Nandita Jayaraj
@nanditaj.bsky.social
Science writer | Co-author & co-founder of Lab Hopping
Been thinking about what it's like to function in an institute in the close aftermath of a student's suicide. I have been there, but it was the 2000s & there was 0 discourse back then. Have things changed? Feel free to DM if you would like to share.
August 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Been thinking about what it's like to function in an institute in the close aftermath of a student's suicide. I have been there, but it was the 2000s & there was 0 discourse back then. Have things changed? Feel free to DM if you would like to share.
India in top 10 at International Mathematical Olympiad 2025, but all-male team 4th year in a row.
Observations from at male:female ratios from #IMO2025 teams
50:50→Cyprus|Cuba|Honduras|UAE|Botswana
2/3→ElSalvador|PuertoRico
2/6→Australia|UK|Slovenia|Costa Rica|Rwanda|Bhutan
Observations from at male:female ratios from #IMO2025 teams
50:50→Cyprus|Cuba|Honduras|UAE|Botswana
2/3→ElSalvador|PuertoRico
2/6→Australia|UK|Slovenia|Costa Rica|Rwanda|Bhutan
July 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
India in top 10 at International Mathematical Olympiad 2025, but all-male team 4th year in a row.
Observations from at male:female ratios from #IMO2025 teams
50:50→Cyprus|Cuba|Honduras|UAE|Botswana
2/3→ElSalvador|PuertoRico
2/6→Australia|UK|Slovenia|Costa Rica|Rwanda|Bhutan
Observations from at male:female ratios from #IMO2025 teams
50:50→Cyprus|Cuba|Honduras|UAE|Botswana
2/3→ElSalvador|PuertoRico
2/6→Australia|UK|Slovenia|Costa Rica|Rwanda|Bhutan
Super lucky to be back at the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate #LINO25, this time as a blogger. My 1st assignment was to write a combined report of two lectures by Chemistry laureates.
1. Moungi Bawendi (quantum dots, 2023)
2. Gregory Winter (antibody pharmaceuticals, 2018)
1. Moungi Bawendi (quantum dots, 2023)
2. Gregory Winter (antibody pharmaceuticals, 2018)
June 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Super lucky to be back at the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate #LINO25, this time as a blogger. My 1st assignment was to write a combined report of two lectures by Chemistry laureates.
1. Moungi Bawendi (quantum dots, 2023)
2. Gregory Winter (antibody pharmaceuticals, 2018)
1. Moungi Bawendi (quantum dots, 2023)
2. Gregory Winter (antibody pharmaceuticals, 2018)
Recently I learnt abt the 🔺&🔻in our history of "bio" controlling invasive species. We've come a long way since the mongoose disaster. Time to lay down toxic sprays & give classical biocontrol a fair chance?https://india.mongabay.com/2025/04/biocontrol-agents-as-a-solution-for-invasive-species/
Biocontrol agents as a solution for invasive species
Twenty years ago, a rust fungus was shipped in from Trinidad and tested for its ability to control India’s ‘mile-a-minute’ weed invasion.
india.mongabay.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Recently I learnt abt the 🔺&🔻in our history of "bio" controlling invasive species. We've come a long way since the mongoose disaster. Time to lay down toxic sprays & give classical biocontrol a fair chance?https://india.mongabay.com/2025/04/biocontrol-agents-as-a-solution-for-invasive-species/
Tens of thousands of school kids were mesmerised by an AR sandbox set up for play at the Azim Premji Uni campus recently. I caught up with Bipin, the remote sensing researcher who built it.
What a way to learn geography!
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/dig-build-le...
What a way to learn geography!
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/dig-build-le...
Dig, Build, Learn: How we Built an Augmented Reality Sandbox
The sandbox, built by Bipin C, became one of the biggest hits at the Mountains of Life festival
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in
April 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Tens of thousands of school kids were mesmerised by an AR sandbox set up for play at the Azim Premji Uni campus recently. I caught up with Bipin, the remote sensing researcher who built it.
What a way to learn geography!
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/dig-build-le...
What a way to learn geography!
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/dig-build-le...
🌸Last month, the country’s leading experts on bioinvasion gathered for a unique meeting to devise ways to combat the scourge of invasive alien species. My report on the meeting here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/news/2025/de...
Dealing with nature’s unwelcome guests
Last month, the country’s leading experts on bioinvasion united for a unique meeting to devise ways to combat the scourge of invasive alien species, reports Nandita Jayaraj.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in
April 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
🌸Last month, the country’s leading experts on bioinvasion gathered for a unique meeting to devise ways to combat the scourge of invasive alien species. My report on the meeting here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/news/2025/de...
🌋A scheme and an institute in its wake.
We need many more follow-ups, and more critical reviews of the schemes that have been launched in our STEM institutes. This one is on the supernumerary scheme. (Part of
@labhopping.bsky.social #HumanIITies series)
We need many more follow-ups, and more critical reviews of the schemes that have been launched in our STEM institutes. This one is on the supernumerary scheme. (Part of
@labhopping.bsky.social #HumanIITies series)
We've all heard about the supernumerary scheme at the IITs, but how successful has it actually been, what is its origin story & where to from here? @STEMthegapindia answers these with 1st hand examples from IIT Delhi. #HumanIITies thelifeofscience.com/2025/03/12/i...
March 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
🌋A scheme and an institute in its wake.
We need many more follow-ups, and more critical reviews of the schemes that have been launched in our STEM institutes. This one is on the supernumerary scheme. (Part of
@labhopping.bsky.social #HumanIITies series)
We need many more follow-ups, and more critical reviews of the schemes that have been launched in our STEM institutes. This one is on the supernumerary scheme. (Part of
@labhopping.bsky.social #HumanIITies series)
We had an insightful February planning this special series for March. Follow off! #HumanIITies
Just in time for #InternationalWomensDay2025 but too impatient to wait... All this month, we have for you enlightening & introspective stories that view IITs in a way we rarely get to. #HumanIITies a special series in collab with the folk at
STEMtheGap.
STEMtheGap.
March 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We had an insightful February planning this special series for March. Follow off! #HumanIITies
Reposted by Nandita Jayaraj
It's the International Day for Women & Girls in Science!
Wish we had a calendar to share with you. But hey, the 5th issue of💡Lightbulbs, our new newsletter, is out soon. Subscribe for monthly short, snappy updates from Indian STEM in your inbox✨
🔗http://eepurl.com/dsDZJb
Wish we had a calendar to share with you. But hey, the 5th issue of💡Lightbulbs, our new newsletter, is out soon. Subscribe for monthly short, snappy updates from Indian STEM in your inbox✨
🔗http://eepurl.com/dsDZJb
February 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It's the International Day for Women & Girls in Science!
Wish we had a calendar to share with you. But hey, the 5th issue of💡Lightbulbs, our new newsletter, is out soon. Subscribe for monthly short, snappy updates from Indian STEM in your inbox✨
🔗http://eepurl.com/dsDZJb
Wish we had a calendar to share with you. But hey, the 5th issue of💡Lightbulbs, our new newsletter, is out soon. Subscribe for monthly short, snappy updates from Indian STEM in your inbox✨
🔗http://eepurl.com/dsDZJb
Really fortunate to be able to spend time on this in 2025 😃
🍾Excited to announce that we are one of the winners of Archives at NCBS's Program for the Archiving of Science and Technology (PAST) 2025-26, which is dedicated to documenting under-represented and marginalised histories in STEM in India.
February 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Really fortunate to be able to spend time on this in 2025 😃
While chatting with the wife of a popular retd prof recently, I asked her if she too was in academia. 'Yeah right' she scoffed (tr from Malayalam) & proceeded to good-humouredly tell me how she was clearly informed at the time of marriage that prof could have no distractions from his work (1/n)
February 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
While chatting with the wife of a popular retd prof recently, I asked her if she too was in academia. 'Yeah right' she scoffed (tr from Malayalam) & proceeded to good-humouredly tell me how she was clearly informed at the time of marriage that prof could have no distractions from his work (1/n)
🐞A new story that stems from my part-time avatar of pesky in-house science reporter at Azim Premji University.
Ecologists Mansi Mungee & Divya Uma talk about how they are channeling their apprehensions about the ongoing insect decline crisis.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/faculty-rese...
Ecologists Mansi Mungee & Divya Uma talk about how they are channeling their apprehensions about the ongoing insect decline crisis.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/faculty-rese...
India's insects: Disappearing in plain sight?
Haunted by the possibility of an insect decline, ecologists of Azim Premji University are doing their best to overturn India’s severe data deficiency problem.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in
February 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🐞A new story that stems from my part-time avatar of pesky in-house science reporter at Azim Premji University.
Ecologists Mansi Mungee & Divya Uma talk about how they are channeling their apprehensions about the ongoing insect decline crisis.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/faculty-rese...
Ecologists Mansi Mungee & Divya Uma talk about how they are channeling their apprehensions about the ongoing insect decline crisis.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/faculty-rese...
Same feelings! Wish it came out so articulately on stage though. Thanks @polybiotique.bsky.social for sharing
Also if women have been bearing disenfranchisement and discrimination for centuries, then 'strong' men can step up and bear a few years of blame to help change the system.
I'm sorry I'm part of your 'jadedness' 😅 not providing a devil advocate perspective here at all
I'm sorry I'm part of your 'jadedness' 😅 not providing a devil advocate perspective here at all
January 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Same feelings! Wish it came out so articulately on stage though. Thanks @polybiotique.bsky.social for sharing
Makes sense
The question is why they take it personally I think. Unless a person is attacked specifically they should understand its a social menace and you are trying to address that.
January 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Makes sense
Spoke at a TedX style event at a tech institute in Bangalore today. After my talk on the gender gap in Indian STEM, an audience member chimed in saying that maybe men aren’t so involved in Women in Science dialogues because these are places were they will be blamed (1/n)
January 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Spoke at a TedX style event at a tech institute in Bangalore today. After my talk on the gender gap in Indian STEM, an audience member chimed in saying that maybe men aren’t so involved in Women in Science dialogues because these are places were they will be blamed (1/n)
Have done a few Malayalam interviews as part of my scicomm over the years and it always gives me a thrill as I am able to envision a future where I am properly biliterate.
Transcribing is a pleasurably painful activity though :)
Transcribing is a pleasurably painful activity though :)
January 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Have done a few Malayalam interviews as part of my scicomm over the years and it always gives me a thrill as I am able to envision a future where I am properly biliterate.
Transcribing is a pleasurably painful activity though :)
Transcribing is a pleasurably painful activity though :)
Been working on a story on insect decline & it's all looking rather grim. Feel wistful & foolish abt all the years I wasted being afraid of insects. Especially after watching rewatching the trailer of this documentary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7M7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7M7...
Nocturnes | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Grasshopper Film
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Been working on a story on insect decline & it's all looking rather grim. Feel wistful & foolish abt all the years I wasted being afraid of insects. Especially after watching rewatching the trailer of this documentary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7M7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7M7...
science conference or sci fi conference 👀
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India's most thought provoking science tech society conference
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January 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
science conference or sci fi conference 👀
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synapseconclave.com/home
Come listen to me try to talk about the beauty & impact of patterns encountered during our lab hopping quest. At
@IIITB_official during their #Confluence25 on Jan 18.
Tickets here: insider.in/confluence25...
@IIITB_official during their #Confluence25 on Jan 18.
Tickets here: insider.in/confluence25...
January 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Come listen to me try to talk about the beauty & impact of patterns encountered during our lab hopping quest. At
@IIITB_official during their #Confluence25 on Jan 18.
Tickets here: insider.in/confluence25...
@IIITB_official during their #Confluence25 on Jan 18.
Tickets here: insider.in/confluence25...
I work part-time as resident scicommer at Azim Premji University's Bangalore campus, recording and publishing science stories—often lighthearted, sometimes experimental, occasionally nesy. Since I'm trying out life (almost) without X in 2025, I will start posting these here ↓
January 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I work part-time as resident scicommer at Azim Premji University's Bangalore campus, recording and publishing science stories—often lighthearted, sometimes experimental, occasionally nesy. Since I'm trying out life (almost) without X in 2025, I will start posting these here ↓
Pleased that my first live event of 2025 will be at Mysore on Jan 4, in honour of Lise Meitner. Talks will be in Kannada and English, followed by a Kannada play on the nuclear physicist. Look fwd to meeting new ppl & testing if my Kannada aptitude has improved at all in 2024 :)
December 31, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Pleased that my first live event of 2025 will be at Mysore on Jan 4, in honour of Lise Meitner. Talks will be in Kannada and English, followed by a Kannada play on the nuclear physicist. Look fwd to meeting new ppl & testing if my Kannada aptitude has improved at all in 2024 :)
Really really enjoyed Sriram V's column in today's paper which offers some fascinating snippets into the history of Arcot Road, a road that I travelled daily on my 37G bus for two memorable years. #Chennai #PublicTransport #History
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Tracing the history of old roads in Madras
Discover the historical stories behind road names in Chennai, including Arcot Road, Bengali Bazaar, and Pondicherry Road.
www.thehindu.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Really really enjoyed Sriram V's column in today's paper which offers some fascinating snippets into the history of Arcot Road, a road that I travelled daily on my 37G bus for two memorable years. #Chennai #PublicTransport #History
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Despite everything that is wrong with the Nobel Prizes, I'm still full of excitement on announcement week every year. Not as much for the Indian science prizes though (1/n)
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Despite everything that is wrong with the Nobel Prizes, I'm still full of excitement on announcement week every year. Not as much for the Indian science prizes though (1/n)
Kicking off my blue sky with this fun (I think) new video series. #scicomm #nobelprize2024
🥩Chemistry Nobel with Aahana Ganguly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-I...
🪱Medicine Nobel with Sravanti Uppaluri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vs...
🤖Physics Nobel with R Ramanujam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LCq...
🥩Chemistry Nobel with Aahana Ganguly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-I...
🪱Medicine Nobel with Sravanti Uppaluri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vs...
🤖Physics Nobel with R Ramanujam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LCq...
November 15, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Kicking off my blue sky with this fun (I think) new video series. #scicomm #nobelprize2024
🥩Chemistry Nobel with Aahana Ganguly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-I...
🪱Medicine Nobel with Sravanti Uppaluri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vs...
🤖Physics Nobel with R Ramanujam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LCq...
🥩Chemistry Nobel with Aahana Ganguly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-I...
🪱Medicine Nobel with Sravanti Uppaluri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vs...
🤖Physics Nobel with R Ramanujam:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LCq...