Dr Gowhar Fazili, Assistant Professor of Social Studies, SIAS, Krea University has published a book review in The Wire. The review, titled A Fragmented Memory of Independent India and the Kashmir That Once Was, delves into M K Raina’s memoir Before I Forget. The review provides a critique of the memoir’s reflections on India’s postcolonial history and the …
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Dr C P Anil Kumar Publishes a Paper in the Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IJPA)
Dr C P Anil Kumar, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SIAS, Krea University authored a paper titled On Infinity Type Hyperplane Arrangements and Convex Positive Bijections, published in the Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IJPA). About the Publication Consider a hyperplane arrangement, i.e., a finite collection of hyperplanes, in an n-dimensional Euclidean space. We say that an …
Investigating the Angry Sun’s Impact on Earth’s Atmosphere: Dr Lakshmi Narayanan Conducts Collaborative Research and Presents Internationally on Space Weather Effects
Earth is protected from harmful radiation and energetic charged particles through its sufficiently dense atmosphere and invisible magnetic shield known as magnetosphere. Sometimes our host star Sun emits harmful radiation and particle bursts, alongside its life-sustaining light and warmth. When these particles reach Earth, they often break open the magnetic shield to some extent and interact …
Professor Guha Dharmarajan Delivers Talks at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore
Professor Guha Dharmarajan, Professor of Biology, SIAS, Krea University is an invited speaker at a workshop on Emerging infectious diseases: ecology and evolution, taking place on 1–12 July, 2024 at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore. In his talks, Professor Dharmarajan provides a broad overview of pathogen spillover dynamics leading to the emergence of …
Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh’s New Book Chapter and Magazine Spotlight
Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh’s New Book Chapter and Magazine Spotlight Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh, Assistant Professor of Practice, SIAS, Krea University has contributed a chapter to the book titled Ganika – In The Visual Culture Of The 19th-20th Century India, published by the National Crafts Museum, MATI and Naithani Foundation. In this book, a group of scholars …
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Dr Randhir Rai, Visiting Faculty, SIAS, Co-authors a Research Paper with SIAS Students
Dr Randhir Rai, Visiting Faculty in Chemistry, SIAS, Krea University co-authored a research paper titled Solvothermal Synthesis of Cuprous Oxide Microsphere and its Application as Catalyst for Synthesis of β-Hydroxy Triazole. His co-authors included Saurav Saha, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, and SIAS students Sreeshma Ravi and Ameena Abbas. Both students graduated in 2024. …
Dr Proma Raychaudhury Presents a Research Paper at the ICAS:MP and CeMIS-Göttingen Workshop
Dr Proma Raychaudhury, Assistant Professor of Politics, SIAS, Krea University presented her research paper titled Gendering political party culture in contemporary West Bengal: A study of Women’s institutional belonging in the AITC at the ICAS:MP and CeMIS-Göttingen Workshop on Metamorphoses of the Political: Bengal in the New Millennium 2.0, held in Göttingen, Germany on 19-21 June, 2024.
Tracking the Flight: Citizen Scientists and Butterfly Lovers Needed to Aid Butterfly Migration Study in India
An article published in The Hindu highlights the work by P A Vinayan, Research Assistant, Krea University and Programme Coordinator, Ferns Nature Conservation Society. Vinayan is seeking help from butterfly enthusiasts and citizen scientists to better understand the migratory movements of milkweed butterflies in peninsular India. Studying the migratory movements of animals is crucial to understanding their …
Writer’s Workshop: Writing to Show off Reading with Dr Anannya Dasgupta
Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy (CWP) at Krea University and Associate Professor of Literature, SIAS, facilitates a workshop titled Writing to Show off Reading, taking place on 21 June, 2024 at Sunnyside, Palavakkam, Chennai. This workshop is curated for children in middle school and above, to help them learn how reading can …
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Amanjit Kaur Ahuja and Sayantan Datta Speaking at the Webinar ‘Making Campuses a Safe and Inclusive Place for All’
Amanjit Kaur Ahuja, Director, Student Services, Krea University and Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice at the Centre for Writing & Pedagogy (CWP), Krea University, were invited to speak in a webinar organized by the Symbiosis Centre for Emotional Wellbeing on 18 June 2024. The webinar was titled Making Campuses a Safe and Inclusive Place for …