G V Pavan Kumar

Pratidhvani - Humanizing Science

Science EN ↓ 132 episodes

Namaste, Hola, & Welcome from G.V. Pavan Kumar. Pratidhvani (ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿ/प्रतिध्वनि) means reflection or resonance (of sound). Here, the aim is to resonate with knowledge & humanize science. The podcast conversation has two themes:1) Intellectual journey of scientists, philosophers and historians of science;2) History & Philosophy of Physical Sciences & Technology I am a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. I run this podcast in my personal capacity. Main feed of the podcast: https://historyofscience.in/

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G V Pavan Kumar

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Science

Podcast website

historyofscience.in

Latest episode

Oct 4, 2026

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Episodes

Ep 132: Conversation with Suneeta Vardarajan - Exploring Blackholes with Mathematical Physics | IISER-Pune 04.10.2026

For references with links, see episode 132 : https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 131 : Conversation with Nagarjuna G - Roots of STEM - Philosophy Meets Education| IISER-P/HBCSE-TIFR 17.09.2026

For references and links - See Ep 131 - https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 130: Conversation with Apratim Chatterji - Physics of Soft & Living Matter | IISER Pune 04.09.2026

For references and links, see: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 129: Conversation with Nirmal Viswanathan: Optical Fibers to Singular Optics | University of Hyderabad 27.08.2026

For link and references, see episode 129 here: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 128 - Unified Approach to Physics: A Discussion 17.07.2026

Physics, questions, methods and answers...

Ep 127 - Conversation with Ashutosh Jogalekar : An agentic AI for science, history of science and many more things | Microsoft, Bay Area 12.07.2026

For references, see : https://historyofscience.in/2026/07/12/conversation-with-ashutosh-jogalekar/

Ep 126 - Conversation with Ashna Bajpai: Low Temperature Physics, Magnetic Oxides & Spintronics | IISER Pune 13.06.2026

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Ep 125: Conversation with Prasad Subramanian - Electrical Engineering to Plasma-Astrophysics & Space-Weather 22.05.2026

For references with links, see episode 125 here: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/Explore more: https://historyofscience.in/

Ep 124 - Book Talk - Dileep Mampallil - We May Not Be Alone, Yet Alone 01.05.2026

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Ep 123: Conversation with Binay Panda - Genome Tech, Open Science & Cycling | JNU 17.04.2026

For references, see: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 122 : Conversation with Sanjit Mitra - LIGO-India, Scientifically Speaking... | IUCAA, Pune 26.03.2026

For links and references related to the episode, see: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 121 : Conversation with Sudipta Sarkar - Black Hole Thermodynamics to Gravitational Waves | IIT-G 13.03.2026

References on episode 121: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 120: Conversation with Renny Thomas - Sociology of Science -- An Indian Perspective 26.02.2026

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Ep 119: Conversation with Debarati Chatterjee - North Star of Pint of Science - India | IUCAA, Pune 19.02.2026

Episode links and references: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 118 : Conversation with Siddhesh Kamat - From Cricket to Chemical Biology 12.02.2026

For links and references, see ep 118: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 117: Conversation with Krishnendu Sengupta- Quantum Condensed Matter: Topology, Phase Transitions & Ultra-cold atoms 29.01.2026

For references, see Ep 117 here: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 116: Conversation with Srubabati Goswami - A Remarkable Journey of a Neutrino Physicist | PRL, Ahmedabad 16.01.2026

Links and references in Ep 116: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 115: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla & Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan at IISER-Pune | Thoughts on Scientific Icons 12.01.2026

blog: https://historyofscience.in/2026/01/11/shux-in-iiser-pune/

Ep 114 : Conversation with Chaitanya Athale - Quantifying Biology in the Lab | IISER Pune 03.01.2026

For references see epi 114 : https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 113: Daniel Dennett on Criticism 29.12.2025

blog: https://historyofscience.in/2025/12/28/on-criticism/

Ep 112: Conversation with Satish Patil - Polymer Chemistry to Organic Electronic Devices | IISc 29.11.2025

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Ep 111: Conversation with A.R.Venkatachalapathy - Writing History as a Bilingual Scholar | Swadeshi Steam & More... 17.11.2025

Links and References: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

Ep 110 - Conversation with Jyotishman Dasgupta - Excited-State Chemistry | TIFR Mumbai 05.11.2025

Further links and references can be found here .

Ep 109 : Conversation with Vijayakumar Chikkadi : Unpacking Soft Matter Physics | IISER Pune 01.11.2025

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Ep 108 : Conversation with Amit Agarwal | Quantum Transport & Theoretical Physics | IIT Kanpur 26.10.2025

References and Links: https://historyofscience.in/2025/03/12/all-episodes/

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