Assistant Professor (Reader F) @HBCSE_TIFR Formerly at Ruia College, @Penn, @UmassMedical and @TIFRScience. Views my own.

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There's some truly special about kids and the young at heart seeing exhibits across campus! The energy was infectious! 🫶🏼🙌✨ PS: we are waiting for you tomorrow if you missed coming today!
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Your next chapter in fundamental research could start here. Applications are now open for TIFR Graduate School GS-2027, the nationwide entrance examination for PhD and Integrated MSc-PhD programmes at TIFR centres across India. From understanding living systems to exploring the laws of nature, building intelligent systems and advancing mathematical sciences, GS-2027 offers research opportunities across a wide range of disciplines. Programmes include: Biology | Chemistry | Computer Science | Learning, Information & Data Sciences (LIDS) | Mathematics | Physics | Applied Computational Math | Physics of Life | Science Education 📝 Exam on 13 Dec 2026 🗓️ Apply by 25 Oct, 11 PM Fee Waiver Deadline: Oct 11, 11 PM Ready to apply? Scan the QR code or visit: tifr.link/gs-admissions Explore the programmes, eligibility requirements and FAQs before applying. #TIFRGS2027 #GraduateSchool #PhD #Research #Science #HigherEducation #ScienceCareers #Admissions
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A huge day for optogenetics, congratulations to the laureates and all involved! Beyond the discoveries, this work inspired a generation of scientists to probe biology in creative and powerful ways.
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Nobel prize for optogenetics!! @CreminsLab!
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Thank you to mentors and teachers across India, Astronomy Olympiad Cell at HBCSE, National Steering Committee, and Govt of India's funding agencies (DAE, DoS, ISRO, DST and MoE) for their continued support. 🙏 #IOAA2026
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India stood joint 3rd in the medals tally among 64 countries. In the last 5 years, every Indian student has won gold or silver.
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Leaders: Prof. Bhaswati Mookerjea (TIFR Mumbai) & Prof. Sanved Kolekar (IIA Bengaluru) Scientific observers: Prof. Abdul Rahoof K. A. (Sullamussalam Science College) & Mr. Adarsh Reddy Madur (Virtu Financial, Singapore & Past IOAA medalist for India)
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🇮🇳 India shines at #IOAA2026 in Hanoi, Vietnam! 🌟 All 5 students win medals: 4 GOLD + 1 SILVER 🥇 Pranjal Dixit – Hyderabad 🥇 Sumant Gupta – Delhi 🥇 Akshat Srivastava – Gurugram 🥇 Arnav Sehrawat – Faridabad 🥈 Harshil Amitkumar Patel – Vadodara Congratulations, Team India!
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The countdown begins ⏳ Just 2 days to go for our #EMBO conference on Quantitative Tissue Morphogenesis in Alibaug, India! An exciting lineup of speakers, a beautiful venue, and post-monsoon greenery 🌿 Follow the conference with #QTIM26 @TIFRScience @TIFR_Bio @EMBO @EMBOPress
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Bridging the classroom and the research lab. How can contemporary research reshape the way chemistry is taught—and how can classroom learning, in turn, connect students with the questions scientists are exploring today? The Department of Chemical Sciences, TIFR, Mumbai, invites chemistry educators from UGC-affiliated colleges to a workshop bringing together teaching practice, research perspectives and direct interaction with TIFR scientists and students. The programme spans chemical education, chemical biology, experimental learning, sustainability and green chemistry, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and emerging directions in chemistry education. 📅 24 November 2026 | 10:00 AM 📍 AG66, TIFR, Mumbai For details and registration, scan the QR code or visit tifr.link/j2k4h9
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⚠️Quick reminder before the weekend hits! Applications for the Physics & Astronomy Exposure Camp have been extended to september 27 2026 Tags Physics/Astronomy teacher who needs to see this, or apply here 👇 tinyurl.com/apoec-2026
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The Indian team departs for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics. IOAA 2026 will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam from September 25 to October 5. The team (from left to right): Leaders: Prof. Sanved Kolekar & Prof. Bhaswati Mookerjea 1/2
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First year biology undergraduate students: APPLY!! This is a fantastic program for students aspiring to be researchers in biology. Please RT!
Reminder for aspiring biologists! 🧬 Applications for NIUS Biology 2026 are open to first-year Biology undergraduates (B.Sc./Int. M.Sc.). 📅 Dec 1st–10th, 2026 ⏳ Apply by Oct 3, 2026 📍 HBCSE, TIFR, Mumbai
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Reminder: Applications for NIUS Chemistry 2026 are open! 🧪 If you're a second-year undergraduate Chemistry student, don't miss this opportunity to explore, experiment, and learn beyond the classroom. ⏰ Deadline: September 30, 2026 📍 HBCSE, Mumbai 📅 December 21–30, 2026
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Following #NEP2020, workshop aims to empower undergraduate biology faculty with evidence-based pedagogical practice and support them in developing teaching-learning modules and assessment. Apply at: tinyurl.com/fdp-seeding-dber Visit: ber.hbcse.tifr.res.in/ Last date: 15 August 2026
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Camp Dates: October 6–10, 2026 Venue: Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai Last Date to Apply: August 27, 2026 🔗Registration Link: forms.gle/2zCfDydkcHpR78LR7
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Applications are invited from undergraduate biology teachers for a 2-day Faculty Development Program on Seeding Discipline – Based Education Research scheduled at HBCSE on 10-11 Sept, 2026.  Last date Aug 15, 2026. Apply:  tinyurl.com/fdp-seeding-dber Details: ber.hbcse.tifr.res.in
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Teachers exploring mathematical relationships of frequencies in music. ‘Music: what it means?’ learning unit by @aniket_sule #HBCSE #teacherworkshop #vigyanpratibha
Highlights from the Vigyan Pratibha Teachers' Training Workshop for teachers from Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, and Atomic Energy Central Schools from Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat Regions, currently underway at HBCSE from July 21–25, 2026.
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🇮🇳 Outstanding feat by Team India at the 67 International Mathematical Olympiad (#IMO2026) in Shanghai, China! Competing in the largest-ever IMO with 666 students from 117 countries, India secured 2 Gold and 4 Silver medals, achieving an (unofficial) global rank of 7th. 1/5
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It is a matter of immense happiness that in the 37th International Biology Olympiad held in Vilnius, Lithuania, all four Indian team members secured medals, including one Gold. Proud of Bhavyaa Gunwal, Soumil Maity, Nishit Kalani and Anmol Kumar for their success at the Olympiad. They have shown immense knowledge of subjects like Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Animal Physiology, Animal Morphology and Systematics as well as Plant Computational Biology. I am certain that this success will encourage several more youngsters.
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Credit where credit is due — Mr. Mahindra is a class act. Good to see recognition not just for five brilliant kids, but also a modest, patiently built government @DAE programme — one that people like Prof. Arvind Kumar had the vision to set up decades ago.
Absolutely remarkable All five Indian students who participated in the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Colombia, won Gold! Placing India joint #1 in the world alongside China, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan, among 381 students from 87 countries. The champions: Kanishk Jain — Pune Riddhesh Anant Bendale — Indore Rishit Garg — New Delhi Shresth Suraiya — Mumbai Svarit Joshi — Ahmedabad And this comes without the kind of vast, state-organised apparatus that some countries deploy to nurture Olympiad talent. We’re fortunate to have the dedication of the scientists, teachers and mentors at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, who have built a world-class Olympiad programme with only modest resources. But, at the end of the day, the driving force is the raw talent, curiosity & hunger to succeed of these remarkable young minds. I want to say thank you to these Olympians & to everyone who has helped shape their journey for making me so optimistic about India’s future. They’re my #MondayMotivation
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