465?i=1000633286027

References :

1. Quick Primer on Particle Physics with an Experimentalist!, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylkn-XaW_iA.
2. आपल्यया वविशयाचचे सवियार्वात लहयान ततुकडचे (The Smallest Pieces of Our Universe) by Dr Sourabh Dube, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTy2sfSxjRo.
3. “India Research Innovation and STEM Enhancement | (iRISE).” Accessed October 31, 2023. http://irise.org.in/.
4. “MS-DEED.” Accessed October 31, 2023. https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/ms-deed-msfda-iiser-pune/home.
5. “Fergusson College, Pune.” Accessed October 31, 2023. https://www.fergusson.edu/.
6. “Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy.” Accessed October 31, 2023. https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/.
7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Berkeley Lab | Delivering Science Solutions for the World.” Accessed October 31, 2023. https://www.lbl.gov/.
8. “Home | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/.
9. “The Large Hadron Collider | CERN.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider.
10. “Fermilab | Home.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.fnal.gov/.
11. “Isaac Asimov Home Page.” Accessed October 31, 2023. http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html.

Kasturi Saha is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay. 

Her research interests include

• Hybrid quantum systems – cavities coupled to color defect
• Quantum sensing and imaging with NV-centers in diamond
• and allied research areas

Her webpage: https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~kasturis/index.php/the-team/

In this episode, we discuss an emerging topic in quantum technologies – Nanodiamonds & Quantum Photonics !

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apple podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-25-conversation-with-kasturi-saha-nanodiamonds/id1687861465?i=1000632503730

References :

1. IIT Bombay. “Kasturi Saha.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/webpeople/kasturi-saha/.
2. “‪Kasturi Saha‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=4BSdOhUAAAAJ&hl=en.
3. “P-Quest Lab – Photonics and Quantum Enabled Sensing Technologies Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Bombay, Principal Investigator – Kasturi Saha.” Accessed October 14, 2023. http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~kasturis/.
4. Barry, John F., Jennifer M. Schloss, Erik Bauch, Matthew J. Turner, Connor A. Hart, Linh M. Pham, and Ronald L. Walsworth. “Sensitivity Optimization for NV-Diamond Magnetometry.” Reviews of Modern Physics 92, no. 1 (March 31, 2020): 015004. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.92.015004.
5. “DCMPMS.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://www.tifr.res.in/~dcmpms/venugopal_achanta.php.
6. Prof. Kasturi Saha’s Talk at IQTI on Quantum Sensing, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX8gNXIczck.
7. “Saikat Ghosh.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/dr-saikat-ghosh.
8. Shukla, Ashutosh, Sunny Tiwari, Ayan Majumder, Kasturi Saha, and G. V. Pavan Kumar. “Opto-Thermoelectric Trapping of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds on Plasmonic Nanostructures.” Optics Letters 48, no. 11 (June 1, 2023): 2937–40. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.491431.

Conversation with Dibyendu Nandi – Solar Astrophysics & Space Weather

Dibyendu Nandi is a Professor at IISER Kolkata.

His webpage : https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/

His research includes solar astrophysics – sun spots, magnetohydrodynamics and the recent Aditya L1 mission.

In this episode, we discussed his biography, research and teaching astrophysics, his thoughts on science in India, a short segment in Bengali and many other things.

Listen as we humanize science.

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on apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-24-conversation-with-dibyendu-nandi-solar/id1687861465?i=1000631666686

References :

“Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India | CESSI.” Accessed October 14, 2023. http://www.cessi.in/.

Chapter 8.1: Understanding the Sun | Dibyendu Nandi, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtKmaKgfa9Q.

“Dibyendu Nandi.” In Wikipedia, October 4, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dibyendu_Nandi&oldid=1178592189.

“‪Dibyendu Nandy (/Nandi)‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QFFFmQcAAAAJ&hl=en.

“Homepage of Dibyendu Nandi.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/.

Nandi, Dibyendu. “Aditya-L1 Mission Pursues the Enigma of Space Weather.” The Hindu, September 11, 2023, sec. Science. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/aditya-l1-sun-space-weather-forecast/article67288282.ece.

“ADITYA-L1 Mission Details.” Accessed October 14, 2023. https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1-MissionDetails.html.

———. “Unravelling the Mysteries of the Sun.” Nature India, August 31, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/d44151-023-00127-8.

Nandy, Dibyendu, and Arnab Rai Choudhuri. “Explaining the Latitudinal Distribution of Sunspots with Deep Meridional Flow.” Science 296, no. 5573 (May 31, 2002): 1671–73. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1070955.

X (formerly Twitter). “Dibyendu Nandi (@ydnad0) / X,” October 14, 2023. https://twitter.com/ydnad0.

Sudeshna Sinha is a Professor at IISER Mohali. She works on areas related to nonlinear dynamics, complex systems and networks.

Here webpage : https://web.iisermohali.ac.in/dept/physics/Sudeshna_Sinha.html

In this episode we discussed her biography, career trajectory, her current research interest, thoughts on science in India, a short segment in Bengali and her future plans.

Listen, as we humanize science…

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1. “DPS – People – Sudeshna Sinha.” Accessed October 1, 2023. https://web.iisermohali.ac.in/dept/physics/Sudeshna_Sinha.html.
2. “Dr. Kapil Hari Paranjape – IISER Mohali.” Accessed October 2, 2023. https://www.iisermohali.ac.in/faculty/dms/dr-kapil-hari-paranjape.
3. “Home | ICTP.” Accessed October 2, 2023. https://www.ictp.it/.
4. Murali, K., Manaoj Aravind, and Sudeshna Sinha. “Noise-Aided Invertible Logic from Coupled Nonlinear Systems.” Physical Review Applied 20, no. 3 (September 19, 2023): 034041. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.034041.
5. “Prabodh Chandra Bagchi.” In Wikipedia, August 8, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prabodh_Chandra_Bagchi&oldid=1169380835.
6. Sinha, Sudeshna. “Noisy Uncoupled Chaotic Map Ensembles Violate the Law of Large Numbers.” Physical Review Letters 69, no. 23 (December 7, 1992): 3306–9. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3306.
7. Sinha, Sudeshna, and William L. Ditto. “Dynamics Based Computation.” Physical Review Letters 81, no. 10 (September 7, 1998): 2156–59. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2156.
8. “Sudeshna Sinha.” In Wikipedia, September 12, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sudeshna_Sinha&oldid=1175056931.
9. “‪sudeshna Sinha – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed October 1, 2023. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=yc87OXUAAAAJ&hl=en.
10. The Dynamics Lab – IIT Delhi. “Home.” Accessed October 2, 2023. https://ramramaswamy.org/.

Vishwesha is a physicist turned ecologist. He is an associate professor in centre for ecological sciences at Indian institute of science Bengaluru

His webpage :  https://ces.iisc.ac.in/?q=user/36.

In this episode we discuss his

• biography
• education and research experience at IIT Kanpur,  Ohio State University, Princeton and IISc
• laboratory research interests
• love for teaching
• fatherhood and work-life balance
• interests in philosophy of science
• thoughts on science in India

Listen, as we humanize science…

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apple podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-22-conversation-with-vishwesha-guttal-physicist/id1687861465?i=1000629271604

References :

(1)Theoretical Ecology and Evolution Laboratory. Theoretical Ecology and Evolution Laboratory. https://teelabiisc.wordpress.com/ (accessed 2023-09-21).

(2)Vishwesha Guttal. https://ces.iisc.ac.in/?q=user/36 (accessed 2023-09-21).

(3)‪Vishwesha Guttal‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2ew94JcAAAAJ&hl=ja (accessed 2023-09-21).

(4)Physics | IIT Kanpur. https://www.iitk.ac.in/phy/ (accessed 2023-09-21).

(5)Debashish Chowdhury. https://www.iitk.ac.in/new/dr-debashish-chowdhury (accessed 2023-09-21).

(6)Home. Vijaya College. https://vijayacollege.ac.in/ (accessed 2023-09-21).

(7)National College Basavanagudi. http://ncbgudi.com/ (accessed 2023-09-21).

(8)2012_Guttal_brief_intro_phil_science.pdf. Google Docs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9WKrHfGyqu4My1RNU1Da2pBNzQ/view?usp=drive_open&usp=embed_facebook (accessed 2023-09-21).

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(10)Guttal, V. Ecology: From Individuals to Collectives: A Physicist’s Perspective on Ecology. Reson2014, 19 (4), 368–375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-014-0041-y.

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(16)Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast Ep. 21: ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕನ ಬದುಕು-ಬವಣೆ.The…; 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N9jH_p4tlI (accessed 2023-09-21).

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Bio from his website :

Arindam Ghosh is a Professor at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science. He did his PhD at the Indian Institute of Science on probing metal-insulator transition and Coulomb interaction effect in doped semiconductors in 2000, following which he worked in Cambridge University, UK, as a post doctoral researcher. His current research interests include the transport properties of two-dimensional electronic systems in semiconductors, carbon-based low-dimensional systems, optoelectronic properties of atomically-thin semiconductor membranes, magnetic nanostructures, and structural stability of nanoscale systems such as metallic nanowires and nanoparticles. The technical expertise of his research group lies in detection and measurement of ultra-low level electrical signals, and wideband “noise” measurements down to milli-Kelvin temperatures.

In this episode we discussed :

• his biography – how he became an experimental physicist
• his career trajectory and his research experiences
• his current interests in quantum technology and quantum materials
• specific aspects of his research over the years
• thoughts on Indian science and technology and related policy
• segment in Bengali
• plans for future work

Listen, as we humanize science….

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google podcast : https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMTcyMGUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZjczZjU2ZWEtOTk4Mi00YjhhLWJmN2ItNDZiNTQ1OGU2NzNl?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjwt_-Nt6aBAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

apple podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-20-conversation-with-arindam-ghosh-condensed-matter/id1687861465?i=1000627666424

References :

1. “Arindam Ghosh | Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc.” Accessed September 12, 2023. http://www.cense.iisc.ac.in/arindam-ghosh.
2. “‪Arindam Ghosh‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬.” Accessed September 12, 2023. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YqMRhccAAAAJ&hl=en.
3. “Arindam Ghosh (Physicist).” In Wikipedia, May 11, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arindam_Ghosh_(physicist)&oldid=1154260477.X
4. (formerly Twitter). “(2) Arindam Ghosh (@ArindamPhysics) / X,” September 3, 2023. https://twitter.com/ArindamPhysics.
5. “A Brief History of Time.” In Wikipedia, July 2, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_of_Time&oldid=1163056140.
6. “Graphene–MoS2 Hybrid Structures for Multifunctional Photoresponsive Memory Devices | Nature Nanotechnology.” Accessed September 3, 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2013.206?WT.ec_id=NNANO-201311.
7. “More Innovation, a Skilled Workforce: The Promise in India’s National Quantum Mission | The Indian Express.” Accessed September 3, 2023. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/more-innovation-a-skilled-workforce-the-promise-in-indias-national-quantum-mission-8617168/.
8. “Quantum Materials and Devices Group – Department of Physics – IISc – Bangalore India.” Accessed September 3, 2023. http://www.physics.iisc.ac.in/~arindam/.
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I am delighted to introduce you to my guest on this episode : M S Santhanam

“Website of M. S. Santhanam.” Accessed September 5, 2023. http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~santh/.

Santhanam is a physicist and a professor in dept. of physics at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune

He is a theoretical physicist, and his research interest include a variety of topics including chaos and nonlinear dynamics, quantum chaos, quantum computation and machine learning, statistical physics, complex networks, extreme events and complex systems.

In this episode we discussed

• his biography
• on how he developed interest in physics
• his experience of studying at Hyderabad university
• the ecosystem of the university
• he also tells us about his experience on learning and doing research in Quantum classical correspondence, extreme event, data analysis leading to maching learning, nonlinear dynamics and complex systems
• We discussed importance of physics and it role in society and how academics can contribute towards betterment of society
• There is also an excellent segment in Tamil, in which Santhanam describes his research with an interesting analogy.
• We also discussed about his interest in writing about science-society interface, and about politics
• Santhanam wonderfully combines intuitive thinking of physics, with computation approaches to study many interesting problems in complex systems, and he elaborates on this aspect with excellent clarity
• Santhanam and I work in the same department, and I have always found discussion with him both illuminating and interesting. I continue to learn a lot from him.
• I am sure, all of you will enjoy this discussion.

Listen…as we humanize science…

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apple podcast :

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-19-conversation-with-m-s-santhanam-complex-system/id1687861465?i=1000626878424

References :

• “M. S. Santhanam – IISER Pune.” Accessed September 5, 2023. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/physics/people/faculty/regular-faculty/m-s-santhanam/329.
• “M. S. Santhanam’s Articles in News Media.” Accessed September 5, 2023. http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~santh/pubs.html#secgeneral.
• Pal, Ritam, Aanjaneya Kumar, and M. S. Santhanam. “Depolarization of Opinions on Social Networks through Random Nudges.” arXiv, February 24, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.06920.
• Physical Research Laboratory. “Home Page.” Accessed September 5, 2023. https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/home.
• Santhanam, M. S., Sanku Paul, and J. Bharathi Kannan. “Quantum Kicked Rotor and Its Variants: Chaos, Localization and Beyond.” Physics Reports, Quantum kicked rotor and its variants: Chaos, localization and beyond, 956 (April 22, 2022): 1–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2022.01.002.
• “University of Hyderabad.” Accessed September 5, 2023. https://uohyd.irins.org/.