Appa Rao Podile

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Why are the Nobel Prizes still relevant?

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Note: A condensed version of this post has been published in The Wire. Around this time last week, the world had nine new Nobel Prize winners in the sciences (physics, chemistry and medicine), all bu…

Appa Rao Podile made fellow of science academy that published his problem paper – some questions

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Uncategorized Appa Rao Podile Indian National Science Academy Indian Science Congress Millennium Prize plagiarism research misconduct Rohith Vemula science academies Subhash Lakhotia

Appa Rao Podile, the former vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, has been elected a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in spite of one of his three papers – which The Wire…

The Indian Science Congress has gutted its own award by giving it to Appa Rao Podile

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Uncategorized ABVP Appa Rao Podile Avula Damodaram BJP Chandrababu Naidu Millennium Plaque of Honour Mukund Thattai Nobel laureates Nobel Prize plagiarism research misconduct Rohith Vemula Sri Venkateswara University University of Hyderabad Venkaiah Naidu

An award of the Indian Science Congress has become subverted into becoming an instrument of negotiation for political agents: "You let me interfere in your duties, I will give you a fancy-sounding award".…