Rajesh Gopakumar: Stringing together the forces of nature
We speak to the theoretical physicist, Rajesh Gopakumar, about his early interests, connections between string theory and mathematics, and science policy.
Interviews
2025
Pooja Saxena: The curator of signs
We speak to Pooja Saxena, an award-winning typeface designer, lettering artist and typographer, whose upcoming book documents public signs in Indian cities.
Rashi Lunia wins the HBNI Outstanding Student Award 2025 in Mathematics
Rashi Lunia won the HBNI Outstanding Student Award in Mathematics for her thesis on Arithmetic and analytic aspects of values of L-functions.
Ajaya Kumar Sahoo wins the HBNI Outstanding Student Award 2025 in the Life Sciences
Ajaya Kumar Sahoo won the HBNI Outstanding Student Award in the Life Sciences for his thesis on Computational data-driven investigation of chemical exposome and its links to human and ecosystem health.
Philip Maini: Holding a mathematical lens to biological complexity
Philip Maini is the Director of the Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, who uses mathematical models to understand biological processes.
Johannes Köbler: Complexity theory and a three-decade long collaboration
Johannes Köbler is a Professor at Humboldt University, Berlin who has been making yearly excursions to IMSc to collaborate on research problems in complexity theory.
Yakov Eliashberg: Unfolding insights from a life in mathematics
Yakov Eliashberg is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. We caught up with him to talk about symplectic geometry, research in mathematics, and his personal journey.
2024
Olaf Beyersdorff: A researcher with a recurrent academic home in Chennai
Olaf Beyersdorff is a Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. We caught up with him on his recent visit to chat about his research on proof complexity, and an enduring association with IMSc.
Shweta Jain: At the intersection of game theory and machine learning
Shweta Jain is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. Bharti Dharapuram caught up with her at the ACM school on ‘An Invitation to Algorithmic Game Theory’ to talk about her research and academic journey.