Dr Sumitra Ranganathan participates in a roundtable at the British Forum of Ethnomusicology Annual Conference

Dr Sumitra Ranganathan, Associate Professor, Musics, SIAS participated in a 2-hour roundtable at the British Forum of Ethnomusicology Annual Conference on 9 April 2026. Titled ‘Entangling Past and Present: Connecting India’s Hidden Musical Histories to Ethnomusicology Today’, the five member hybrid roundtable featured work on neglected or erased fragments of North India’s musical story ranging …

Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda authors an essay in Frontline

Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor, Politics, SIAS has authored an essay in Frontline titled Ambedkar wouldn’t alter a comma. Will you?” This essay examines how freedom of speech is tested not by outright prohibition, but by conditional invitations and institutional pressures. Using B.R. Ambedkar’s refusal to alter his ‘Annihilation of Caste’ speech for the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal in …

Dr Srajana Kaikini’s recent works

Dr Srajana Kaikini, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, SIAS’ recent poems Sonajhuri, A Little Thing, At a Protest, Jamun Pop ( ಸೋನಾಜ್ಹುರಿ, ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಸಂಗತಿ, ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ನೇರಳೆ ಪಾಪ್ ) translated from English to Kannada by poet Prathibha Nandakumar, have been published by Kannada Prabha in their Yugadi Visheshanka (Yugadi Special Issue 2026).These are part of her forthcoming …

Professor TR Govindarajan’s article in The Federal

Professor TR Govindarajan, Visiting Professor, Physics, SIAS has penned an article on the fast breeder reactor in The Federal titled India’s PFBR reaches criticality: Milestone after years of delays and questions. From Bhabha’s three-stage vision to delays, global experience, and questions over timing and approval, the article is a deep dive India’s Prototype Fast Breeder …

Sayantan Datta pens a book chapter published in The Hindu ebook India and the Second Space Race

A book chapter titled, Who is the vyomanaut? Understanding India’s human face in the new space race, penned by Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krew-CWP has been published in an ebook by The Hindu, titled India and the Second Space Race. In this chapter, Sayantan reports on the upcoming launch of Gaganyaan, India’s first …

Professor S Sivakumar co-authors an article for The Hindu

Professor S Sivakumar, Dean – Research and Professor, Physics, SIAS has co-authored an article titled ‘Cloning’ hurdle skirted to make perfect copy of quantum state, published in The Hindu. Article BlurbThe no-cloning theorem is a quantum physics rule that prohibits a user from perfectly duplicating unknown quantum states; researchers have now reported a way around …

Dr Sushant Raut delivers the 101st Public Science Lecture of the Tamil Nadu Science Forum

Dr Sushant Raut, Assistant Professor of Physics, SIAS delivered the Tamil Nadu Science Forum’s 101st Popular Science Lecture. The session titled ‘Three quarks walk into a baryon: The new particle Xi_cc+ at LHC’ was held on 4 April 2026.The talk was on the Xi_cc+ particle that was recently discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in …

Dr Sayantan Mandal and Dr Rakesh Sengupta deliver special lectures at EFL University

SIAS faculty members, Dr Sayantan Mandal, Assistant Professor, Psychology and Dr Rakesh Sengupta, Assistant Professor, Psychology were invited to deliver two special guest lectures representing Krea University at EFL University, Hyderabad. In addition to the talks, they had the opportunity to discuss the state of Cognitive Science in India and showcase the research being done …

An investigative report co-authored by Sayantan Datta longlisted for prestigious One World Media Awards 2026

An investigative report co-authored by Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP has been longlisted in the prestigious One World Media Awards 2026 (Print category). Last year, Sayantan and queerbeat staff reporter Ekta Sonawane investigated what happens to transgender people in India after their deaths. The duo’s investigation, which lasted for about six months, revealed …