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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury reviews Rain Incarnations in The Scroll
Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury, Senior Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS has penned a review of Professor Bishnu Mohapatra’s latest volume of poetry, Rain Incarnations. Published in The Scroll, the article is titled The umbrellas are on a protest march’: Bishnu Mohapatra’s poems on rain for a desolate May. The poems have been translated from Odia by Aparna …
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Dr Joya John presents a paper at Annual Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conference
Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS presented a paper on 30 May 2025, titled ‘Yeh Prithvi Rahegi: Planetarity in the Non-Anglophone Imaginary’. The paper was part of a 3-day panel titled Comparing Hindi Literature: Then and Now in the World at the Annual Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) conference. Dr John’s paper analysed how contemporary …
Dr Preeti Gulati co-authors a book with veteran historians Romila Thapar and Kumkum Roy
Professor Romila Thapar, Professor Kumkum Roy and Dr Preeti Gulati,Discipline Coordinator – History and Assistant Professor, History, SIAS have co-authored the book Women Writing History: Three Generations published by Zubaan Books. Three historians from three generations reflecting on their lives and their engagement with one of the most demanding, and most crucial, disciplines of our …
Dr Chirag Dhara co-authors a research paper published in Frontiers in Climate
A research paper co-authored by Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS titled Bridging Climate Science, Policy, and Communities: Collaborative Pathways for Climate Resilience in the Indo-Pacific has been published in Frontiers in Climate, Volume 7-2025. This study was performed under the aegis of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)’s “My Climate Risk Lighthouse …
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Dr Lakshmi Narayanan co-authors an article published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS has co-authored an article titled Study of rotational temperatures with a multi-wavelength photometer from the Indian equatorial station Tirunelveli published recently in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. This is a validation paper of an instrument the team developed at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism.In this …