Author: Ram Kumar

Dr Sushant Raut, Assistant Professor of Physics, SIAS delivered the Tamil Nadu Science Forum’s 101st Popular Science Lecture. The session titled ‘Three quarks walk into a baryon: The new particle Xi_cc+ at LHC’ was held on 4 April 2026.
The talk was on the Xi_cc+ particle that was recently discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN, and was held at Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, attended by people across age groups who were interested in learning about new developments in particle physics.

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An investigative report co-authored by Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP has been longlisted in the prestigious One World Media Awards 2026 (Print category). Last year, Sayantan and queerbeat staff reporter Ekta Sonawane investigated what happens to transgender people in India after their deaths. The duo’s investigation, which lasted for about six months, revealed the mechanisms through which transgender people are denied dignity in death. The report was published in queerbeat in October 2025 to wide critical acclaim. The report is titled A trans person’s struggle for dignity doesn’t stop even when they die.
Now, the report has been longlisted for the One World Media Awards 2026 in the Print category, becoming the only entry from India in the category. The UK-based One World Media Awards recognises the best media coverage from and about the global south. This year, the Awards received over 500 submissions from 140 countries.

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​Professor Jayaram Ramakrishnan, Professor of Practice, Finance, IFMR GSB, recently presented a webinar on ‘Pricing for Profits – B2B Perspective’ to the members of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) on behalf of the MSME and Start up Promotion Board (MSPB) of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India on the 26 March 2026. The same was attended by over 500 plus professionals of ICAI and was presided by the Chairman MSME Board and Central Council member of ICAI.

Dr Salwa Yahya, Post-Doctoral Fellow, ‘Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, delivered a talk titled “Lower-caste Muslim activism and the post-colonial Indian state: Issues and evolving trajectories’ at Presidency University, Kolkata on 30 March 2026.

Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS, has written an article titled ‘How social media reels about the LPG shortage obscure a harsh truth’ in Scroll.in.

The article critically analyses the gap between viral representations of LPG shortages and the underlying socio-economic challenges.

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Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, delivered a plenary talk at the symposium Beyond Access: A Symposium on Reimagining Student Support in Indian Higher Education, organised by Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, on 27 March 2026. The talk was titled ‘It Helped Me Speak English Without Thinking Twice: Insights from a Peer-Driven, Immersion-Based Approach to English-Language Support’.

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In this presentation, Sayantan Datta highlighted the Centre for Writing & Pedagogy’s Conversation Partner Programme (CPP). Started in 2021 as a part of the Centre’s peer-support initiatives, the CPP recruits senior undergraduate student volunteers (“Conversation Partners”) who are trained to create a safe and judgement-free space for students and staff to practise speaking, listening, and reading in English. Instead of teaching grammar and spoken English, Conversation Partners facilitate engagement with the language through participatory and embodied reading, listening, and speaking exercises. Sayantan demonstrated some exercises developed and implemented by Conversation Partners. Then, drawing upon student feedback from four iterations of the Programme, Sayanted showed how the CPP helps L2 learners not only tide over their anxiety around English proficiency and inculcate confidence, but also fosters a larger culture of peer support in the University. Sayantan argued that peer-driven immersion-based approaches to English-language support, like the CPP, recentre care and joy in language learning while helping L2 learners form durable support networks that extend beyond language learning.

Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy and Associate Professor, Literature, SIAS, delivered the keynote address at the symposium Beyond Access: A Symposium on Reimagining Student Support in Indian Higher Education, organised by Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, on 27–28 March 2026. Her lecture was titled ‘Effective Writing Support in an Unequal Playing Field’.