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These are the women in science to watch out for in India today

Sandhya Ramesh - 11 February, 2020

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020, here is a list of contemporary women pioneers in the field ThePrint has profiled over the last two years.

How mega science projects could help India become a $5 trillion economy

Archana Sharma - 21 January, 2020

Industries based on physics & mega science projects reportedly generate over 16% of the total turnover in Europe, topping contributions from financial services.

CERN scientist Archana Sharma says Indian girls need more female role models in STEM

Mohana Basu - 15 December, 2019

CERN scientist Archana Sharma, who was part of the team that discovered Higgs Boson in 2012, tells ThePrint what brings her back to India every 6 weeks.

Know coding like you know alphabets — Modi govt’s scientific education vision for students

Mohana Basu - 11 December, 2019

Modi govt has started conducting CodeIndia workshops as it plans a new school-level curriculum in computer programming.

First mega-science show begins in Mumbai, on agenda Big Bang theory & evolution of stars

Sandhya Ramesh - 8 May, 2019

The multi-city exhibition, Vigyan Samagam, will have displays about humankind’s major discoveries, and India’s role in global scientific projects.

Get a glimpse of the Big Bang, explore LIGO as CERN brings travelling exhibit to India

Aswin Sekhar - 2 May, 2019

For the first time, Geneva-based CERN is bringing its flagship travel science exhibition to India, which will be on show in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Delhi.

A bigger Hadron Collider can wait & the money put in other scientific endeavours

Faye Flam - 31 March, 2019

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder advocates it might not be a bad idea to take time to rethink the next big step in science, while saving money that could go to other scientific endeavours.