Dr Chirag Dhara delivers talks at International Conference on Sustainable Development and European Commission’s Joint Research Centre

Dr Chirag Dhara​, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies​, SIAS recently delivered two talks. ​’Reconceptualizing sustainable development​’​ at the International Conference on Sustainable Development in Rome on ​1​0 September 2025 and ‘A new development classification for the 21st century​’ at ​​the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy ​o​n 15 September 2025.

Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda writes for Frontline

Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor, Politics, SIAS has penned an article in The Hindu’s Frontline titled Andhra Pradesh’s opposition row tests the spirit of democracy. The article discusses how ruling TDP’s refusal to grant LoP status to Jagan Reddy follows the rulebook but drains dissent of dignity and weakens India’s democratic balance. Read more

​Dr Vivek Tewary presents at GANIT Symposium on Stochastic Processes and Related Topics 2025

​Dr Vivek Tewary, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, SIAS presented a research talk on Regularity theory for nonlocal p-Laplace equations at GANIT Symposium on Stochastic Processes and Related Topics 2025 held at IIT Gandhinagar from 13-15 September 2025.​About ​the talk: Brownian motion is related to the Laplace operator as jump Levy processes are related to the nonlocal …

Dr Sharin Shajahan publishes in Oxford Intersections: AI in Society

Dr Sharin Shajahan (Naomi), Post-Doctoral Fellow, SIAS, has published an article titled Artificial Intelligence and Anti-Feminist Backlash in Oxford Intersections: AI in Society. The article offers a conceptual understanding of the relationship between AI and anti-feminist backlash, drawing on a feminist approach to technology. Read more

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan’s proposal approved under ISRO RESPOND programme

A project by Dr ​​Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS has been approved under the prestigious ISRO RESPOND programme. The project proposal is titled ‘Large and small-scale ionospheric plasma irregularities using airglow imaging and GNSS TEC measurements’.This will be a two year project in collaboration with Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. The support is approximately …

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan bags the Krea Research Fellowships 2025-26

Dr ​​Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS has been awarded the Krea Research Fellowship 2025-26 for a project entitled ‘Multi-wavelength Airglow Imaging with Low-cost cameras (MAIL)’ with a support of Rs 3,50,000/-. The previous year Dr Narayanan developed low-cost cameras to observe a broad band of near infrared emissions known as OH airglow. This …

Dr ​​Lakshmi Narayanan at IN-SPACe event

Dr ​​Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS delivered a lecture on 1 September 2025 upon invitation in the event conducted by IN-SPACe in connection with LEAD of Krea University. The event was IN-SPACe Short-term Skill Development Course on “Entrepreneurship Development for the Space Sector”. IN-SPACe is the newly created authorising agency under privatisation drive …

Dr Dipanjali Deka publishes in Hakara

An article titled Flow in The Living Tradition of Kabir in Malwa by ​Dr Dipanjali Deka has been published in the August Issue of Hakara bilingual online journal, centred on the theme of Flow. In the essay she examines flow, memory, and the question of “living” in the oral song tradition of Kabir, through the …