K VijayRaghavan

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Research Scholars Forced to Leave Labs and Hit the Streets Again for Funds

T.V. Padma 23/11/2018

The Prime Minister's Research Fellowship pays a high stipend...

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Citing DST Budget Limit, INSA Cuts Facilities for Young Scientist Awardees

Amrit B.L.S. 10/09/2018

The INSA council has decided to dispense with the...

A gibbon's skeleton arranged in a pose. Credit: Bart Heird/Unsplash

The Politics of Indian Pseudoscience and What We Need to Do to Tame It

Jaya Ramchandani 07/06/2018

We need to find a way to critically review...

Like all crafts that have presented unique rewards to their practitioners, the hope is that young scientists will use the initial prompt to measure their own research against benefits to society to, in time, enjoy writing about human knowledge for its own sake. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash

Success of New Scheme to Get Scientists to Write More Needs Community Effort

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/06/2018

Laudable as AWSAR's aims are, one of its stipulations...

People holding placards at a 'March for Science' protest in August 2017. Credit: PTI

After Second March for Science, Scientists Asked to Rethink Funds Demand

T.V. Padma 25/04/2018

Ashutosh Sharma, secretary to the Department of Science and...

At the March for Science in Bengaluru, August 2017. Credit: Subham Rath

The ‘March for Science’ Should Ask for Structural Reforms, Not Just Money

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/04/2018

The demand that 3% of GDP be spent on...