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Conversation with Aninda Sinha

Aninda Sinha is a theoretical physicist and a professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru: https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html

He works at the interface of quantum field theory, superstrings and mathematical physics. In this episode, we explore his intellectual journey and discuss his recent work that led to a new series on pi, generalizing Madava’s series.

References:

  1. “Aninda Sinha.” In Wikipedia, June 8, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aninda_Sinha&oldid=1227837004.
  2. “‪Aninda Sinha – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed November 15, 2024. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-aNKuhIAAAAJ&hl=en.
  3. “Asinha » Page 1 of 3.” Accessed November 15, 2024. https://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/asinha.html.
  4. Saha, Arnab Priya, and Sinha, Aninda. “Field Theory Expansions of String Theory Amplitudes.” Physical Review Letters 132, no. 22 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.221601.
  5. Ananthanarayan, B, and Aninda Sinha. “Bootstrapping Quantum Field Theory: Past, Present and Future.” CURRENT SCIENCE 126, no. 8 (2024).
  6. Bischoff, Manon. “String Theorists Accidentally Find a New Formula for Pi.” Scientific American. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/string-theorists-accidentally-find-a-new-formula-for-pi/.
  7. From Euler to Veneziano and Back by Aninda Sinha. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKmoXW8Jmg.
  8. “Michael Green.” Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/mbg15/.
  9. “Michael Green (Physicist).” In Wikipedia, November 12, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Green_(physicist)&oldid=1256888698.
  10. Stringing Madhava’s Pi: Aquantum Field Theory Perspective | Talk by Aninda Sinha. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_XUxmWlX8.
  11. “Thursday Colloquium | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.rri.res.in/events/stringing-madhavas-pi-quantum-field-theory-perspective.

Conversation with Chaitra Redkar

Chaitra is a political scientist, Associate Professor & Chair of Humanities at IISER Pune – https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-faculty/chaitra-redkar/326

She explores modern Indian political thought through the lens of philosophy and history.

In this episode, we discuss her intellectual journey in capturing an interesting trinity.

References:

  1. “Chaitra Redkar – IISER Pune.” Accessed November 8, 2024. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/humanities-and-social-sciences/people/faculty/regular-faculty/chaitra-redkar/326.
  2. Redkar, Chaitra. Gandhian Engagement with Capital. First Edition. New Dehli: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019.
  3. X (formerly Twitter). “Chaitra Redkar (@R_Chaitra) / X,” April 9, 2023. https://x.com/r_chaitra.
  4. “Amazon.In.” Accessed November 8, 2024. https://www.amazon.in/Books-Chaitra-Redkar/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AChaitra+Redkar.
  5. “Chaitra (@my_historical_horizon) • Instagram Photos and Videos.” Accessed November 12, 2024. https://www.instagram.com/my_historical_horizon/.

Gerhard Herzberg – scientific life


References:

Pavan Kumar, G. V. “Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999): A Pioneer in Molecular Spectroscopy.” Resonance 29 (2024): 1339. https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/reso/029/10/1339-1345.

Stoicheff, Boris. Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science. Ottawa : Montréal ; Ithaca N.Y.: Canadian Forest Service,Canada, 2002.

Stoicheff, Boris P. “Gerhard Herzberg PC CC. 25 December 1904 – 3 March 1999.” Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 49 (December 2003): 179–95. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2003.0011.

Conversation with Gautam Menon

Gautam is a theoretical physicist who is driven by curiosity. His explorations include superconductivity, biophysics, active matter, public health, art, music etc.

He is a Professor & Dean at Ashoka University: https://www.ashoka.edu.in/profile/gautam-menon-2/.

In this episode, we discuss his intellectual journey until now.

References:

  1. Ashoka University. “Gautam Menon.” Accessed October 28, 2024. https://www.ashoka.edu.in/profile/gautam-menon-2/.
  2. “Gautam I. Menon’s Home Page.” Accessed October 28, 2024. https://www.imsc.res.in/~menon/.
  3. University, Ashoka. “Prof. Gautam Menon Is the New Dean of Research at Ashoka University.” Ashoka University, October 4, 2022. https://www.ashoka.edu.in/prof-gautam-menon-is-the-new-dean-of-research-at-ashoka-university/.
  4. X (formerly Twitter). “Gautam Menon (@MenonBioPhysics) / X,” January 14, 2022. https://x.com/menonbiophysics.
  5. IndiaBioscience. “Interdisciplinarity: How to Make It Work for You,” November 2, 2018. https://indiabioscience.org/columns/opinion/interdisciplinarity-how-to-make-it-work-for-you.
  6. Menon, Gautam I. “Active Matter.” arXiv, March 10, 2010. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1003.2032.
  7. “Science, Journalism, Media: Communicating Science in a Changing India.” Accessed October 28, 2024. https://www.imsc.res.in/~scimedia/index.html.

Conversation with Chinmay Tumbe

Chinmay is an author, historian and associate professor at IIM Ahmedabad: https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home.

We explored his intellectual landscape of becoming a writer and a historian. We discuss his writing process and his experience of researching and teaching business history in a scientific & engaging way.

Many related strands…

Listen as we humanize science with history…

References:

  1. “Chinmay Tumbe.” Accessed October 15, 2024. https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home.
  2. “Chinmay Tumbe | IIMA.” Accessed October 15, 2024. https://www.iima.ac.in/faculty-research/faculty-directory/Chinmay-Tumbe.
  3. “‪Chinmay Tumbe – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed October 15, 2024. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&btnA=1&user=MyvxhAUAAAAJ.
  4. “Chinmay Tumbe – History.” Accessed October 16, 2024. https://sites.google.com/site/chinmaytumbe/home/history.
  5. Diamond, Jared, and James A. Robinson. Natural Experiments of History. Reprint edition. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2011.
  6. Jha, Prabhat, Yashwant Deshmukh, Chinmay Tumbe, Wilson Suraweera, Aditi Bhowmick, Sankalp Sharma, Paul Novosad, et al. “COVID Mortality in India: National Survey Data and Health Facility Deaths.” Science 375, no. 6581 (February 11, 2022): 667–71. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm5154.
  7. “Literature Festivals: India’s Vibrant History Scene.” Accessed October 15, 2024. https://historylitfest.com/.
  8. Tumbe, Chinmay. Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World, 2020.
  9. ———. India Moving: A History of Migration. Vintage Books, 2018.
  10. X (formerly Twitter). “(1) Chinmay Tumbe (@ChinmayTumbe) / X,” June 9, 2024. https://x.com/chinmaytumbe.
  11. X (formerly Twitter). “HITCH (@BizEconHist) / X,” September 15, 2022. https://x.com/bizeconhist.

Conversation with Ganesh Bagler

Ganesh is a multifaceted researcher who brings together food and computation via Computational Gastronomy. He is a Professor at IIIT Delhi and is interested in various facets of food science and technology: https://www.iiitd.ac.in/bagler

What is his intellectual journey from Solapur to Delhi?

Watch as we humanize science…with plenty of ‘food for thought.’

References:

  1. Making Food Computable | Ganesh Bagler | TEDxIISERPune, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrHD3FKeUaE.
  2. “Complex Systems Lab IIIT Delhi Prof Ganesh Bagler.” Accessed October 12, 2024. https://cosylab.iiitd.edu.in/#wrapper.
  3. “Ganesh Bagler.” In Wikipedia, September 28, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ganesh_Bagler&oldid=1248324012.
  4. “‪Ganesh Bagler – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed October 12, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=qyth_0QAAAAJ&hl=en.
  5. Jain, Anupam, Rakhi N K, and Ganesh Bagler. “Analysis of Food Pairing in Regional Cuisines of India.” PLoS ONE 10, no. 10 (October 2, 2015): e0139539. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139539.
  6. Jain, Anupam, Rakhi N. K, and Ganesh Bagler. “Spices Form the Basis of Food Pairing in Indian Cuisine.” arXiv, February 12, 2015. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1502.03815.
  7. Bagler, Ganesh. “Analysis of the Airport Network of India as a Complex Weighted Network.” Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications 387, no. 12 (May 1, 2008): 2972–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.077.
  8. Episode 15: Cracking the Flavor Code with Dr. Ganesh Bagler #beyondshodh #podcast #food #ai, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Es-0gqdpZU.
  9. MIT Technology Review. “Data Mining Indian Recipes Reveals New Food Pairing Phenomenon.” Accessed October 13, 2024. https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/02/25/169030/data-mining-indian-recipes-reveals-new-food-pairing-phenomenon/.
  10. Prof. Ganesh Bagler, Computational Gastronomy Pioneer, IIIT-Delhi, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYRXYAb55R8.

Conversation with Subhankar Bedanta

He is an experimental condensed matter physicist and a Professor at NISER Bhubaneswar who is deeply committed to combining cutting-edge physics with outreach in his mother tongue – Odia https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser

What is his intellectual journey across Odisha, Germany, USA and back to his homeland and what motivates him to do what he does?

Watch as we humanize science.

  1. niser. “Subhankar Bedanta.” Accessed September 25, 2024. https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser.
  2. “‪Prof. Subhankar Bedanta – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed September 25, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=OMLlkvUAAAAJ&hl=en.
  3. Subhankar Bedanta, National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER), India-TMAG2020- BA-05, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LPs6E6xu5o.
  4. Mission Aditya | Panel Discussion with NISER Scientist Dr Subhankar Bedanta, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LbLdpaGmU.
  5. niser. “Research Areas.” Accessed September 25, 2024. https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser/research-areas.
  6. niser. “Resume.” Accessed September 25, 2024. https://sbedanta.wixsite.com/niser/resume.
  7. Bedanta, Subhankar, and Wolfgang Kleemann. “Supermagnetism.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, no. 1 (December 2008): 013001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/42/1/013001.
  8. BYTE ON NATIONAL SPACE DAY  PROF SUBHANKAR BEDANTA, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHUH5Q9IG8.
  9. Dr Subhankar Bedanta, Professor of Physics, NISER  as a Resource Person in  Pattamundai College, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-dtA1QHcE.
  10. “INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM.” Accessed September 25, 2024. http://irins.inflibnet.ac.in/.

Conversation with Anindya Datta

He is a physical chemist and a senior professor at IIT Bombay. https://www.adufd.com/people/current-group

He and his research group have made significant contributions to the understanding of the fluorescence dynamics of molecules and nanomaterials.

In this episode, we discuss

  • his journey from his early education at institutions like Presidency College and the IACS, lecture at Raidighi, postdoc at Iowa State University, scientist at RRCAT and finally to his current role at t IIT Bombay.
  • His experience of learning and interacting with stalwarts of physical chemistry such as Mihir Chowdhury and Kankan Bhattacharyya.
  • Experiences as a researcher and educator, discussing his thoughts and motivations.
  • Exciting research is being conducted in his lab, where scholars are pushing the boundaries of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and ultrafast dynamics in nanomaterials.
  • Many related strands…

Watch as we humanize science.

References:

  1. “UFD Lab.” Accessed September 23, 2024. https://www.adufd.com/.
  2. “UFD Lab – Courses.” Accessed September 23, 2024. https://www.adufd.com/courses.
  3. “UFD Lab – Current Group.” Accessed September 23, 2024. https://www.adufd.com/people/current-group.
  4. “UFD Lab – Research.” Accessed September 23, 2024. https://www.adufd.com/research.
  5. X (formerly Twitter). “Anindya Datta (@anidchemiitb) / X,” August 23, 2024. https://x.com/anidchemiitb.
  6. “Kankan Bhattacharyya.” In Wikipedia, February 27, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kankan_Bhattacharyya&oldid=1210682961.
  7. “Mihir Chowdhury.” In Wikipedia, April 23, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mihir_Chowdhury&oldid=1220427522.

Conversation with Anindita Bhadra

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dMln6NmEQsD0zIvMCAjnb?si=db36c367a149435d

Anindita is an Ecologist and an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research in Kolkata: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~abhadra/Anindita.html.

She and her research group study the ecology of dogs in an urban environment. She is also an actress who uses theatre to express intellectual thought.

Added to that she has been an excellent diplomat of science, making a case for science and its interface with society.

What is her intellectual journey?

Watch (listen) as we humanize science.

References:

  1. “Dog Lab.” Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~abhadra/Anindita.html.
  2. “Dog Lab, IISER Kolkata – People.” Accessed September 18, 2024. https://sites.google.com/view/doglabiiserkolkata/people.
  3. The Life of Science. “Finding My Foothold in Academia,” April 23, 2019. https://thelifeofscience.com/2019/04/23/finding-my-foothold-in-academia/.
  4. “Anindita Bhadra.” Accessed September 18, 2024. https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/author/anindita-bhadra.
  5. “Anindita Bhadra | WEF,” January 25, 2019. https://www.wef.org.in/anindita-bhadra/.
  6. “‪Anindita Bhadra – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed September 18, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Pg-UqF4AAAAJ&hl=en.

Conversation with Urbasi Sinha

Urbasi Sinha is a Professor at Raman Research Institute, India and Canada Excellence Research Chair, iPhotonic Quantum Science and Technologies in the University of Calgary, Canada: https://sites.google.com/site/urbasisinha/

She and her research group are working at the cutting edge of quantum science and technology.

In this episode, we discuss her intellectual journey across three continents and how she got interested in quantum science and tech. There are many interesting strands and lessons to explore in this episode.

Watch as we humanize science.

References:

  1. “Urbasi Sinha.” In Wikipedia, January 10, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urbasi_Sinha&oldid=1194745669.
  2. “Urbasi Sinha.” Accessed September 12, 2024. https://sites.google.com/site/urbasisinha/.
  3. “Urbasi Sinha | Institute for Quantum Computing.” Accessed September 12, 2024. https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/contacts/urbasi-sinha.
  4. “Urbasi Sinha | Raman Research Institute.” Accessed September 12, 2024. https://www.rri.res.in/people/faculty/urbasi-sinha.
  5. “Urbasi Sinha – About Me.” Accessed September 12, 2024. https://sites.google.com/site/urbasisinha/about-me.
  6. DHNS. “Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar for Raman Research Institute Professor Urbasi Sinha.” Deccan Herald. Accessed September 12, 2024. https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/rashtriya-vigyan-puraskar-for-raman-research-institute-professor-urbasi-sinha-3143264.
  7. Fascinating World of Photons, Superposition and Entanglement by Urbasi Sinha, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg0np3AJt-Q.
  8. QIQT23 | Prof. Urbasi Sinha – Quantum Experiments with Satellite Technology, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmAb-nTPl7Q.
  9. “QuIC Lab.” Accessed September 12, 2024. https://wwws.rri.res.in/quic/.
  10. Sinha, Urbasi. “A Key Milestone for a Secure Quantum Future.” Nature India, May 9, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/d44151-023-00049-5.
  11. Sinha, Urbasi, Christophe Couteau, Thomas Jennewein, Raymond Laflamme, and Gregor Weihs. “Ruling Out Multi-Order Interference in Quantum Mechanics.” Science 329, no. 5990 (July 23, 2010): 418–21. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1190545.
  12. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 by Prof. Urbasi Sinha- WOPI 2022- 06/12/2022, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NydtyPlMo.
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  15. X (formerly Twitter). “Urbasi Sinha (@SinhaUrbasi) / X,” September 8, 2024. https://x.com/sinhaurbasi.