​Dr Sarabjeet Dhody Natesan participates in Levy Economics Institute’s Summer Seminar at Bard College, New York

From 16 to 21 June 16 2025, Dr Sarabjeet Dhody Natesan, Associate Professor of Economics, SIAS participated in the Levy Economics Institute’s Summer Seminar at Bard College, New York. This immersive programme focused on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), financial instability, and heterodox macroeconomic policy. The seminar, organised by the Levy Economics Institute and led by …

SIAS students conduct research guided by Dr Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi

SIAS alum Tanishka Nandakumar and student Hriday Shankar are conducting a research under the guidance of Dr Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi, Assistant Professor, Operations, IFMR GSB and have presented the working paper on Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries: The Key to Sustainable EV Growth at ” SOM 2024: XXVII Annual International Conference of Society of Operations …

SIAS Post-doctoral Fellow presents at the Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting

Dr I Iyyappan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, SIAS, presented his research on “Nonlinear Refrigerator with Finite-Sized Cold Bath” at the 10th Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting, organised by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, from 23 to 25 April, 2025.

​​Dr Rakesh Sengupta publishes a paper at the interface of quantum computing and neuroscience

Dr Rakesh Sengupta, Assistant Professor, Psychology, SIAS, has published a paper titled Mapping additive recurrent neural networks to quantum neural networks. It is a work at the interface of quantum computing and neuroscience. In this work, the author maps classical OCOS RNN dynamics into a quantum Hamiltonian (with decay, activation, and tunable interactions) and study …

Professor Akhila Ramnarayan​ pens a review essay in Scroll.in

Professor Akhila Ramnarayan​, Visiting Professor of Practice, Literature and the Arts, SIAS has penned a review essay on Robert Macfarlane’s new book, titled ‘Is a River Alive?’: Radical resistance and solidarity between humans and the natural world​ in Scroll.in. Robert Macfarlane is internationally renowned for his writing on nature, people, and place. He is the …

Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty publishes in Physical Review Materials (“Scopus Q1” journal)

A research article by Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Assistant Professor and Discipline Coordinator, Physics, SIAS titled Normal state and superconducting state properties of high entropy Ta0.2Nb0.2V0.2Ti0.2X0.2 (X = Zr and Hf) has been published in Physical Review Materials (“Scopus Q1” journal). In this publication, Dr Chakrabarty is one of the three corresponding authors. In this work, …

Workshop and paper presentation news from Visiting Faculty Abhayraj Naik

Abhayraj Naik, Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Environmental Studies SIAS offered an international exploratory workshop on ‘Introduction to Climate Law in India’ at the University of Tuebingen on 30 May 2025. He also presented a talk titled ‘What Comes Next? Exploring Systemic Change Possibilities in India following the Declaration of a Constitutional Climate Right’ at …

Dr Randhir publishes in the Sustainable Chemistry Oneworld journal

Dr Randhir Rai, Visiting Faculty, Chemistry, SIAS recently published a research article titled Wastewater treatment using waste cuprous oxide: A circular economy approach towards green and sustainable laboratory waste management in the journal Sustainable Chemistry Oneworld. Read more