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Ashoke Sen, the celebrated physicist from Kolkata, has just become the first Indian to win the prestigious Oskar Klein Medal for his groundbreaking work in string theory and our understanding of black holes. But black holes have more to do with Kolkata than you think. Thread 1/12
New in Dialogue: Phogat et al report on a survey of Indian researchers working on Sodium Ion Batteries, querying them about their perception of strengths, weaknesses and bottlenecks in this important area.
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Today and tomorrow, Dialogue is co-sponsoring an international meeting on 'Knowledge in and for sustainability transitions' at the ICWaR in IISc campus. Led on our side by our Associate Editor, Prof. Rajeshwari Raina from Shiv Nadar University.
New in Dialogue: Subham Sarkar writes about a local soil microbiome based approach to tackle problems of salination in a 'disappearing' island in the Sunderbans.
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Prof. Partha P. Majumder, former President of the Indian Academy of Sciences (@IAScBng ), writes in today's Telegraph.
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A hard-hitting article by @Rituparna37. That academic life is a pursuit characterised by endless time, limitless coffee, and boundless creativity is no longer valid.
For many (or most), the academic truth is precarious jobs, dead-end careers, and salaries that are barely worth speaking of.
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For those who missed Samira Sheikh's lectures on maps and map-making in India as part of the Obaid Siddiqi Lectures 2026, they are now available on YouTube!
Links here: ncbs.res.in/events/osl-ss
From The Telegraph, 20th August, 2026.
The author is a former President of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
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In this insightful article published in The Hindu (August 20, 2026), Vasudevan Mukunth puts his finger on the “leadership problem” affecting various Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERS). The author warns that given the cumulative effects of flagging leadership, of the institutions “becoming less autonomous and less collegial,” we should brace for “more warning signs, including concentration of authority and an increasingly risk-averse institutional culture” — none of them “conducive to good science or a good education.”
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The Archives at NCBS and @NCBS_Bangalore invites all for a public lecture by Ramakrishna Ramaswamy discussing "D.D. Kosambi: One Life, Many Worlds" a deeply researched biography that draws on Kosambi's letters, journal entries, family accounts, and unprecedented archival material.
📆 Thursday, August 20, 2026, 04:00 PM
📍 Dasheri Auditorium, NCBS
My friend @ameershahul is back with a bang, and I grabbed a copy!
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"We also need to do a better job of communicating to society that the prime motivator of much scientific work is actually curiosity ... Society tends to view science pragmatically as application ... Most good scientists ... view science the way a classical musician views music."
𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 – A Conversation with Prof. Amitabh Joshi - On curiosity, evolution, research, mentorship, and the philosophy of science.
Read more:
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#science #scicomm
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𝐑𝐈𝐒-𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐃 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 | 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 (𝐕𝐨𝐥. 7, 𝐍𝐨. 2)
RIS-FISD are pleased to present the latest issue of the Science Diplomacy Review (Vol. 7, No. 2), a platform for advancing scholarship and policy dialogue on science diplomacy and its role in addressing contemporary global challenges.
This issue brings together distinguished scholars and practitioners to examine the evolving intersections of science, technology, innovation, and international cooperation, with contributions spanning emerging technologies, global health, sustainability, strategic governance, and multilateral engagement.
𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒
🔹Multilateral Science Diplomacy and the Founding of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: Architecting Bridges in Mirrored Spaces
𝑰𝒓𝒆𝒌 𝑺𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒚𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒗
🔹From Peripheral to Pivotal: India’s Expanding Interests in the Arctic
𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒚𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝑲𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒
🔹Indo-German Science & Technology Cooperation: The Path to Success and Delivery
𝑹 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝑹𝒖𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒋𝒊𝒕 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉
🔹BRICS Nations: Beyond Solar Energy Leadership, Tackling Waste Management Challenges
𝑽𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒚𝒂
𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓
🔹Asia - Europe Training on Science and Technology Diplomacy: Strengthening Cross-Regional Cooperation in an Era of Technological Geopolitics
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒉𝒂
𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖
🔹Navigating India-Taiwan Relations in the Digital Age - Surveying the Theory and Practice of Science and Technology Diplomacy
𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒘𝒆𝒋𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒗𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒚𝒂𝒚
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ICSSR - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Joint Call for Research Proposal FY 2027
The ICSSR encourages and supports international joint research programmes for enhancing international collaboration in social and human sciences among researchers from Indian universities and research institutes and their international partners in research, while providing opportunities for the researchers to create innovative intellectual research outcomes. Announcement of this call with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) will help to build up sustained networks of social scientists to undertake innovative research in priority areas of ICSSR and JSPS, Japan.
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#japan #research #socialsciences
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When it comes to academic publishing, "India is partly paying ₹6,000 crore to access content that is already free and partly to subsidise a subscription model whose foundations are being dismantled everywhere else in the world."
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This is the nadir that our IITs have fallen into. As the article says good scientists will move out and IIT will lose respect internationally.
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Bharath Reddy (@bharath_red) writes on why the US and China are applying an arms-race mindset to AI.
Recent restrictions from Washington and Beijing reveal a common assumption: that AI should be treated like nuclear technology, with controls, containment, and non-proliferation measures. But the analogy breaks down. AI models are not scarce strategic assets. They are reproducible, diffusing technologies whose value comes from widespread use.
Read more: shorturl.at/oHfHM
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Examining the complex intersection of anthropology, military intelligence, and CIA funding networks. The piece discusses the challenges of dual-use social sciences, and the ongoing threats to academic freedom.@WeaponizingAnth
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