ANGELA SAINI

Angel Saini Indian - Punjabi : born in London in 1980

Holds two masters degree 

Engineering from the university of Oxford

Science and Security from King's College London

Achievements: 

Worked as a reporter with BBC

2008 : Prix CIRCOM  for her investigation of fake Universities, focusing on Irish International University

2009 : Named European science Journalist of the year by the Euroscience Foundation

2012 : Association of British Science Writers  Award for best news

2015 : Won the American Association for the achievement of Science Gold Award

Author of two books

Geek Nation : How Indian Science Is Taking Over The World     (Published 2011)
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research  That's Rewriting the Story
What are you ? The Mad Science Of Race - and Its Fatal Return ( Scheduled for 2019)


Sani discovers that many of society's traditional beliefs about women are built on shaky grounds
She writes " In the history of science we have to hunt for women and the story of women in science is a story of persistence
In her words
" Really , for me, writing this book has changed my life. I think of the world completely differently now. I'd read feminist literature throughout my life, but it was really the science that awakened the feminism in me because it made me see just what gross injustice had been done against women. For all intents  and purposes, we have the same capabilities as men, intellectually and cognitively , and yet we've been held back for thousands of years"

GOOGLE SCALES UP WOMAN LED START UP NERAMAI

NERAMAI  Health Analytix : A women led startup by Dr. Geetha Manjunath, who is a co-founder and CEO.

This start up ventures Google in nurturing at its 'Launchpad Accelerator' in India

This include ventures that use artificial Intelligence to detect cancer.


Google organised a ' Start Up Boost Camp'   in January where Geetha Manjunath could able to pitch her start up Nirmal Health Analytix

She received metering from the likes of  the former executive chairman of Aiphabet Mr. Eric Schmidt. Vint Cerf and Peter Norvig who are internet pioneers.and Googles director of research and an expert in artificial intelligence Peter Norvig.

At metering section Dr. Manjunath received guidance for her venture to serve rural and poor people to detect cancer free of charge

This is a six month accelerate programme matches young companies from emerging ecosystem with the best of its people, network and advanced technologies to help improve their products. It helps connect with U.S.Niramai which had developed an artificial intelligence based solution for detecting early stage breast cancer. The company calmed a free radiation procedure which is low coast  and portable solution can be deployed in even rural camps

Fimbristylis agasthyamalaensis

Researchers 
1. A.R Viji ( Post doctoral fellow)
2. T.S. Preetha

University college Thiruvananthapuram

With the backup of Kerala State Council of Science, Technology and Environment


Published in the International Journal for botanical systematics and biodiversity         ' PHYTOTAXA'






A new add on to our biodiversity reserve

Spotted at  marshy grass lands at Agastyr mala ,Ponmudi. Thituvanathapuram. Kerala, India

Classified as sedge, the grass like plant

Family : Cyperaceae
Used as Medicine or as Fodder
In India 122 species are there,  among them 87 are reported from Western Ghats

Since this species is confronted in a small area and highly prone to wild grazing , it is referred  as highly endangerd by the authors. Hence they recommenced a preliminary conservation.

Similar to F.onchnidiocarpa in its inflorescence

But detailed study lead to the conclusion that it is a new species

Supersonic Jets of IAF by Women pilots

19th February 2018

Avani Chathrvedi became the first woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

She flew a MIG -21 Bison aircraft in her first solo fight. The photo was tweeted by the officials has been taken after her solo sortie

" It is the breaking of a glass ceiling" spokesperson Anupam Banerjee told the BBC . He called it a big day in the history of the country's armed forces

Avani Chathrvedi , Bhavana Kanth and Mohana singh

On June 2016 for the first time women combat pilots were commissioned  in the Indian Air Force by defense minister Manohar Parrikar 

 "We are lucky to have been the first three women fighter pilots. It could have been anypne else" they told to the media after being commissioned

Avani : Daughter of an executive engineer and a home maker started at the college flying club. She puts as her work in IAF  is a golden opportunity. She is  already a fighter instructor who trains in a  twin seat MiG -21 type 69. at the Suratgarh airbase.

Bhavana:   Hails from Darbhanga in Bihar. Daughter of an Engineer and a home maker was following her child hood dream. According to her this is the best and biggest thing that has happened to her. She wanted to fight for the nation and make her parents proud. She will take charge in Ambala airbase soon.

Mohana :  Hails from Jhunjhunu in Rajastan . Daughter serving in IFS and grandfather in Aviation research center , this opportunity  does not come to Mohana as a coincidence. She describes once as " stars in the dark sky above and clusters of light on the dark ground beneath " where she remembered her instructors words " Trust your instruments" made her resolve the situation. She is now with Hawk advanced jet trainers at the Kalaikunda airbase.

We are Proud of you three who are going to go solo soon in supersonic jets

Varanasi 's climatic change on Humans

" NIDHI SINGH "  Scientist  doing her  integrated M.Phil  at the Institute of Environmental and Sustainable development at Banaras Hindu University.

Nidhi is born and brought up at Banaras otherwise called as Varanasi. She is determined to do some thing for her native by indulging the strength of science.

As a climate change scientist she works on statistical climate modals which can predict future climatic conditions.

Further more these models can provide forecast  for parameters such as humidity and temperature.

Nidhi  is particular about Varanasi, and how its affects the people residing there.

According to her
" We know that climatic parameters play an important role in the spread and transport of diseases such as tuberculosis, diarrhea, malaria, black fever and pneumonia. A person having cardiac issues can get troubled in high temperatures like 48-50C .Heat stress is another problem due to dehydration in extreme temperatures"


She collected the data of health from local hospitals in Varanasi. She need to follow up with the patients for three more years. So need additional survey doing by herself.

After collecting all these data she can make a result of  diseases verses climatic change in the residents of Varanasi.



" Once we have good research based on specific data, local communities can take seasonal mitigate steps like widening sewers and directing the flow of water. Policies and plans the government makes are based on the data that scientists have done research on . So, unless and until we have knowledge on particular areas it would be tough to deal with problems locally"

KARIMARAMTHODU Pathanamthitta , Kerala

R. GIRIJA : District Collector : Pathanamthitta.

" There is a stream flowing through everyone's life"

Once Karimaramthodu a natural stream was flowed vigorously around the paddy fields of Aranmula puncha.

 It was filled up a decade  ago for a private airport project.

Protest of all party action council against the airport project.

The authorities did not get environmental and civil aviation approvals

Mr. Mohanan , a farmer ,responded to it by moving to the High Court .

He got a direction from the court to the government to implement an order of  2012 to restore the stream.

Again in 2014 the court said the collector should do the job with in a month.

The work started  on June 29 , 2015, but was not active

Ms R. Girija , took over on August 22, 2016 as the district collector of Pathanamthitta .

The excavation of earth was done for 1.8 hectors

She coordinated with Transport, water authority and railways for the disposal of the excavated earth economically.

A royalty revenue of    Rupees 8.8 lakh is received against 44,000 tones of  excavated earth .

The Karimaramthodu , a natural stream flow again by the determination of  the Lady District Collector Ms R. Girija