Undergraduate Research
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The Invisible Inhabitants of Bhopal’s Lakes
Curious about the health of their city’s lakes, Ananya Mukherjee along with Hiya Chakma, Khushi Thakur, Rambhavi Singh, and Vedanshi Gupta set out to find out more about the microbes that live in them.
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People, Plants and Places: A Summer of Ethnobotany
A simple exercise of documenting local vegetation during the summer holidays transformed how three budding biologists view their hometowns, writes Nandita Jayaraj.
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No Raining on the Astro Club’s Parade
Proteep Mallik and his former student, Shravya Shenoy, BSc in Physics (2016 – 19) look back at the origin of the university’s stargazing tradition and how far it’s come.
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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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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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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.