Science Gallery Bengaluru is officially open to the public. What a journey it has been!
The unstinting support of the Government of Karnataka, my Board of Directors, and the unmatched imagination of my team have brought us this far. Come visit us! Make the Gallery your own.
Thank you
@BASASofficial
for trusting me with the responsibility of shaping and contributing to new debates in the field. Look forward to working with colleagues in the UK and elsewhere to energise the journal.
@DebsSutton
drew me into this! Thanks for your fabulous work.
BASAS is delighted to announce the appointment of
@JahnaviPhalkey
as the new Editor for the Association’s flagship journal, South Asian Studies
@BASAS_SAS
. We would like to thank the outgoing Editor,
@DebsSutton
for her excellent service to the journal over the past six years.
Don’t miss an important voice in the pandemic data debate
@MenonBioPhysics
Gautam Menon's talk on mathematical modelling of disease spread.
@thattai
Next on for the opening weekend at
#CONTAGION
!
In these bleak times, as I take on the Editorial role for *South Asian Studies* - look forward to working with colleagues to place South Asia in contexts - lived and imagined.
@BASAS_SAS
has a continuing role to play in bringing together scholars from across disciplines and in deepening the attention to visual cultures. I want to further strengthen scholarship on the South Asian experience by placing it within a broad understanding of the Global South
There is such romance in grand obsessions.
@JahnaviPhalkey
joins me in episode 319 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss her history of nuclear physics in India, the men who brought a cyclotron to Chandigarh & her own quest to make us all love science:
About a project that is closest to my heart - re:collect India. Hope to move forward full speed on this as soon as we are able to with my colleagues Ashank and
@maverink_sciart
. Thank you,
@tunirbee
.
@Ram_Guha
has always encouraged and engaged with young scholars writing histories of contemporary India. It is, therefore, a huge pleasure to contribute to a festschrift edited for him by
@srinathraghava3
and
@nandinisundar
; my chapter is on German émigrés & aeronautics in India.
The best piece I have read this year about research- what it is, why do it and when you do, how to do it. Important insights no matter what your field is, and interesting, even if you are not into research. ?
Five years ago, HSOC alumna Jahnavi Phalkey had a tenured position at King’s College London, a published book, and a steadily advancing academic career. Then, she gave it all up to open a science gallery 🔬🇮🇳 Here's what happened next:
#HSOC
#georgiatech
"The history of science in India is made up of many such stories, and telling them can give us a sense of where our disciplines come from and how priorities are set – and perhaps also give us clues to how we might rethink the present." Thanks
@thewire_in
for a review of my film!
Cyclotron, a documentary by Jahnavi Phalkey and edited by Tanya Singh, is the story of how the world’s oldest particle accelerator received a new lease of life in Chandigarh, when it was brought there by a young experimental physicist in 1967.
My team and I are thankful to
@kiranshaw
,
@rohininilekani
and
@kris_sg
for their contribution but equally, if not more, for their time to realise a new kind of public space for science! Come join us!
CONTAGION is selected as a
#FallingWallsEngage
Winner! We are absolutely delighted that the exhibition-season is in the running for the title of
#ScienceBreakthrough
of the Year in the Science Engagement category!
How Did Life Begin? Read this but also visit us
@SciGalleryBlr
to check out Jeewanu - an experiment replicated by the Shashi Thutupalli Lab
@NCBS_Bangalore
!
Where I spoke about my career choices and - perhaps for the first time in public - named the women who have inspired me.
@CarnegieIndia
and
@Rudra_81
invited me to interview for an episode of the
#AnahitaSpeakerSeries
. Thank you!
Where I will speak of the establishment of aeronautics education and research in India through the story of the country’s first jet-fighter - the HF-24, Marut.
Next Monday 25 January at 1600.
Today at 6:30 PM IST! Join us for CONTAGION’s final public lecture. Satyajit Mayor, Director
@NCBS_Bangalore
will deliver the opening remarks followed by journalist
@VidyaKrishnan
talk on science denialism.
Sign up:
@Ram_Guha
Thank you for your time and your kind words, Ram. It was a pleasure to host you this morning. Look forward to more of your visits in the future.
Hello! I am looking for an energetic person to efficiently organise the executive office of Science Gallery Bengaluru. We are moving into a new building. It is going to be exciting!
#HiringAlert
!
Pride yourself on your meticulous note taking, ability to work independently, and multitasking prowess? Apply to be the Executive Assistant to the Director now!
This position is Bangalore based. Find out more here -
#jobsinblr
#scigalblr
Ten objects in which is embedded the history of India since independence. My incomplete list: Apsara (reactor), Marut (aircraft), Ambassador (car), Hirakud (dam), ECTV, Kirloskar pump ... yours?
We are back with CONTAGION phase two! Join in this week. I am especially pleased with our new series of events "On the Fringe" that you will find on Discord.
Tell us what would happen! Head over to our website to find wacky writing prompts that are guaranteed to spark your imagination. Your responses could get featured on PHYTOPIA!
To find out, join Jesse Smith of the
@SciHistoryOrg
and Jahnavi Phalkey, our founding director, in an interactive webinar. Hear about water in its multiplicity made by and bound up in systems of bodies, practice, power, and places.
@AmerChemSociety
Absolutely delighted and humbled for the first vote of confidence from
#TTK
-Prestige in our pioneering Public Lab Complex. My team and I cannot wait to get started on this as our own premises open this year!
Excited to announce that we have received our first CSR contribution of Rs. 5cr from TTK Prestige. We look forward to growing our network of supporters and building Science Gallery Bengaluru as a public institution for research-based engagement.
@JahnaviPhalkey
Tonight at 1730!
Have you watched The Contagion Cabaret yet? The musical theatre performance is up to view as a part of
@scigalleryblr
's exhibition CONTAGION. Join us in a panel discussion following the performance, tonight!
This afternoon at 1600 for the
#TIFR
Asset Colloquium, I talk about my film
#Cylotron
and revisit my earlier work on the beginnings of experimental nuclear physics in India :
#HiringAlert
!
Pride yourself on your meticulous note taking, ability to work independently, and multitasking prowess? Apply to be the Executive Assistant to the Director now!
This position is Bangalore based. Find out more here -
#jobsinblr
#scigalblr
Fabulous team
@SciGalleryBlr
! Proudly closing
#psyche
at our building construction site. My privilege to work with such an energetic, honest and wild bunch. Bravo!
And it's a wrap!
CONTAGION’s first phase has come to a close - we enter a new phase in July 2021.
Stay tuned - we will soon announce a fresh line-up of programmes. Until then, continue to explore and interact with the exhibition at .
Artists
@JahnaviPhalkey
and
#MadhshreeKamak
, from Science Gallery Bengaluru, India, discuss their creation of sites that intentionally expand boundaries of research in order to facilitate important conversations.
Science Gallery Bengaluru will host a German artist for the bangaloREsidency programme of the Goethe Institute!
When: September 2023
Duration: 6- 8 weeks
Apply By: March 17
Apply here:
Find out more:
We interviewed historian
@JahnaviPhalkey
, the Founding Director of
@SciGalleryBlr
(SGB); a public institution for research based engagement that is part of a university-linked global network.
#histsci
A heads up: We will start earlier tomorrow, with the first session of the Shape of a Practice Discourse Program FROM A LIVING EXHIBITION TO THE DMZ kicking off at 11:30 am! More info tomorrow morning or via
Tonight at 6pm IST at the Bangalore International Centre. Our first physical event since the outbreak of COVID.
Do join us this evening for an interesting evening about art, the coal industry and histories.
We are excited for our first physical event of the year!😃
Head to
@bicblr
today at 6:00 PM.
Come explore the complicated presence of
#coal
in the lives and labour of artists, writers and mining communities.
RSVP now:
Fantastic essay about the early years of
@Infosys
by
@vedicakant
with
@FiftyTwoDotIn
who are moving the magazine essay online. Fabulous writing and editing for every essay that I have read so far.
It's difficult to remember a time when India wasn't a software hub for the world.
@vedicakant
writes about what the beginning of this key piece of modern business history looked like for the men at the helm of a little firm called Infosys.
It's not too late to register for today's free public lecture with Dr.
@JahnaviPhalkey
. Learn about about the world's oldest cyclotron, first built in the 1930s and still being used for research today! Register below to reserve your spot in the webinar.
Thanks to the fabulous
@Subhrapr
, I was able to share my thoughts on archives for contemporary history of science for the Nature Podcast, also in English.
Today is the birth centenary of Kamla Chowdhry, the founding mother of IIM Ahmedabad.
@ChinmayTumbe
has written a wonderful tribute to her that is worth reading. She had played an important role in my life too. A gutsy and accomplished person.
*Friday, 17 December, 5:00 PM IST*
Watch The Contagion Cabaret by The Theatre Chipping Norton!
A panel discussion follows with the cast, scientists, and literary researchers for a witty take on the crisis of the moment.
Sign up:
How do our bodies react to SARS-CoV-2? Why does it affect people so differently? Is re-infection possible?
@edyong209
explains why it has proven so difficult to answer these key questions about Covid-19.
In short: "the immune system is very complicated."
Tonight at 1730!
Have you watched The Contagion Cabaret yet? The musical theatre performance is up to view as a part of
@scigalleryblr
's exhibition CONTAGION. Join us in a panel discussion following the performance, tonight!
🧐Look carefully!! The shape you see in this image seemingly determines your
#personality
.
There are as many interpretations of the human
#mind
as there are avenues to explore it.
Learn about the world's oldest functional cyclotron with
@JahnaviPhalkey
, whose public lecture is now available to watch on our YouTube channel.
#ICYMI
These year-long book fellowships are for scientists, researchers, science writers, journalists & others interested in writing a non-fiction
#popsci
book for
#youngadults
&
#adults
📚What's more? We've a stellar jury✨
For more info, visit
There is such romance in grand obsessions.
@JahnaviPhalkey
joins me in episode 319 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss her history of nuclear physics in India, the men who brought a cyclotron to Chandigarh & her own quest to make us all love science:
On Sunday, Owen from the museum team will be giving a virtual guided tour of Dr Jenner's House as part of the
@SciGalleryBlr
CONTAGION exhibition series. This free event starts at 5pm IST (12:30pm BST) and you can register at
Thank you very much for your kind words, Prashant. It is a privilege to have the kind of support and collaboration partners that we do in the city and beyond. Look forward to welcoming you to the Gallery.
Two Lectures today!
1330 - Michael Bresalier on the spread of zoonotic diseases in history
Live:
Zoom:
1830 - Thomas Abraham on the 2003 SARS outbreak
Live:
Zoom:
Reminder 📣
Please join us tomorrow (Tue, Nov 7, 10:30 ET over Zoom) for
@JahnaviPhalkey
's Science and Technology in Asia @ Harvard talk!
Register here:
...
#histsci
#histstm
🧪
Delighted to discuss the making of 'Cyclotron' with
@AromarRevi
- engineer-urbanist and director
@iithsin
and the film's editor, Tanya Singh
@hgnisaynat
on 20 November at 1900 IST. The film is screened online for the entire week.
.
@JahnaviPhalkey
, Founding Director of
@SciGalleryBlr
, is the author of 'Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India'. In the next film discussion on 20 November at 7 pm, she will talk about her film 'Cyclotron', which is about the oldest functional particle accelerator.
Don't miss Thursday's FREE Interactive
#ACSWebinar
, "Fluid Movements, Interpreting the Past, Present & Future of Water." Save your spot at
#Water
#Chemistry
My book on India's military institution-building policies of the 20th century is now available through
@OUPAcademic
. A book enriched by generous intellectual support from so many, especially Profs
@SunilKhilnani
,
@srinathraghava3
,
@Rudra_81
Image: Homai Vyarawalla, Alkazi, Delhi.
CLOSING EVENT TODAY 1830 IST: We end CONTAGION’s first phase w/ Jeremy Farrar
@jeremyfarrar
@wellcometrust
sharing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic; and closing remarks by Rohini Nilekani.
Watch Live -
Zoom Link -
The Rochester-Chandigarh Cyclotron is today the world’s oldest functional particle accelerator. On November 3rd at 11AM EDT learn about its history from Dr.
@JahnaviPhalkey
in this free public webinar.
#physics
'Cyclotron' by
@JahnaviPhalkey
is a film about the world’s oldest functional particle accelerator. Jahnavi and editor Tanya Singh will discuss the film with
#IIHSin
Director
@AromarRevi
on 20 November at 7 pm. Watch the film: (password: cyclotron_2020)
Fantastic Essay by
@guo_xuguang
"Across this vivid canvas, the story of statistics, subject to benign neglect at the best of times, ought not to occupy pride of place. And yet, it lies at the heart of China’s socialist experiment in the 1950s."
PSYCHE's first masterclass by Anuj Malhotra today! Explore
#OCD
and the process of creating an immersive virtual space.
At 6:30 PM learn of experiments you can do with the "perception lab inside your head" by SP Arun
South Asian Studies is the Arts and Humanities journal of the British Association for South Asian Studies. Submit your research papers to us! Look forward to publishing exciting new research. And watch this space!
We have received some fantastic submissions so far - but we're still open for further contributions! Please note the changed email address: you can submit to us at sas_editor[at]bengaluru[.]sciencegallery[.]com ✨
@PrinSciAdvGoI
@PrinSciAdvGoI
- completely agree. The Tata Trusts carried out an evaluation of the institution and its historical holdings in early 2018 during which I made specific recommendations for its rejuvenation which I am happy to share.
Meet the Symbiosis 2021 participants!
Symbiosis, presented by
@sciencesandbox
, brings together scientists and filmmakers to create a science-inspired short film over the course of the Imagine Science Film Festival on October 15-22.