V Surendranath on the love of his life – the open-circuit wind tunnel at IISc – and how it has contributed to nation building V Surendranath is a Principal Research Scientist at the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Since he joined the Institute 27 years ago, he has been closely associated with the open-circuit wind tunnel […]
Category: Interviews
Making Buildings Energy Efficient: Lessons from the Mechanical Engineering Auditorium
Jaywant Arakeri on how a scientific approach to architectural design can make our buildings greener Inaugurated in 2013, the auditorium in the Mechanical Engineering Department also serves as a classroom. What makes it unique is its design – energy efficient, yet sensitive to human comfort. The driving force behind this initiative was Jaywant Arakeri, Professor, […]
Helaine Selin on Happiness Across Cultures
Helaine Selin, a retired science librarian from Hampshire College, Massachusetts, USA, is an author and an editor of several books, such as Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy, and Childbirth Across Cultures: Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum. […]