Re: [silk] Starting a second career

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

You start out excited and then descend into feeling increasingly like an idiot. 
And then things likely change again. In about three and a half years. I don’t 
yet know what comes after that.  藍

But this is much better done as an across the table conversation. 

Jahnavi

Please excuse brevity or typos. Sent from a mobile device.

> On 24-Jul-2021, at 10:18 PM, Alok Prasanna Kumar  
> wrote:
> 
> Read this fascinating piece on the Guardian
> https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jul/14/leaving-burnout-behind-the-pain-and-pleasure-of-starting-a-new-career-in-my-50s
> ?
> 
> ...and wondered if any of you have switched careers later in life (say 20+
> years after one) and what was the experience like.
> 
> Alok
> 
> -- 
> Alok Prasanna Kumar
> Advocate
> Ph: +919560065577

[silk] On higher education and research in Indian universities.

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Dear friends and colleagues,

In order to think more about the state of higher education and research in 
Indian regional universities (as opposed to national institutions), I ended up 
making a film. The film grew out of my research on the beginnings of 
experimental nuclear physics in India, part of which was published as a book 
(Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India). One story that did not 
make it into the book, became this film.
I am delighted to invite you to the online launch of my first film, Cyclotron! 
The film can be watched starting today until 4 October 2020 on the Bangalore 
International Centre screening platform - BIC Streams. 
On Sunday 27 September, I will be in a conversation with Shiraz Minwalla about 
the film for which you may register here.
About the film:Cyclotron is a film about the world’s oldest functional particle 
accelerator and the people who keep it running today. 

Operational in 1936 at the University of Rochester, United States, it was built 
merely three years after the very first cyclotron was built by Ernest Lawrence 
at Berkeley. The entire set-up in Rochester was dismantled and sent to India in 
1967, and is now housed at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. With the 
cyclotron, the regional university became one of the very few places in India 
for research and education in nuclear physics. This was otherwise possible only 
in the facilities of the Department of Atomic Energy. The cyclotron has been 
running for nearly fifty years in Chandigarh. The film explores the life and 
legacy of the machine as well as the struggles and triumphs of its technicians, 
researchers and students; it is also a comment on the state of experimental 
research and higher education in Indian universities.
I much hope that you will be able to watch the film and perhaps we might 
indulge in a discussion on ideas I have raised and missed raising on the topic! 
Warmly, 
Jahnavi Phalkey

Director, Science Gallery BengaluruSir Asutosh Mukherjee Visiting Professor, 
National Institute of Advanced Studies

[silk] On research and higher education in Indian universities.

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Dear friends and colleagues,

I am delighted to invite you to the *online launch
* of my first
film, Cyclotron! The film grew out of my research on the beginnings of
experimental nuclear physics in India, part of which was published as a
book (*Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India*). One story
that did not make it into the book, became this film.

The film can be watched starting today until 4 October 2020
 on the
Bangalore International Centre screening platform - *BIC Streams*.

On Sunday 27 September*,* I will be in a conversation with Shiraz Minwalla
about the film for which you may register here

.

*About the film*:
Cyclotron is a film about the world’s oldest functional particle
accelerator and the people who keep it running today.

Operational in 1936 at the University of Rochester, United States, it was
built merely three years after the very first cyclotron was built by Ernest
Lawrence at Berkeley. The entire set-up in Rochester was dismantled and
sent to India in 1967, and is now housed at the Panjab University,
Chandigarh. With the cyclotron, the regional university became one of the
very few places in India for research and education in nuclear physics.
This was otherwise possible only in the facilities of the Department of
Atomic Energy. The cyclotron has been running for nearly fifty years in
Chandigarh. The film explores the life and legacy of the machine as well as
the struggles and triumphs of its technicians, researchers and students; it
is also a comment on the state of experimental research and higher
education in Indian universities.

I much hope that you will be able to watch the film and perhaps join in the
discussion!

Warmly, Jahnavi

-- 
J A H N A V IP H A L K E Y

Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru
Sir Asutosh Mukherjee Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced
Studies

[silk] Science Gallery Bengaluru is recruiting: please apply/ share.

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Dear all,
We are recruiting for the following positions. Please apply/ share as may be 
relevant:
Positionshttps://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/jobs
   
   - Head of Infrastructure   

   - Head of Administration   

   - Media and Communications Manager   

   - Season Producer   

   - Development Manager   

   - Executive Assistant/ Project Manager   

   - Junior Accountant

Internships
https://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/news/internships-research-assistantships
   
   - Design Intern (4-6 months, preferably an architect)   

   - Communications Intern (8-12 months)   

   - Finance Intern (4 months)   

   - Programme and Research Assistant for our exhibition on water, SUBMERGE (8 
months)   

   - Editorial Assistant for our exhibition on water,SUBMERGE (8 months)   

   - Project Assistant for Re:Collect (12 months)

Mediatorshttps://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/news/now-hiring-call-mediators

Applications will be reviewed starting 18 August 2019 until the positions are 
filled.

Best wishes,


Jahnavi
--
J A H N A V I  P H A L K E YDirector, Science Gallery Bengaluru
Visiting Senior Lecturer in History of Science and Technology
India Institute
King's College London
Strand, 
London WC2R 2LS 

[silk] Open Call for Science Gallery Bengaluru is Live

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Dear all,

 

I am reaching out to you as friends, and future supporters, partners and 
collaborators of Science Gallery Bengaluru.

 

We are delighted to share with you the Open Call for submissions to our first 
season SUBMERGE that has gone live towards a season on ‘water,’ including an 
exhibition, later this year.

 

Some of you attended the brainstorming session we held earlier this year to 
discuss, among other things:




- What is the exhibition on water that should be seen and, more so, experienced 
in Bengaluru?

- How do we frame a conversation on water that goes beyond it’s being seen as a 
resource?

 

Our conversation has shaped the Open Call and we are taking the liberty to 
(again) share a few things that we are reading merely by way of suggestion and 
not meant to be prescriptive in any way.

 

- Please find attached a catalogue from an earlier exhibition on water (Surface 
Tension) organised by Science Gallery Dublin, our sibling in the global network 
of Science Galleries. It will tell you something about the kind of things we 
like to do.

 

- Alok Jha’s The Water Book  (he sums up some of his findings here) and Phillip 
Ball’s H2O: A Biography of Water are books that many of you might have already 
seen and enjoyed. What would it be like for our audiences to experience and 
critique some of their findings and claims?

 

- We want to link with existing long-term projects in the city and elsewhere 
that engage citizens, artists, scholars from the humanities, and scientists in 
an ongoing process of documentation, creative engagement, and dialogue. 

 

We much look forward to proposals and submissions from your colleagues, 
collaborators and from you!

 

In the meanwhile, it would be great if you are able to share further this link 
to the Open Call, and tweet/ share over your chosen social media outlets, as 
you may see fit.




https://opencall.sciencegallery.com/submerge


 

Warmly,

 

Jahnavi 
--
Jahnavi Phalkey, PhDDirector Science Gallery Bengaluru  

Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Hi
Udhay made sure that I remembered to say yes. If this is still on, I will be 
there. All ears.
Jahnavi 

On Monday, January 22, 2018, 7:34:34 PM GMT+5:30, gabin kattukaran 
 wrote:  
 
 On 22 January 2018 at 16:06, Kavita ATD  wrote:

> I get back to Bangalore on Friday late night : (

Some other time then, Kavita :)

-gabin


-- 

Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

  

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY By Anita Desai. New York: Alfred A. Knopf  (1988)
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T BELONG


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On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 2:26:52 PM GMT+1, Suresh Ramasubramanian 
 wrote:  
 
 The first hit gives several leads

>From “Who are the Jews of India?” by Nathan Katz

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWX6pF2PTJwC=PA6=PA6=novel+jew+india=bl=ZaFNW5EiSQ=1mw80hd34qX9T_PO6OMBPwtZ_Nw=en=X=0ahUKEwj1jOetw5_WAhWHNo8KHW_MCPMQ6AEIRzAA#v=onepage=novel%20jew%20india=false

See attached screen grab


On 12/09/17, 4:37 PM, "silklist on behalf of John Sundman" 
 wrote:

    This is a query from Nicole Galland, a friend of mine:
    
    "Can anyone name a novel about Jews in the Arab-World-not-including-Israel? 
Also interested in hearing about novels concerning Jews in India. “
    
    Those of you who read books by Neal Stephenson may recognize Nikki’s name; 
she’s the co-author of Stephenson’s latest, “The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.”
    
    Regards,
    
    jrs
    
    

Re: [silk] Bangalore

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

August. I hope there will be another meeting... 

On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:35 AM, WordPsmith  wrote:
 
 

 Works for me too! 

> On Jun 21, 2016, at 10:46, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Vinit Bhansali 
> wrote:
> 
> I'm in - both for meeting and hosting - Vittal Mallya Road area.
>> Tuesday is the only day that works (have a family thing on Wednesday).
> 
> ​June 28th at your place? I'm in.​
> 
> ​Udhay​
> -- 
> 
> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))


 

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

From what I learned, Sidley was developing an engine for the European market 
that the Indians were going to buy for the Marut. For some reason the project 
was shelved before a credible prototype was developed and the Indians could 
not pay for the development part of the process as a result of which they 
ended up settling for an older model that was not to full design capacity. 
That might explain why it was underpowered and certainly so by around 1985 
when it was decommissioned.


On Monday, August 25, 2014 10:42 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net 
wrote:
 



Production delays I believe, caused by bungling at HAL. So the iaf imported 
sukhoi su7s in a hurry.

The aircraft was also tough as hell but underpowered, so rapidly became 
obsolete without further development, especially as tank had moved on




On 25 August 2014 9:33:19 am Jahnavi Phalkey jahnavi_phal...@yahoo.com wrote:



 I have looked at the German-Argentianian side of the story and the 
 Bangalore side of the story. I do not know why the plane was eventually 
 decomissioned. Is there anyone who might?




 On Sunday, August 24, 2014 10:09 PM, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:


 
 
 On Sun, 2014-08-24 at 15:20 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
 
  On 24 August 2014 1:22:45 pm Jahnavi Phalkey
  jahnavi_phal...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
   Indeed, Suresh. A Kurt Tank design but even more than that, the
  history of
   its making is incredibly interesting.
 
 Is there a fellow military aviation enthusiast in our midst? Double
 welcome if so.
 
 I was fortunate to get the entire official history of this aircraft in a
 book - the last copy that was available. But there is much on the net. A
 remore connection with a precursor of SilkList - that is the BBS CiX -
 which was started by the late Atul Chitnis in Bangalore. In Delhi at
 that time another BBS was run by Kishore Bhargava, a friend of Chitnis
 (and possibly Udhay?)
 
 Kishore Bhargava's father Kapil Bhargava was one of the test pilots who
 flew the HF 24
 
 Here is one story by Kapil Bhargava
 http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1950s/Kapil-Glider.html
 
 Cancelling this aircraft program was one of the worst mistakes made by
 India's aviation planners - a mistake that India has still not recovered
 from
 
 shiv
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[silk] Introducing ...

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Heylo.

It is well known already that if I do not introduce myself properly, Udhay will 
unceremoniously throw me off the list.

Otherwise, I am a historian of twentieth century science and technology - 
especially physical sciences and political economy. My first book was about the 
beginnings of experimental nuclear physics in India, and it is called Atomic 
State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India. 
(http://permanent-black.blogspot.in/2013_06_01_archive.html)

I studied five laboratories (out of fear that I will not find enough to write) 
and wrote only about three! As a result, I might have a documentary film to 
show about the world's oldest functioning atom smasher (cyclotron) in a short 
while. I am still thinking of what I might do with the fifth.

More recently, I started working on an exhibition about science in India for 
the Science Museum in London. Our top idea at the moment is to focus on 
Bangalore. This is what brought me to SilkList - (Thank you, Naresh).

On a good day, I go crazy about cyclotrons, sometimes about a very specific 
jet-fighter, and occasionally about national income accounting. On other good 
days, I lecture at King's College London.

Much looking forward to interacting with you all.

Warmly,

Jahnavi

 
J A H N A V I    P H A L K E Y


Lecturer in History of Science and Technology
King's India Institute
King's College London
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
 
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Re: [silk] Introducing ...

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Thank you, Deepa and Gabin



On Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:22 AM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com 
wrote:
Hi Jahnavi,
    Welcome aboard!



On 23 August 2014 13:06, Jahnavi Phalkey jahnavi_phal...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Heylo.


Which jet-fighter would that be?


The  Hindustan Aeronautics HF-24 Marut!


- Jahnavi


-gabin



-- 

They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.