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gaiti_women-committee-repn_INTERSECTION-GENDER
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On the current and historic representation of women at all levels of science.
sowdhamini_dolna-start_INTERSECTION-GENDER
R Sowdhamini, faculty member at NCBS: Starting a creche at NCBS in the late 1990s.
vidita_only-woman-in-review_INTERSECTION-GENDER
Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: Reflections on being the only woman in a review in 2003, and the kind of questions she was asked.
nanjundiah_prejudice-1980s-women_INTERSECTION-GENDER
Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: On the changes in gender imbalance in science from the 1970s to today.
kaleem_second-shift-home_INTERSECTION-GENDER
Kaleem Siddiqi, faculty member at McGill University: Memories of growing up in the TIFR campus and the way house work was split up at the homes of the TIFR scientists, including his own.
debakshi_women-industry_INTERSECTION-GENDER
Debakshi Mullick, current PhD student at NCBS: On building a perception of women's roles in scientific careers based on experience of watching industry trends as an intern.
dilawar_rally-grassroots-push_INTERSECTION-GENDER
Dilawar Singh, current PhD student at NCBS: A grassroots initiative in the student community to tackle an off-campus issue of sexual harrassment.
dolna-parvathi_oldest-creche-staff_INTERSECTION-GENDER
R Parvathi, Dolna creche caretaker: Joining NCBS and the creche 15+ years ago, and her perception of the place since.
dilawar_middle-class_INTERSECTION-HIERARCHY
Dilawar Singh, current PhD student at NCBS: On sensing the class structure of the student population and faculty at NCBS as soon as he walked in for the first time.
rath_english-affirmative-action_INTERSECTION-CLASS
Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: On the role of affirmative action in diversifying the demographic of researchers at places like NCBS, NII and beyond.
sanjay_hiring-caste_INTERSECTION-CLASS_GROWTH-HIRING
Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Thoughts on the affirmative action process and a long-term need for reservation policies along economics and not caste lines for employment.
ranjith_staff-tea-bathroom-fear_INTERSECTION-HIERARCHY
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: A story illustrating the limitations of contract staff working within a system under a little job insecurity.
shannon_game-respect-staff_INTERSECTION-HIERARCHY
Shannon Olsson, faculty member at NCBS: On wrestling the inherent class structures in NCBS and figuring out a way to work within and outside of them.
shaju_staff-sci-reln-audit_INTERSECTION-HIERARCHY
Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: On relations between staff and scientists and his perspective on the hierarchy within the system
deepti_tech-staff-embryo_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS: On working with the staff in the fly lab, their understanding of the science and the need for strong communication within the lab.
bhagya_work-no-science_INTERSECTION-STAFF
H Bhagya, staff member of the cleaning services at NCBS: On her move to Bangalore after getting married, her path to NCBS, and interaction with the scientific work.
sanjay_kemperaju_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Working with a lab assistant whose knowledge is unique and irreplacable, and yet someone who is not easily employable outside the NCBS system.
shaju_mgmt-no-recognition_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: His perspective on his role at NCBS and how it is perceived by others.
aditi_rudra_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On the student-staff interactions, especially with Rudra Naik, at the old cafeteria
bhavsar_PhD-dreams_INTERSECTION-STAFF
PN Bhavsar, scientific officer at TIFR from the 1960s till his retirement: On his desire to keep studying while working at TIFR, and the limitations of the path of a scientific officer.
champakali_PhD-succeed-staff_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Champakali Ayyub, scientific officer at TIFR: On finishing a PhD as a staff member in TIFR
shobha_veronica-memory_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Shobha Jagtap, administrative assistant in TIFR: Memories of working with Veronica Rodrigues
vidita_krishna-uscope-tech_INTERSECTION-STAFF
Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: Interactions with scientific staff at NCBS and the need to have a growth-path for technical staff.
krishnamurthy_student-dead-cells_INTERSECTION-SOCIETY
H Krishnamurthy, scientific officer and head of imaging/cytometry, NCBS: Narrating interactions with school students who come to NCBS and the exposure to science early in their lives.
ranjith_waste-disposal_INTERSECTIONS-SOCIETY
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: Figuring out what to do with all the waste that a laboratory generates.
upi_JNU-growth_INTERSECTIONS-POLITICS
Upinder Bhalla, faculty member at NCBS: Growing up in JNU with two parents heavily involved in political action, and reflection on current campus life at NCBS.
ajith_alumni-policy-journo_INTERSECTION-SOCIETY
Ajith Kumar, NCBS faculty member and co-ordinator of MSc programme in Wildlife Biology: On career paths for MSc Wildlife students after they graduate, and the program's focus on training students to go beyond the academic trajectory.
debakshi_pay-hike-IISc_INTERSECTION-SOCIETY
Debakshi Mullick, current PhD student at NCBS: On the conversations in 2015 around a pay hike for students and the lack of involvement of the broader NCBS community.
taslim_2002-gujarat-lab-talk_INTERSECTION-SOCIETY
Taslimarif Saiyed, former NCBS student and current director, C-CAMP: On a conversation with Obaid Siddiqi after the 2002 Gujarat riots.
1990 VR to Physics Faculty - kumari ban.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues' note in response to gender biases at TIFR, where she admonishes the Institute on their habit of addressing women by their marital status in official correspondence. Also look at the additional handwritten notes on the document…
1991 VR to V Singh - kumari ban.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues' note in response to gender biases at TIFR, where she admonishes the Institute on their habit of addressing women by their marital status in official correspondence. 1991.
2005 Bal women scientists in India_1.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2005 Bal women scientists in India_2.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2005 Bal women scientists in India_3.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2005 Bal women scientists in India_4.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2005 Bal women scientists in India_5.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2005 Bal women scientists in India_6.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2005 Bal women scientists in India_7.pdf
Extract from Vineeta Bal's 2005 article in Current Science on women scientists in India (originally published in Economic and Political Weekly in 2004)
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report_gender.pdf
An extract looking at breakdown of faculty and students across major biological research institutions in India. From a 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and…
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Cover of "Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India". 2008.
Lilavati_128-131_1.pdf
"Science and the Art of Detection". An article written by Gaiti Hasan, a faculty member at NCBS, in the book, "Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India".
Lilavati_128-131_2.pdf
"Science and the Art of Detection". An article written by Gaiti Hasan, a faculty member at NCBS, in the book, "Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India".
Lilavati_128-131_3.pdf
"Science and the Art of Detection". An article written by Gaiti Hasan, a faculty member at NCBS, in the book, "Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India".
Lilavati_128-131_4.pdf
"Science and the Art of Detection". An article written by Gaiti Hasan, a faculty member at NCBS, in the book, "Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India".
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The Dolna creche had humble beginnings at NCBS after R. Sowdhamini joined in the late 1990s. Sowdhamini was the first female faculty hire with a young child. There were other kids of a similar age group among the children of the male faculty. But the…
TIFR - Word Learning - 1.JPG
English is the medium of instruction and communication at TIFR and NCBS. It is unlikely to see anything written in Kannada anywhere on the NCBS campus. There are efforts at both places to try and bridge the gap with regional languages, like this…
TIFR - Word Learning - 2.JPG
English is the medium of instruction and communication at TIFR and NCBS. It is unlikely to see anything written in Kannada anywhere on the NCBS campus. There are efforts at both places to try and bridge the gap with regional languages, like this…
NCBS lawn - Horticulture services.jpg
Almost every day, at a certain hour in the late morning, four employees of the horticultural services are at work, weeding in the central lawn.
TIFR Lawns - Horiticulture services.jpg
Employees of the horticultural services at TIFR at work in the lawns in front of the main building on a typical monsoon day in Mumbai.
1989-07-31 OS To UAS - 1.tif
In 1989, Obaid Siddiqi wrote a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, assuring him that the new NCBS will hire locally. "We envisage that the bulk of the staff in the lower categories of employees will be from the…