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 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 …

Dr Preeti Sampat publishes in Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography

AA research paper entitled The Rentier Economy of Growth Infrastructures: Value Appropriation without Adequate Accumulation in India by Dr Preeti Sampat, Associate Professor, Sociology & Social Anthropology, SIAS has been published in published in Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography. ​Paper abstract: This paper draws on long-term research around Dholera smart city in Gujarat; the experience with special economic …

Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty publishes in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

A research article by Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Assistant Professor of Physics, SIAS titled Magnetic and electronic structure studies on S= 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic alternating spin chain system KCuGa(PO4)2 has been published in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. The work highlights the low-dimensional magnetic behaviour in a novel phosphorus based cuprate system KCuGa(PO4)2. In this …

Dr Vivek Tewary and Sayantan Datta have been awarded the “Small Research Grant” by FAST India towards development of their upcoming book

Dr Vivek Tewary, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SIAS and Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP, have been awarded a ‘Small Research Grant’ by the Foundation for Advancement of Science & Technology (FAST) India under their India Science Book Fellowship scheme. The award will support the duo in writing their popular science book tentatively titled Equations of Life: How the Living World …

​​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 …

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, …

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