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In the early 1950s, Dr Purnima Sinha was digging through surplus army equipment from World War 2 being sold as scrap on the footpaths of Kolkata to build the X-Ray equipment she needed for her doctoral research! #WomenInScience #LostTales

One of the foundations of quantum mechanics is Bose-Einstein statistics. And as you must have noted, the Kolkata physicist’s name comes first — Einstein himself acknowledged that Bose’s was the larger contribution. #ForgottenHero #Science

Arguably world’s greatest scientist, Einstein’s theories catapulted him to global fame in an era that coincided with the ‘golden age’ of Indian science.

At a time when India is battling a brain drain epidemic, here are some ambitious global projects that hold a world of promise for Indian scientists and are giving them a much-needed boost.