A few months ago I superannuated, after sixteen years of service at CSIR, of which ten years as Director of CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, formerly known as the Centre...

As I sit before my computer, flashes of memory illuminate my mind. Foremost is the recollection of the sense of intellectual freedom that IISc gave me; the free rein to experiment; to seek...

Very often I am asked this question as to why Indian scientific genes are expressed in Silicon Valley and not in India. Is it because we have a lack of appropriate ecosystem….ecosystem for...

Human genomes are almost identical to one another, except for some variations. The differences could be as small as few hundred locus specific variations between identical twins to as...

Some days back, one of my colleagues asked me to write on this topic and suggested the title of the blog. As I mentioned in my previous blog, children are born scientists, full of...

On 26th September every year, all the young and not so young scientists of India eagerly wait for the announcement of the most prestigious scientific award – the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar...

Prior to present information age, the main role of educational institutions and teachers was to impart information to students. Few were in possession of more information and consequently...

I am often asked “Whom do you consider as your role model in Indian science?” I must say that as a scientist, I was not fortunate enough to find any single individual as role model…A...

In the recent years, there has been a substantial improvement in the standards of science education in school both at primary and secondary levels across the country, even though much...

Tuberculosis (TB) has been with humans since time immemorial. We have been trying to get rid of TB since centuries. Have we done enough? Of course not! TB is still the leading cause of...