Dialogue: Science, Scientists, and Society
@IAScDialogue
A journal from @IAScBng dedicated to issues around rethinking the social contract of science, and science policy, evaluation, and practice
New edition of Science Diplomacy Review is now available online at ris.org.in/sites/default/…. Read interesting articles. If you are working on any aspect of Science Diplomacy, we invite you to contribute to this journal.
Interesting piece on the myriad problems of academic publishing: asterainstitute.substack.com/p/scientific-p…
I thought of publishing this in Current Science. Apparently, they do not publish anything other than Science. Indian Academy of Sciences has two other online Journals to cater to such articles. This one has just appeared in Confluence. confluence.ias.ac.in/trust-respect-…
What happens when a field biologist lands up in an art and design college? Dr. Chandrima Home shares her pedagogical experiences in this Confluence article: confluence.ias.ac.in/an-ecologist-i… @desertrose0681 @joshiamitabhevo @Abhadra7 @Shubawrite @SumanPhysChem @Pavan_KumarGV
⭐️New Article Alert: Prof. Arunan reflects on deeply rooted cultural norms and academic power structures that often enable bullying and suppress equity in Indian institutions: tinyurl.com/4fc2xjr3 @earunan @joshiamitabhevo @Abhadra7 @Shubawrite @SumanPhysChem @Pavan_KumarGV
A very thoughtful interview with Prof. P. Balaram, a towering intellectual figure in Indian biology. thewire.in/science/on-sci…
A panel discussion on the impact of AI on science education and research, bringing together IISER Pune faculty from different domains: youtu.be/XuJRlutOhOc?fe…
People: do please continue the 'dialogue'. If you have thoughts on this important issue, please do consider submitting a manuscript to Dialogue.
The question of open-access science publishing requires innovative models to solve. In this paper, we propose one such model—a Government of India-led digital platform that espouses the principles of DPI and allows unfettered science publishing and access to knowledge.
New Perspective piece out in Dialogue: dialogue.ias.ac.in/index.php/dial… Shambhavi Naik (@TheNaikMic) from the Takshashila Institute (@TakshashilaInst ) writes about potential new paradigms for Open Access publishing in India (and the Global South)
I have uploaded a Copy of Prof. Narlikar and Dr. Dabholkar's paper on the internet archive. (Dated in it's own way, but still relevant and the only test done and published in an Indian context I could find) I couldn't find a free copy anywhere. archive.org/details/narlik…
In the 2010s Naralikar, Dabholkar and 2 others(I think) ran a famous experiment through the paper Sakal. They devised a statistical test of astrology. They took horoscopes of the 100 scholarly students and 100 of those with learning difficulties. 1/
From programming ancient algorithms on 1980s computers to defending scientific integrity in the digital age, Balachandra contributed greatly. @IiserMohali @asipoec @IIABengaluru @IndSciComm @SciComm_India @IAScDialogue thefederal.com/category/obitu…
Interesting ideas: A case for establishing Special Science Zones in India — The Takshashila Institution takshashila.org.in/research/a-cas…
Rijesh Panicker and Bharath Reddy (@bharath_red) write for @the_hindu, examining India’s evolving AI infrastructure policies. The government’s continuous empanelment for AI compute may seem efficient, but it risks entangling innovation in red tape. For India to solve its AI…
Interesting meeting of the Bangalore Science Policy Forum at @TakshashilaInst on 29th, discussing opportunities/challenges for Indian Science Policy in the context of the large geopolitical changes occurring globally.
And a very interesting discussion it was...
New in Dialogue: Amit Mishra of CDRI discusses the thorny issue of quantitatively assessing quality, in the context of biomedical and pharmaceutical research in India: dialogue.ias.ac.in/index.php/dial…
@desertrose0681 writes about her experience teaching ecology in a design school. Fascinating exercises and games designed by her, and beautiful outputs from very creative design students are featured in this article! Do read!
New in Confluence: An ecologist in a design school? by Chandrika Home confluence.ias.ac.in/an-ecologist-i… @soniyer @tncvidya @SutirthDey @NGPrasadevo @Abhadra7 @Allama_Saquib
New in Confluence: An ecologist in a design school? by Chandrika Home confluence.ias.ac.in/an-ecologist-i… @soniyer @tncvidya @SutirthDey @NGPrasadevo @Abhadra7 @Allama_Saquib
Thrilled to have a reason to invite Ipsa, Debdutta and Devayani to @azimpremjiuniv and talk about the making of some of our scicomm work with students and faculty.