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A tale of two awardees
In many respects Krishna Ella and Elon Musk are poles apart but on some they share a few similarities. Both of them have played along with nationalist elements in their respective national governments in order to further their agendas, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Appa Rao Podile, Bharat Biotech, Covaxin, COVID-19 pandemic, Dorothy Bishop, Elon Musk, Indian National Science Academy, Krishna Ella, Millennium Plaque of Honour, Royal Society
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A question about India’s new science prizes
really deserving candidates In a meeting chaired by Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla on September 16 and attended by senior members of the various science departments of the national government (DST, DBT, etc.), the Union government eliminated hundreds of awards … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajay Bhalla, Appa Rao Podile, Brian Skinner, Gagandeep Kang, M Jagadesh Kumar, prestige bias, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rakesh Mishra, science prize
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Why it’s important to address plagiarism
Plagiarism is a tricky issue. If it’s straightforward to you, ask yourself if you’re assuming that the plagiariser (plagiarist?) is fluent in reading and writing, but especially writing, English. The answer’s probably ‘yes’. This is because for someone entering into … Continue reading
Why are the Nobel Prizes still relevant?
Note: A condensed version of this post has been published in The Wire. Around this time last week, the world had nine new Nobel Prize winners in the sciences (physics, chemistry and medicine), all but one of whom were white … Continue reading
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Appa Rao Podile made fellow of science academy that published his problem paper – some questions
Appa Rao Podile, the former vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, has been elected a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in spite of one of his three papers – which The Wire had identified in April 2016 as containing evidence of … Continue reading
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Tagged Appa Rao Podile, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Science Congress, Millennium Prize, plagiarism, research misconduct, Rohith Vemula, science academies, Subhash Lakhotia
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The Indian Science Congress has gutted its own award by giving it to Appa Rao Podile
An award of the Indian Science Congress has become subverted into becoming an instrument of negotiation for political agents: “You let me interfere in your duties, I will give you a fancy-sounding award”. Continue reading
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Tagged ABVP, Appa Rao Podile, Avula Damodaram, BJP, Chandrababu Naidu, Millennium Plaque of Honour, Mukund Thattai, Nobel laureates, Nobel Prize, plagiarism, research misconduct, Rohith Vemula, Sri Venkateswara University, University of Hyderabad, Venkaiah Naidu
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Podile, plagiarism, politics
If Appa Rao is the first politically appointed VC at the University of Hyderabad, how can anything he does not be examined through a political lens? Continue reading
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Tagged Appa Rao Podile, BS Rajput, Chandra Krishnamurthy, plagiarism, research misconduct, Rohith Vemula, scientific literature, University of Hyderabad
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