Science

As the legendary science fiction author Arthur C Clarke once suggested, “JBS Haldane was perhaps the most brilliant science popularizer of his generation”. #LostTales

Did you know that Meghnad Saha was never awarded the Prize despite seven nominations? Or that SN Bose missed it even after five consecutive nominations? #ForgottenHeroes #IndiansInScience

“He took the medal to his teacher in India, who was a very old by then. His teacher was lying flat on his back and couldn't get out of bed. And there is a picture of my father putting the medal (Nobel Prize) into his hands...”

Overlooked for long, these people laid the pioneering stones upon which India’s scientific legacy has been built. It’s time more Indians knew about their story! #ForgottenHeroes #IndiansInScience

Wetlands usually have a very diverse ecosystem but they are relatively unexplored, she says. While exploring the wetlands, they stumbled upon a strain of bacteria with a unique property – eating plastics.

“My father coaxed me into joining the group so that more girls would be encouraged to join Robotics and that is how my journey began.”

Padma Bhushan Kamal didn’t just set up India’s first tissue culture lab, she shaped iconic institutions like the Indian Cancer Research Centre (ICRC) and the Indian Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA).

Having attempted the ISRO examination twice before, Ashish has a fair understanding of what worked and here he shares tips on what aspirants could consider doing while preparing and when appearing for this competitive examination.

Meghnad Saha's thermal ionisation theory is considered ‘as one of the ten outstanding discoveries of astronomy and astrophysics since the discovery of the telescope, in 1608, by Galileo’

"De died in 1985 unhonoured and unsung in India's scientific circles. That our Academies did not see it fit to elect him to their Fellowships must rank as one of the most glaring omissions of our time."