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For science communication to be undertaken in earnest, public institutions must employ a realistic definition of ‘the public’, in particular one that accounts for and caters to people across caste lines and socioeconomic status. Representative image. Credit: IISc

‘A Disaster for the Basic Sciences’: KVPY Fellows React to the Scheme’s End

Raunaq Saraswat 22/07/2022

While the government has promised that existing fellows will...

Students wearing protective masks listen to their teacher as they maintain social distancing in a classroom of Central Model School during a demonstration session for the students, parents and teaching staff before the reopening of the school, as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Barrackpore on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

What a Changing World Means for What Science We Teach, and How

T.V. Padma 08/08/2021

Some 42% of a survey's respondents – all teachers...

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What’s It Like to Pursue Science at a Liberal Arts University?

Shivani Krishna 12/02/2020

Shivani Krishna discusses her experience working with undergraduate students...

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Centre Picks Six Cities for Project to Promote Access to Research for Industries

The Wire Staff 14/08/2019

Officials claim that the arrangement would not only assist...

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Centre Plans Rs 450-Crore Project to Translate S&T Learning Material

The Wire Staff 04/07/2019

The IT ministry's proposal aims to make teaching and...

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‘Why Does Science Communication Excite Me?’

Kollegala Sharma 22/06/2019

A science communicator explains how the most challenging aspect of...

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Hard to Write About the Environment Without Despair, but There Is Hope Yet

Nandita Jayaraj 01/06/2019

Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli, authors of 'Cities and...