Humanising a writer, translator and revolutionary: Agyeya and the Archives

..This talks covers the life of the writer, translator and revolutionary, Agyeya...[Read More]

Launch of the Leslie Coleman Papers

..This new collection captures the life and work of the agricultural scientist, Leslie Coleman, who is most noted for his contribution towards establishing agricultural education in Mysore in the early 20th century....[Read More]

The Dying Lineage: Politics of Reproduction in the Mahabharata

..I want to use the Mahabharata to take a close look at the crisis of reproduction....[Read More]

Call for Proposals for Jan 2024 exhibition

..Call for proposals for an exhibition at the intersection of design, history, culture and science....[Read More]

India as a Linguistic Civilization: A lecture in three parts

..Why does India have such a language diversity? What has been the nature of various historical encounters between different language families? What makes average Indians multilingual?....[Read More]

European Records of Botanical Medical Knowledge of Southern India: Resources for Contemporary Biomedical Sciences

..This lecture will present excerpts from Portuguese, Dutch and British documents from the 16-18th centuries...[Read More]

Migration and the Making of Language in South Asia

..This lecture will discuss why do humans feel the need to migrate? And why are almost all migrants men?...[Read More]

A Philosophy for Technology

..The session will be an exploration of the human in the world that tech is creating..[Read More]

Contested Terrain: Lawyering for Forest Rights

..This conversation with Radhika Chitkara will attempt to historicize the present moment of rollback of forest rights...[Read More]

Building (for) Biology: The NCBS campus

..We do a ~25-year look back at these buildings for biology, a small attempt to understand the environment built for doing science....[Read More]

Conflicts, Constitutions and Chance

...I seek to complicate this somewhat rosy view of constitutions, and highlight how some of the earliest constitutions were in fact inextricably interlinked with militaries and military heroes...[Read More]

The Archives at NCBS turns five!

...On the occasion of turning five years old, we are delighted to launch a 100,000 new archival objects, a new exhibition, talks, walk-throughs, and more!...[Read More]

Making Things, Doing Science

...This lecture will demonstrate the possibilities of doing fun science using simple materials, and the history of activity based science....[Read More]

Growing with Black Holes and with the People’s Science Movement

...Are people’s science movements complementary to the practice of science? Does the ethos of the two align?...[Read More]

A Century of Watching Indian Birds

...What is the history of ornithology in India, and what role do birdwatchers play in it?...[Read More]

Documentary on India's first woman photojournalist

...In the film, Vyarawalla recollects the stories behind some of her favourite photographs and subjects....[Read More]

Talks about Feminist Science Studies by Gita Chadha

...What does it mean to examine science at multiple levels, using the twin conceptual tools of feminism: gender and patriarchy?....[Read More]

KS Krishnan: A Life in its Myriad Hues

...Biographical talk about KS Krishnan (4.12.1898 - 14.06.1961), the physicist....[Read More]

Scripts and Voices in the Archive

...How do we preserve knowledge about language usage and practice?....[Read More]