Nandita Jayaraj

Articles by Nandita Jayaraj

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  Sep 05, 2019

  Kodagu, coffee, climate change: An agroforestry scientist's notes on the connection

  Much of the blame for the drought-flood-drought-flood trend in Kodagu has been laid on coffee plantations
  climate change Drought Mongabay Grevillea robusta India State of Forest Report Coffee Plantation
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  Aug 02, 2019

  Indian science has landmark moment at ITER, a global effort to create first-ever nuclear fusion device

  ITER is a 35-country-effort to build the world’s first nuclear fusion device that, if all goes well, will be capable of producing electricity for our commercial purposes by 2045. Nine per cent of the $25 billion worth project is being borne by India as an 'in kind' contribution; 23 July 2019 marked a celebration of this contribution
  France ITER FWeekend nuclear fusion reactor research programme Nuclear Fusion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER cryostat nuclear fusion research
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  Oct 04, 2018

  Whether Donna Strickland or Aditi Sen De, gender gap in science remains unchanged

  Award committees in India need to wake up and stop making the mistakes that the Nobel Prizes made.
  Nobel Prize University of Waterloo Donna Strickland Frances H. Arnold Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Infosys Science Prize Aditi Sen De Harish Chandra Research Institute
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  Dec 27, 2017

  Infosys Prize-winning chemist Dr Yamuna Krishnan on her work with DNA, and science in India

  'We have talented women scientists, but the numbers are not in their favour,' says Dr Yamuna Krishnan, who won the Infosys Prize in the Physical Sciences category recently
  science DNA University of Chicago FWeekend QnA Infosys Prize Dr Yamuna Krishnan NCBS Bengaluru
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  Feb 11, 2017

  Women scientists in India: What we learnt from a year of lab-hopping across the country

  Why does it seem to be so hard for women scientists to rise to the top at research institutions?
  ISRO science women in science STEM women scientists FWeekend women scientists in India women in STEM fields STEM research Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award Dr Ramadevi Nimmanapalli Dr Ramadevi TS Dr Lipi Thukral Dr Vandana Sharma Dr Vidita Vaidya International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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  Apr 13, 2012

  One classic match that made us believe in the IPL again

  Stephen Flemings twitches, Virat Kohli’s horror and the weird thing Jadeja did when he hit the winning boundary -- it was all real, unadulterated by the stink of money and glitz.
  Chennai Super Kings Twenty20 Virat Kohli IPL 5 IPL FanBlogs
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  Apr 04, 2012

  IPL 5: Why it seems like force-fed fun

  Between that, a cranky Salman Khan, seemingly-aloof cricketers and Katy Perry’s pattu sari-clad backup singers, the opening ceremony was an interesting reflection of what the Indian Premier League is in danger of turning into – force-fed fun.
  Salman Khan Indian Premier League Chennai Super Kings Katy Perry IPL 5 IPL FanBlogs