Undergraduate Research
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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.