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A modest reallocation and faster administrative reforms will keep talent at home, speed up research outputs, and make science a realistic option for students who now view it as a risk (Illustration: C R Sasikumar)

As a STEM researcher and student, I would leave India — and that breaks my heart

November 26, 2025 5:30 pm

Instead of focusing on the question, 'How do we bring back the best?' the government must find answers to the more urgent question: ‘Why does the system make staying so difficult?’

The lingua of power: English and the making of modern India

August 05, 2025 11:48 am

Contrary to popular belief, English did not enter India purely as the language of the Empire; it first arrived in the early 17th century as the language of trade.

Vanishing voices of the mountains: The struggle to preserve Pahari languages

August 28, 2025 3:15 pm

Spoken by millions in the regions of the Western Himalayas, Pahari languages remain unrecognised in India’s official language policies. As younger generations turn to Hindi and English, community elders and linguists fight to keep local tongues alive.

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5 Indian biologists among 11 receive European fellowship for advanced biological research

December 13, 2024 10:23 pm

For the first time this year, Gyaviira Nkurunungi from Africa has joined the network.

Life in an IIT: Robin plans to set up a career consultancy focused on empowering rural girls, helping them break the cycle of limitations that she once faced

Life in an IIT | From rural roots to rocket science, this IIT Madras PhD student shares her journey

November 12, 2024 1:26 pm

Robin Rathi faced several challenges. Being a woman born in a rural area of Uttar Pradesh, life threw several challenges at her. But her resolve to make a difference helped her bag several achievements.

The agreement was signed by Professor Preeti Ranjan Panda, dean, corporate relations and Professor Naresh Bhatnagar, dean (R&D), IIT Delhi and Udit Kumar, senior vice president and director, HCIL in the presence of Professor Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi and Takuya Tsumura, president and CEO of HCIL

IIT-Delhi, Honda joint to advance technologies in cooperative intelligence

September 12, 2024 9:11 am

Aiming to achieve further advancement of CI, Honda and IIT Delhi have set joint research themes such as recognition of the surrounding environment and cultivation of cooperative behavior, and will conduct joint research and development while utilizing cutting-edge AI technologies.

We've discovered a gene for trust – here's how it could be linked to good health

June 08, 2024 4:46 pm

With genetic data and information on our participants' propensity to trust strangers, we conducted the largest genome-wide association study (studies linking traits with genes) of social trust to date.

School Report Cards: The Gallup poll findings underscore that trend, pointing to families who may not realize they should take action about their child's academic performance

'Are school report cards telling enough?'

November 16, 2023 9:23 am

Report cards, which many parents rely on for a sense of their children's progress, might be missing the whole picture, researchers say.

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Bengaluru: NCBS launches Rohini Nilekani Centre for Brain and Mind for research on severe mental illnesses

July 04, 2023 8:06 pm

Rohini Nilekani, chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, unveiled the plaque to mark the inauguration of the centre on the NCBS campus. In May this year, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies announced the grant of Rs 100 crore to the NCBS and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) to set up the centre.

Cabinet approves 'National Research Foundation' to promote research in universities: What will the NRF do?

June 30, 2023 4:34 pm

The NRF will foster a culture of research and innovation in India’s universities and colleges.

RESEARCH VIDEOS

Muslim girl researches on Vishnu Puran

January 14, 2016 12:30 pm

Rajkot, Jan 14 (ANI): A visually-impaired muslim girl Sida Ruksana is pursuing Master of Philosophy in Vishnu Puran. Ruksana asserted that despite being a muslim, she chose Vishunu Puran as her research topic as religion and education are not correlated. Professor of Sanskirt Bhawan (Saurashtra University), MK Moliya said that Ruksana herself proposed to take up Vishnu Puran as her research topic.