Aashima
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Author of 31 Fantastic Adventures in Science (2019) & Labhopping (2023), cofounded + editing @labhopping, Independent Science Communications
Palampur/Wien
Joined May 2009
The @labhopping book tells the story of severe inequities in Indian science and stands on the solid ground laid by feminist solidarities of many of our sources. A result of over 200 interviews, 7 years of research & investigations with co-author @nandita_j
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Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India
Women’s Day gets reduced to a hashtag, but this story has never been told. #LabHopping is what @nandita_j and @aashimafreidog did, finding Indian women in science doing extraordinary research. This is the book that EVERYONE needs to read. @labhopping
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RT @frontline_india: ESSAY | Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem, writes @aashimafreidog. Ideas meant to challenge colonial power ar….
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Meera Nanda analyses how Hindutva and postcolonial theory undermine rationalism and science, with its effects showing on India’s education policy.
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RT @raunaqsa: In my second piece with @STEMthegapindia, I write about spatial restraints and gender asymmetries. If you wish to know how th….
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A glimpse into how space, layout and infrastructure in an engineering institute produces different experiences for its male and female students…
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RT @frontline_india: #NationalScienceDay | "IITs were, and still are, a very, very male-dominated environment," @Ravinder_IITD tells @aashi….
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From creating women’s faculty networks to spearheading gender audits, Ravinder Kaur discusses her three-decade journey promoting equity at India’s leading technology institute.
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RT @labhopping: Soo. We are springing back to action this month with a special series with @STEMthegapindia .First off, the extended versio….
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RT @nandita_j: Wah, ticketed event. Come listen to me try to talk about the beauty & impact of patterns encountered during @aashimafreidog….
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RT @nandita_j: Popular photo app reminds me that 6 years ago @aashimafreidog and I were at @IITKanpur doing some reporting for the @InSDB_7….
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RT @queersprings: On what would have been her birthday, a moving tribute to the phenomenal phenomenologist Rohini Godbole by @labhopping co….
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The beloved phenomenologist leaves a large intellectual legacy that the Indian science community can continue to be proud of.
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It has been an honour to write about the indomitable spirit of Rohini Godbole.
On what would have been Rohini Godbole's 72nd birthday, we publish @aashimafreidog 's tribute to her, featuring details of her scientific work⚛️recollections of her collaborators💭friends and admirers❤️🩹
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RT @IISERPune: 11th Annual Homi Bhabha Memorial #PublicLecture hosted by @IiserPphysics will be given by Prof. Rama Govindarajan from @icts….
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RT @Pavan_KumarGV: Here is a copy of the full book:. LILAVATI'S DAUGHTERS . coedited by Rohini Godbole & Ram Ramaswamy . .
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RT @labhopping: Hi. Meet💡Lab Hopping Lightbulbs, a new newsletter featuring ideas on inclusivity & Indian science. ↪To subscribe, submit yo….
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RT @labhopping: Thank you for your science and your labour, Rohini. We will miss you sorely💔❤️🔥 #RohiniGodbole.htt….
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RT @labhopping: 🚀1: Track numbers.🚀2: Avoid ‘manels’.🚀3: Partner up.🚀4: Create space for critique.Read the story to know how one conference….
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Any meeting focused on Nobel laureates is bound to suffer representation issues, however the organisers of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting manage to set some positive examples.
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RT @labhopping: Can you spot a Lab Hopper illustrated by the super talented @siddheshgautam on the cover of this new @IndiaBioscience publi….
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RT @theExperi: Happening next week, Sept 19th. We are joined by Dr. Gili Freedman @StMarysMD and Aashima Freidog @aashimafreidog . Be part….
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RT @labhopping: "Some researchers in India have apparently been harassing women for decades. a prominent biologist who handed sexually ex….
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Nature - Nature interviewed 12 female wildlife researchers who say they were harassed while working at conservation organizations in India. Why does the country’s sexual-harassment law sometimes...
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RT @sohinichat: I write about the science of sex testing in sport, and why we are biased against athletes like #ImaneKhelif. Science shows….
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RT @SushantSin: The IITs are being destroyed one step at a time. Union education ministry sending a circular for a private body, Centre for….
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RT @nandita_j: More than a woman-in-science story, Joan's journey highlights the cost of STEM's obsession with youth. Far too many talented….
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