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With Science’s Gender Ratio Less Askew, More Indian Women Are Getting Recognition

Tania Devaiah 19/02/2020

Young Indian women in science have a fast-expanding set...

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The Long Road to Getting, and Keeping, More Women in Science

Chitra Kannabiran 17/11/2019

The status of women in science has become a...

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Sudipta Sengupta’s Journey in Geology to the Ends of the Earth

Aishwarya Tripathi 02/11/2019

The government established the Geological Survey of India in...

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In a First in 85-Year Existence, National Science Academy Set to Be Led by a Woman

The Wire Staff 12/08/2019

Biologist Chandrima Shaha will head the 30-member council that...

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Why Mattel’s Astrophysicist Barbie Is Really the Same Problems in New Clothes

Nehmat Kaur 20/02/2019

The company's efforts to promote gender equality look hollow...

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A Sexism Less Noticed: In Academic Recommendation Letters

Aswin Sekhar 17/12/2018

Most of academia is highly competitive and near-misses are...

Vigyan Jyoti’s aim is to arrange for girl students of classes 9, 10 and 11 meet women scientists. Representative image. Credit: mesterjagels/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Year Since Launch of Govt Scheme to Get Girls Into Science, What’s Happened?

T.V. Padma 05/09/2018

Some believe that if science leaders and politicians don't...