On 28 April 2026, Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor, Politics, SIAS delivered an online talk for the Bahujan Students Front at the University of Hyderabad titled ‘Educate, Agitate, Organize: Dalit and Black Visions of Liberation’. The lecture offered a comparative reflection on the Black civil rights movement and Dalit struggles for equality, highlighting how both …
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Sayantan Datta as a panellist for a panel discussion by Izaar Circle
Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP was a panellist for a panel discussion titled ‘Between Risk and Care: Building Safety in Turbulent Times’, organised by Izaar Circle, New Delhi on 18 April 2026. The discussion revolved around risk, precarity and care in the aftermath of the recently passed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment …
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Dr Joya John writes for The Wire
Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS has penned an article in The Wire titled For the Love of Infrastructure: Music, Protest and the Politics of Care in Iran and India. In Iran, citizens gather around key infrastructure—often using music—to protect it amid threats, reframing it as a site of collective care and survival. The …
Sayantan Datta joins a podcast by by The Scicomm Synapse
Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP delivered a talk on ‘Science as Storytelling’, in a live podcast hosted by The Scicomm Synapse on 19 April 2026. Focused on students and aspiring communicators, the conversation dived into building a career in science journalism, crafting impactful narratives, and why storytelling might just be the most underrated …
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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 …
SIAS alum co-authors an article published in Mongabay
Trisha Putturaya, SIAS alum, has co-authored an article titled From Diversity to Monotony: Ecological Communities Are Homogenising with Professor Guha Dharmarajan, Professor, Biological Sciences, SIAS. The article has been published in Mongabay. Read more
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 …
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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 …
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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 …