What IISc scientists are doing to help solve the city’s civic challenges In the 2014 Malayalam film Bangalore Days, the character played by actor Nivin Pauly is asked during a job interview about his opinion of being posted in Bangalore city. With a shy smile, he thinks, “Who can say no to Bangalore?” That […]
Rosa John Samuel has been working at IISc for 36 years as a temporary employee. She has spent most of her time at the Primate Research Laboratory and Central Animal Facility, and has worked in various administrative and technical roles in the Division of Biological Sciences. In this piece, she recounts her experiences of growing […]
CONNECT spent a day with Francis Jayakanth whose work illustrates why information science is important to institutional libraries Despite the overcast mid-July sky, the campus of IISc wears an inviting look. It has been bathed in recurring showers, courtesy the monsoon which by now is in fine fettle. Down the main gate of the […]
Yamuna Krishnan is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. In 2002, she completed her PhD in organic chemistry from IISc. Her passion for the exploration of the chemistry of biological systems evolved at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, where she spent eight years running her own lab […]
Astrae, the astronomy club of IISc, recently embarked on an expedition to capture the Milky Way Dusk was just setting in and the early stars were twinkling when the bus carrying a bunch of students and faculty members rumbled into the Challakere campus of IISc, late one May evening. The visitors were part of […]
2023 marks the birth centenary of the influential mathematician Harish-Chandra who spent two important years at IISc “The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics,” declared the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei in an essay titled The Assayer published in 1623. Mathematics is an indispensable tool for physicists who strive […]
A deep dive into one day in the life of Aparna Kandi, a former navy officer and current Deputy Registrar It is a quiet April morning at the pale cream-coloured administrative building at IISc, close to the main gate. On the ground floor are offices of the Finance and Accounts (F&A) section as well […]
B Sridhar joined IISc in 1986 soon after he received his Master’s degree in Horticulture from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore. For 36 years – until he retired in 2022 – he was in charge of the Garden and Nursery Unit at the Institute, and was responsible for maintaining the greenery on campus. […]
The Department of Aerospace Engineering is in the process of restoring its plane exhibits In 2004, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy, published a book titled One Hundred Reasons to be a Scientist. One of the contributors to the book was Roddam Narasimha, whose article, How I Became a […]
Researchers at IISc talk about their social media presence and its influence on their professional lives There has long been a perception that scientists are reclusive and asocial. However, this stereotype is being challenged by the rising number of them who tweet and post on Facebook and LinkedIn. Scientists today have more opportunities than […]
