From forests and farms to climate adaptation, women in rural communities are generating knowledge, testing solutions and influencing scientific research.
From researcher to entrepreneur: The journey of Dr K Rajeshwari
The founder of Bioklone turned her expertise in monoclonal antibodies into a research services company that now works with scientists and institutions worldwide.
Meet the women teaching STEM in the backwaters
In under-resourced colleges across India, women educators sustain scientific temper, mentor first-generation learners, and navigate constraints with ingenuity.
Reading chaos: How an IIT Delhi hydrologist is rethinking floods and droughts
As climate volatility reshapes India’s rivers and cities, Dhanya CT studies the patterns beneath floods and droughts to build systems of early warning.
How an Anthropologist First Contacted the Sentinelese & Jarawa Tribes
Anthropologist Dr Madhumala Chattopadhyay spent six years in the Andamans and led the first peaceful contact with the Sentinelese and Jarawa in 1991.
Why Marine Conservation in India Needs Fishers, and Consumers, on Its Side
From moonlit turtle patrols in Chennai to reshaping how India eats fish, marine conservationist Divya Karnad has built a people-first model of ocean stewardship.
Falling for the rocks: How Gurmeet Kaur carved a place in global geology
From navigating gendered spaces in academia to shaping global standards on heritage stones, a geologist charts a meteoric rise along a rocky path.
Inside an Indian scientist’s career
Karishma Kaushik’s career trajectory explains why science in India is shaped as much by structure as ambition.
The chemist fighting India’s invisible pollutants
How Prerna Sonthalia Goradia is building molecular filtration systems that target the toxic air and water contaminants that are not always visible.
Saving India’s vanishing wetlands, one marsh at a time
Jayshree Vencatesan’s fieldcraft, people skills and persistence have protected ecosystems which were written off as wastelands.