Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury presents paper and chairs session at international conference

Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury, Senior Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS, participated in South Asia Literature, Culture & Politics, an international conference organised by Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, at the India International Centre on 17–18 March 2026. He presented a paper on propaganda cinema titled ‘Statecraft as Pulp Fiction’. He also served as a Chair …

SIAS UG Cohort Present Research at FLAME Undergraduate Research Day 2026

On March 14, 2026, two groups of undergraduate students from SIAS had their abstracts selected for presentation at the second iteration of FLAME Undergraduate Research Day 2026, held at FLAME University, Pune. The first group, comprising Amandeep Singh (2023–27), Arush Menon (2024–28), Priyam Deorah (2023–27), Ria Vahab (2022–26), and Yashasvini Raj (2023–27), presented under the …

Dr Chirag Dhara authors an opinion piece in Scroll.in

Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, has authored an opinion piece in Scroll.in titled ‘India’s summer forecast is a warning that extreme heat can affect democracy’. In the article, he highlights the risk of what he terms “inequitable climate disenfranchisement,” pointing to how intense heatwaves during upcoming Assembly elections could impact voter participation. …

Dr C P Anil Kumar selected to train students for International Mathematical Competition for University Students 2026

Dr C P Anil Kumar, Associate Professor, Mathematics, SIAS, has been selected to train Indian students for the International Mathematical Competition for University Students 2026, to be held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, from 27 July-3 August 2026. The students being trained have been selected from among those who excelled in the Madhava Mathematics Competition. Know more …

Abhayraj Naik co-authors a chapter published in Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law – A Guide for Practitioners

Abhayraj Naik, Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Environmental Studies, SIAS, has co-authored a chapter titled South Asia: Rights of Nature in India and Bangladesh in the recently-released second edition of the book Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law – A Guide for Practitioners (Aspen Publishing). Know more

Krea-CWP faculty conduct a Faculty Development Workshop at MCC

Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Krea-CWP and Associate Professor, Literature, SIAS, and Dr Anakshi Pal, Visiting Assistant Professor, Krea-CWP, conducted a Faculty Development Workshop titled ‘The Body and Soul of Research Writing’ at the Madras Christian College (MCC), Chennai, on 11 March 2026.

Dr Shyam Kumar Sudhakar and Krea UG students at the Synapse neuroscience conference

Dr Shyam Kumar Sudhakar, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, SIAS, delivered a talk titled ‘Graph-based and Machine Learning Approaches to Understanding Brain Health and Function’ as part of the Synapse neuroscience conference, held from 6-7 March 2026 at IISER Tirupati. Undergraduate students from Krea, Nidhi, Zoeya, and Kailash also presented their ideas during the ideathon held …

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan’s paper published in the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy

A paper by Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, titled Global response of low and mid-latitude ionosphere to the severe geomagnetic storm of April 2023 has been publishedin the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. The paper is published as a part of the special issue ‘The evolution and space weather impact of coronal mass ejections’ organised following a workshop at Krea …

Professor Anil Srinivasan conferred with RCME Dronacharya Award

Professor Anil Srinivasan, Visiting Professor of Practice, Literature and the Arts, SIAS, was conferred the prestigious award of RCME Dronacharya Award in October 2025.More recently Professor Anil was the keynote speaker at  ThinkEdu 2026 by The New Indian Express. Anil headlined the discussion titled  ‘AI in Arts: Why Humanity Will Survive’. Read more