Student Research Conclave 2023
Student Research
The programmes at Azim Premji University encourage research in more ways than one
Do you think you can differentiate between an ant and a spider? Are you curious about studying the structure of milk? Do you want to image super thin nanofilms? Get to the core of instrumentation and build affordable microscopes. Learn to build your own equipment and set up your own experiments, rather than using ready-made ones that often serve as nothing more than a black box.
Find resources that wouldn’t drown you in the depths of scientific concepts and learn to read and interpret complicated texts in colourful, engaging ways.
Glimpses of student research
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Eureka from the Cardboard House
Shreyansh Tripathy, Sourabh Panda and Kinshuk Ghosh, with Kripa Gowrishankar, managed to “see” sound after recreating an old experiment called Schlieren imaging.
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The Worm That Cannot Be Named: Pond Today, Gone Tomorrow (Part-II)
After discovering a strange organism in their backyard, a group of young biologists grapple with a pandemic and climate change to keep their investigations going.
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The Worm That Cannot Be Named: A New Species in Sompura? (Part I)
Unidentified creature in local pond sparks biodiversity exploration and climate change awareness among biology students
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Double Pendulum: Chaos in the Physics Lab!
With a few pieces of wood and the resolve to go beyond theory, Ramkrishna Joshi, Anoosha C, and Durga Machavallavan built a double pendulum. And their project just won them national recognition.
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Peacocks Don’t Fade: The Science of Structural Colours
Explore how Akshara’s boundary-defying physics project led to the inclusion of a new lab component in a biology course.
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Learn, Practise, Reflect, Repeat
Field research and experiences of MA Development students
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Not a Lost ‘Caws’: Listening to the Corvids of Sarjapura
Studying crows may not change the world, but it certainly changed Aum Sarang Prabhune and Krishnapriya Tamma.
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Navigating the Educational Landscape
MA Education students share their Field Practice experiences
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From flatworms to diagnostics: Praveen Talari’s story
Nandita Jayaraj explores how an undergraduate research project shaped Praveen Talari’s (BSc in Biology, 2017 – 19) journey in science.
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Retracing Galileo’s Footsteps — An Experiment in Physics
How high would a ball dropped from the highest building in the University campus bounce? A group of physics students and faculty members at Azim Premji University found out for themselves.
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Biology Research: The curious case of the ant-mimicking spider
Nandita Jayaraj explores how one crafty arachnid and two inquisitive ecologists, Divya Uma and Krishnapriya Tamma, inspired Nimish Anil, an undergraduate student of biology, to pursue a life in research.
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iThink Biology: A living, breathing textbook that is free for all
Sravanti Uppaluri talks to Nandita Jayaraj about iThink Biology, an online textbook created by the Biology faculty at Azim Premji University that invites undergraduate students to see biology in a way they never have before.
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Know five reasons why physicists like microscopes
Rema Krishnaswamy, physicist and keeper of microscopes at Azim Premji University, shares ways in which microscopes are useful in Physics and how it led to the initiation of the microscopy facility at Azim Premji University, with Nandita Jayaraj.
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No lockdown for Physics during the COVID-19 pandemic
While many institutions resorted to simulations to cope with online science education during the pandemic, the teachers at Azim Premji University tried to keep things real. One of them, Richard Fernandes, shares stories from behind the scenes with Nandita Jayaraj.