T.V. Padma: Against the Odds - Indian science and science journalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JChwqjUl3aY
Published on May 29, 2017
Public talk at the HITS Colloquium, May 10, 2017, Studio Villa Bosch,
Heidelberg/Germany.
T.V. Padma, a science journalist based in Delhi, gives a comprehensive
overview on science and science journalism in India, from the dawn of
Independence until today. On the one hand, India is recognized for its
achievements in science, on the other hand it struggles with third-world
problems like high infant death rates or drinking water problems. T.V.
Padma refers how science has been and is covered in India. Against the
odds, she claims, India´s science is forging ahead, and Indian science
journalists try to cope with the infrastructural and organizational
challenges and with the communication bottlenecks. Some of their
problems are common to science journalists worldwide; others have a more
specific context.
2:05 Overview of India and Indian science in the global context
26:50 Overview of media in India
31:46 Science coverage in Indian media
41:47 Challenges
49:25 Signs of hope
T.V. Padma has been working for Nature, Nature India, New Scientist,
Physics World, BioWorld, and other outlets since 2014. Before, she had
worked as a science correspondent at India’s leading news wire agency,
Press Trust of India (PTI), and later on served as the first South Asian
news editor/regional head of SciDev.Net. https://tvpadma.contently.com/
Since February 2017, T.V. Padma has been Journalist in Residence 2017 at
HITS, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies.
https://www.h-its.org/en/press/journalist-in-residence-program/
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