Members of the Panel as constituted by the Academy
Chair person
Tole, Shubha is a Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Her areas of specialization are neuroscience; developmental biology. (Email: shubhatole@ gmail.com)
Panel members
Dr Shinjini Bhatnagar, is a Dean Clinical Research/Scientist H+, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad. Her specialization in Health Sciences. (Email: shinjini.bhatnagar@thsti.res.in, shinjini.bhatnagar@gmail.com)
Godbole, Rohini Madhusudan, is a Professor, Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Her areas of specialization are elementary particle physics; field theory; phenomenology. (Email: rohini@iisc.ac.in; godbolerm@gmail.com)
Inamdar, Maneesha Shreedhar, is a Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawahar Lal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru. Her areas of specialization are stem cell biology; cardiovascular development; hematopoiesis and angiogenesis. (Email: inamdar@jncasr.ac.in)
Deepa Khushalani is an Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai. Her areas of specialization are Materials Chemistry; Synthesis and characterisation of template mediated formation of novel porous nanomaterials. (Email: khushalani@tifr.res.in)
Shashidhara, Lingadahalli Subrahmanya is a Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research–Pune, Pune. His area of specialization is developmental biology; evolution; genetics. (Email: ls.shashidhara@iiserpune.ac.in)
Sunil Mukhi is a Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research–Pune, Pune. His area of specialization is String Theory, Quantum File Theory, Particle Physics. He is also Chair, Academy Panel on Scientific Values.
We are very sorry to announce the untimely demise of Prof. Charusita Chakravarty, one of the stars of our community of women scientists, at a young age of 52, after a valiant battle with cancer, today on 29th March 2016 in Delhi. May her memory inspire many a young women in the coming years!
Nobel Laureate Sir Tim Hunt's joke about having women in the lab has raised the 'sexism in science' debate again! An article published in 'Mumbai Age'. MORE