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@JahnaviPhalkey

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Historian of Science. Filmmaker | Founding Director @SciGalleryBlr | Editor - @BJHS_Themes and @BASAS_SAS . Tweeting in my personal capacity.

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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
7 months
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.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
7 months
We are officially open! Come explore CARBON at Science Gallery Bengaluru! ಬನ್ನಿ, ಇಂಗಾಲವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿ! #opennow #sciencegallerybengaluru #carbon
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
My first film screens online! 'Cyclotron' is a film about the world’s oldest functional particle accelerator and the people who keep it running today.
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
I am looking for an associate / assistant to support research and publications: . Please get in touch if interested or do share!
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
With @samanth_s at the Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday! Looking forward to this conversation.
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3 years
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.
@BASASofficial
BASAS
3 years
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.
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
3 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 !
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Jahnavi Phalkey
9 months
Thank you, colleagues at NCBS, for your support for @SciGalleryBlr and for allowing me to nest on your campus until we found our feet.
@NCBS_Bangalore
National Centre for Biological Sciences
9 months
The Hindu interviews Infosys Prize 2023 recipients- Mukund Thattai from NCBS and @JahnaviPhalkey from @SciGalleryBlr . @thattai @NCBStheory
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2 years
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.
@BASASofficial
BASAS
2 years
@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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
*Today* @ChinmayTumbe at 6.30pm exploring lessons from past pandemics @IIMAhmedabad Youtube Link: Zoom Link:
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2 years
A Summer School in History of Science: do apply or spread the word. ?
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Jahnavi Phalkey
1 year
Thank you ever so much for the conversation @amitvarma . It was a surprise and much good fun!
@amitvarma
Amit Varma
1 year
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:
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@JahnaviPhalkey
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3 years
[Rajasthan] Patrika asked me to guest editor their Sunday edition. I spoke about research based public engagement @SciGalleryBlr , and asked my impressive colleagues @doctorsaheba , @neelamraina , @ratwoman , @Subhrapr and @uramakri to share their work. Check it out!
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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 .
@XpressBengaluru
TNIE Karnataka
2 years
Science Gallery, is working on a project titled Re:Collect India, which aims to uncover the work of Indian scientists in the 20th century @santwana99 @Cloudnirad @NewIndianXpress @tniefeatures @tunirbee @SciGalleryBlr @JahnaviPhalkey @gadekal2020
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3 years
@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.
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3 years
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. ?
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
My years at #HSOC Georgia Tech were formative in my journey to where I am today. Thanks Dianne Minardi for this lovely chat.
@TechHSOC
Georgia Tech School of History and Sociology
2 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
"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!
@thewire_in
The Wire
4 years
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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Reflections, for the good folks at @4sWeb on writing books, making films and public engagement with research.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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!
@kiranshaw
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
2 years
We invite others to join us in this philanthropic endeavour which is vital to make Namma Bengaluru a global leader in science & innovation ⁦ @SciGalleryBlr ⁩ ⁦ @ScienceGallery ⁩ ⁦ @ITBTGoK ⁩ ⁦ @CMofKarnataka ⁩ ⁦ @PrinSciAdvGoI
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Contagion is one of the winners of @Falling_Walls -Engage. Thank you all for your support!
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
3 years
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!
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Jahnavi Phalkey
7 months
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 !
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Today @ 6:30pm #CONTAGION launch, with a lecture by @SJasanoff , remarks by @kiranshaw ; in partnership with @rki_de , @JohnInnesCentre . @SciGalleryBLR exhibition-season with talks, films and more to make sense of the devastating pandemic.
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My sister Revati Phalkey @COP26 - we cannot separate public health and climate change discussions henceforth. @RPhalkey @NPhalkey
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2 years
A wonderful piece about @SciGalleryBlr ’s work by @sandygrains in conversation with @maverink_sciart , Neha Arora and myself.
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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!
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
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.
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3 years
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:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
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@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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
1 year
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!
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
2 years
#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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Tomorrow at 1830 IST. A festschrift for Ram Guha - launching ‘A Functioning Anarchy’. @BIC_Blr
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
My two cents on the pandemic.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
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?
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Tomorrow at 1700 IST! Join @Maphutha , @martaclourenco and I to talk about small and local museums.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
And I go into full geek mode @thewire_in to mark CV Raman's birthday last weekend:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Join us tomorrow! @Maphutha @martaclourenco and I would like a conversation about what unique is, and what it may not be.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
In conversation with Ranjit Kandalgaonkar tonight at 2030 @hamwe_festival 2021, Kigali.
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
1 year
Please consider submitting! CFP - @BJHS -Themes. Deadline: 15 July 2023. Further information: or themes_editor @bengaluru .sciencegallery.com
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Calling writers, poets and graphic artists! Prompts from @SciGalleryBlr a selection of which will feature on PHYTOPIA! #writersoftwitter #amwriting #writingcommmunity #writingprompts #WritingLife
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
4 years
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!
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4 years
A personal loss for me, alongside many of us who were privileged to know him.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
4 years
Images: Professor Roddam Narasimha interacting with students and conducting experiments during his workshop "Creating Clouds" at SUBMERGE. 7/7
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4 years
21 January at 1130 IST; Jesse Smith and I will talk about exhibitions and programming around water.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
4 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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!
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
2 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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!
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
My team and I hugely appreciate this opportunity to develop our public education mandate with a grant and support from the @TransformingESF team.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
2 years
We were delighted to share the learnings from our Summer School on CARBON at the @TransformingESF (TESF India) conference at @iihsin today!
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7 months
Thank you, Arshia Dhar for this interview. @htTweets
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
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 :
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
I am looking for a colleague to rely on. Please help me find an executive assistant.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
2 years
#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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
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Fabulous team @SciGalleryBlr ! Proudly closing #psyche at our building construction site. My privilege to work with such an energetic, honest and wild bunch. Bravo!
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Aswathi Pacha
2 years
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Where, along side other experts, I share my provisional thoughts on space debris with Nitin Sreedhar of LiveMint.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
When the team gets you to confess and share!
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
2 years
Meet @JahnaviPhalkey , our Founding Director. She is a historian of #science and a #filmmaker who is striving to create a new kind of public space for knowledge-making and sharing. #MeetTheTeam @SciGalleryBlr
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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 .
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Where @maverink_sciart and I discuss our thoughts behind the shape of our #publicengagement with science.
@anthrocommons
Anthropocene Curriculum / Anthropocene Commons
3 years
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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
In which I speak about Bengaluru for @WeAreBangalore and @VaakaMedia .
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Jahnavi Phalkey
10 months
I have been working on mildly editing and substantially introducing this manuscript for a while. Thank you, Victor, for the invitation to speak.
@EastAsiaSciTech
Victor Seow
10 months
Please join us next Tue, Nov 7, 10:30 am ET, for @JahnaviPhalkey 's #STinAsia talk! FROM CIRCUMSPECT TECHNOCRAT TO COMMITTED RADICAL Register here: #histstm #histsci #histtech
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
Thank you, @MarcosCueto4 and @revistaHCSM for the opportunity to share my thoughts.
@revistaHCSM
Revista HCSM
2 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Come hear @maverink_sciart and I speak at HKW's 'The Shape of Practice' today at 1600 IST.
@anthrocommons
Anthropocene Curriculum / Anthropocene Commons
4 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
2 years
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:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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.
@FiftyTwoDotIn
Fifty Two
2 years
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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Starting now ....where I speak about the world's oldest functional cyclotron!
@aip_history
Center for History of Physics
3 years
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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
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I know what I'm doing this summer... "Global History through Graphic Novels"
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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.
@NatureInd
Nature India
3 years
New podcast 🔊🔊: Science-art collaborations, where both artists & scientists challenge their ways of thinking & the process of artistic & scientific inquiry. Feat. @JahnaviPhalkey @Debojyoti_C & @PrabahanChakra . Listen in: . Supported by @India_Alliance
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Fantastic piece by @ChinmayTumbe about Kamala Chowdhry, who should have been the founding director of IIMA.
@Jairam_Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh
4 years
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.
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*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:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
In short: "the immune system is very complicated." @thattai @SciGalleryBlr @MenonBioPhysics
@thattai
Mukund Thattai
4 years
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."
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3 years
Starting in a couple of minutes! Join us now with Gagandeep Kang, Raghavendra Gadagkar, Sally Shuttleworth, John Terry and others.
@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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!
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@JahnaviPhalkey
Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Coming soon! Stay tuned.
@SciGalleryBlr
Science Gallery Bengaluru
3 years
🧐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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
1 year
Fundamental for us who work on and from the Global South.
@readingkafka
Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta
1 year
“We mustn’t give in to the notion that the Global South must come to the global North’s table to be seen as knowers.” @seyeabimbola
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7 months
Absolutely fabulous.
@jon_agar
Jon Agar
7 months
A page from Michael Plain’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail notebook. ‘CONSTITUTIONAL PEASANTS’ tick 6/n
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
My Trimble Lecture for the American Institute of Physics is online.
@aip_history
Center for History of Physics
3 years
Learn about the world's oldest functional cyclotron with @JahnaviPhalkey , whose public lecture is now available to watch on our YouTube channel. #ICYMI
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
Open for submission! Want to write a book on matters concerning science? Do submit and spread the word.
@IndSciFest
India Science Festival
2 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
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@amitvarma and I had a wonderful conversation. Some of it is about me and my work. And the rest - as they say - is cyclotrons!
@amitvarma
Amit Varma
1 year
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:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
@LalehKhalili Are you reading this version?
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Join us @1830 today. Launching a festschrift for @Ram_Guha edited by @srinathraghava3 and @nandinisundar . @PenguinIndia @BIC_Blr
@TariniUppal
Tarini Uppal
3 years
Don't forget to register for what promises to be a fascinating discussion at @BIC_Blr today on 'A Functioning Anarchy: Essays for @Ram_Guha ' edited by @srinathraghava3 @nandinisundar . Register here - @PenguinIndia
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Tonight! at 1830 BST - History of Science and Public Engagement with @DisabilityStor1 , @Public_Hist_TMB , @ZandraAlberda , @JahnaviPhalkey , @JoannaRadin & @KentCHOTS . Join us!
@BSHSNews
British Society for the History of Science
3 years
Announcing the #BSHS21 evening programme! First, tomorrow: What can #HistSTM contribute to public discourse, w @Public_Hist_TMB , @ZandraAlberda , @JahnaviPhalkey , @JoannaRadin & @KentCHOTS ? Starting 18:30 BST, followed by #CallMyBluff & pub night! Sign up >
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Don’t miss this visit to Edward Jenner’s house.
@DrJennersHouse
Dr Jenner’s House
3 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
7 months
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.
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Prashanth Prakash
7 months
A new Landmark opens in #Bangalore ! The #science city now has a world class @SciGalleryBlr . A perfect example of what a great collaboration can do for #Bengaluru . Come & experience the Science Gallery the doors open at 4pm today! @kiranshaw
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
1 year
Chuffed beyond measure: Neelambari, my sister, who recently decided to become a full-time artist is headed to Wuhan!
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Tonight at 1800, in conversation with Raghunath Mashelkar. Looking forward to it.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
10 months
Tomorrow!
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Victor Seow
10 months
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 🧪
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
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.
@iihsin
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
4 years
. @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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
MEET THE TEAM @ 1700 IST. Ask us what you want to know about curating and producing CONTAGION Streaming live - Zoom link -
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
In which @mehtasaurus and I chatted about the history of nuclear physics in India where it intersects with the energy questions, for @CarnegieIndia .
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Carnegie India
2 years
🎧 In this new episode of #InterpretingIndia , @JahnaviPhalkey , founding director of @SciGalleryBlr , joins @mehtasaurus to discuss the history of India's #Nuclear program and the relationship between science, the state, and nationhood in #India . Listen:
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Tonight at 1130, I will talk about @SciGalleryBLR 's SUBMERGE @AmerChemSociety with Jesse Smith @SciHistoryOrg . It is late for India, but it will be interesting.
@AmerChemSociety
American Chemical Society
4 years
Don't miss Thursday's FREE Interactive #ACSWebinar , "Fluid Movements, Interpreting the Past, Present & Future of Water." Save your spot at #Water #Chemistry
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Young and bored? Join us at the Youth Symposium @SciGalleryBlr @ScienceGallery .
@Maphutha
Andrea Bandelli
4 years
Gearing up for the ⚫️⬛️ @ScienceGallery youth symposium, an excellent introduction on @NewIndianXpress From fighting misinformation to designing accessible theme parks, there’s something for everyone. @SciGalleryBlr @SciGalleryDub @SciGalleryVce
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
When students become colleagues. Welcome to the dark side @VipulDut . Look forward to reading the book.
@VipulDut
Vipul Dutta
3 years
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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
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 -
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Enjoyed this conversation with Tim Deakin about Digital Exhibitions and our experience making Contagion. @MuseumNext
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Next month. An academic talk about the history on which my film. is based.
@aip_history
Center for History of Physics
3 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Watch the film: (password: cyclotron_2020)
@iihsin
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
4 years
'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)
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
Enjoyed discussions at #NewWays2020 organised by @mfnberlin . Interesting and well organised format combining analog with digital.
@michaeljohng
Michael John Gorman
4 years
Looking forward to participating in New Ways of Communicating Science and Collections organised by @mfnberlin today!
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
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."
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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
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Jahnavi Phalkey
2 years
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!
@BASAS_SAS
South Asian Studies
2 years
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 ✨
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Jahnavi Phalkey
4 years
@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.
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Jahnavi Phalkey
3 years
Excited to participate in Symbiosis and can’t wait to find out who I will be paired with. Thanks to @imaginescience and @ScienceSandbox .
@imaginescience
Imagine Science Films
3 years
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.
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