Dr I Iyyappan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, SIAS, presented his research on “Nonlinear Refrigerator with Finite-Sized Cold Bath” at the 10th Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting, organised by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, from 23 to 25 April, 2025.
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Dr Chirag Dhara’s newest in Down to Earth
Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, has co-authored an article titled Who is Really Developed with Dr Soumyajit Bhar, Assistant Professor, School for Liberal Studies for Down to Earth. The authors challenge the conventional notions of development. Read more
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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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 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 Vivek Tewary and Sayantan Datta were instructors at IMSc Summer Science Writing workshop
Dr Vivek Tewary, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SIAS and Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP, were instructors at the inaugural IMSc Summer Science Writing workshop held at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, from 12 – 16 May 2025. The workshop focused on how to read technical papers, write about mathematical sciences in technical …
Dr Chirag Dhara conducts a session at IGIDR
Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS was invited to conduct a session at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai as part of the week-long training session held for probationary officers of the Indian Statistical Service on 8 May 2025. The title of his session was ‘Carbon inequality – from local …
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Dr Chirag Dhara’s co-authored article appears in 360info and Down to Earth
An article co-authored by Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS along with Ayantika D C, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, titled Why India may suffer longer heatwaves and floods this year has been published in 360info and Down To Earth. It discusses how long-range weather forecasts express probable outcomes, not certainties, and how …
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Dr Chirag Dhara delivers a talk at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025
Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS delivered a virtual talk on 29 April 2025 at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025 in the session titled, ‘Towards net zero and beyond: remaining carbon budgets, negative emissions, mitigation pathways and implications for policy’. The work was led by Dr Dhara’s student Shrutee Jalan, …