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Charusita Chakravarty faced gender discrimination and bias in her academic career, but she did not let that deter her from pursuing her passion and emerged as one of the leading Indian women scientists. Her work on the development and application of quantum and classical computer simulation methods to understand properties of liquids, and their atom-level …
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From using a lamp for studying, to developing the world’s first efficient excimer laser and being awarded the Padma Shri. Today’s story is about Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik, who recently pledged $11.4 million towards the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The donation will support an annual award for young minds working on …
The head of ISRO, S Somanath, announced that he won’t release his autobiography anymore due to a dispute about some of his supposed critical comments regarding the previous ISRO chairman, K Sivan. In an interview he said, “At no point have I said that Dr. Sivan tried to prevent me from becoming the Chairman. All …
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This Indian is called as the “Father of Pentium Chip,” who developed the Pentium processor, and revolutionized the world of computing and laid the foundation for modern computer technology. Vinod Dham is an inventor and an entrepreneur, who made significant contributions to the world of technology, including co-inventing Intel’s first Flash memory technology (ETOX) and …
Sounthirajan Kumaraswamy, this Indian Created the Super Sonic Hydrogen IC Engine, was not embraced by his own country, but found fame in Japan. We’ve all heard about the incredible scientific discoveries that have shaped our world. From luminaries like APJ Abdul Kalam, CV Raman, to Vikram Sarabhai, India has seen remarkable contributions in fields like …
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This Indian was denied the Nobel Prize several times, in fact another scientist got the prize for something similar to his work. But he did not stop and made groundbreaking discoveries, including challenging one of Einstein’s famous theories. Meet ECG Sudarshan, who was a Professor at University of Texas for the past 40 years and …
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Meet the engineer-turned-educationist Arvind Gupta, who is a dream teacher we all yearned for. He traveled to over 3000 schools, demonstrating captivating science experiments to bring out the scientists of tomorrow. Today’s story is about Arvind Gupta, who uses everyday garbage as the building blocks of these experiments to make science fun. He takes trash …
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Meet the 60 year old woman scientist V. R. Lalithambika who leading India’s Gaganyaan mission- India’s First ‘Manned Mission’ to Space. India is gearing up for its manned mission to space, led by Dr. VR Lalithambika, an experienced control systems engineer and skilled taskmaster at ISRO for the past thirty years. Her crucial contributions to …
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This Indian Mathematician became a monk, and donated the entire 65 lakhs of the Infosys Prize. He follows no organized religion. If asked to choose one at gunpoint, he would likely say science. Prof Mahan Ji also calls himself apolitical and says “Science is by nature apolitical”. Mahan Mj, aged 47, is a mathematician and …
Back in 1984, Rakesh Sharma made India proud as the first Indian in space. But have you heard about this backup astronaut Ravish for the same mission, who almost became the first Indian in space? Every time someone asks us who was the first Indian in space? The name on the tip of all of …
