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Communications & Program Coordinator, Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Reseaech, India
Member, Scientific Committee & Co-Chair, DEIA Sub-Committee, The Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST)
Biography:
Siddharth Kankaria works at the intersection of science communication research, practice, and teaching in India, with a special interest in developing intersectional science engagement practices for the Global South.
Siddharth currently works as the Communications & Program Coordinator at NCBS Bangalore and serves on the Scientific Committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network. He holds a BS (Research) in Biology from the Indian Institute of Science, an MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement from the University of Edinburgh, UK. Siddharth has more than 8 years of experience working with organisations such as Research Matters, Edinburgh International Science Festival, Pint of Science, Proteus, and EuroStemCell, and and is also the founder of SciCommSci Club – a flagship initiative for engaging with the science of science communication.
Siddharth spends his time exploring the research/practice/teaching continuum within science engaement; contributing to mentorship, capacity-building & socila justice efforts; and building policy, infrastructure and communities of practice around science-society interfaces. He can be reached at siddharthk[at]ncbs[dot]res[dot]in or on most social media platforms at @SiddhrthKnkaria.
Courses:
Connecting Science and Society | Course and project module for the Lodha Genius Program at Ashoka Univeristy | Summer 2023 | https://www.lodhageniusprogram.com/course-abstracts.html
Fundamentals of Science Communication | 2 credit course at NCBS Bangalore | Fall 2022 | https://www.ncbs.res.in/course/aug-term-2022/fundamentals-science-communication
Fundamentals of Science Communication | 1 credit course at IIT Gandhinagar | Summer 2022
The Craft of Science Communciation | 5-day workshop at BLiSC India | Summer 2019 | https://news.ncbs.res.in/community/crafting-communication-%E2%80%93-recollections-blisc-workshop
Publications:
Kankaria, S. (2024). Through the ‘queering’glass: looking at science communication from a queer lens. Journal of Science Communication, 23(03), R01-1.
Kankaria, S., Fleerackers, A., Escalón, E., Stengler, E., Wilkinson, C., & Kreutzer, T. (2024). Teaching to bridge research and practice: perspectives from science communication educators across the world. Journal of Science Communication, 23(2), N03.
Ghassemi, M., Birhane, A., Bilal, M., Kankaria, S., Malone, C., Mollick, E., & Tustumi, F. (2023). ChatGPT one year on: who is using it, how and why?. Nature, 624(7990), 39-41. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03798-6
Kankaria, S., Chakraborty, A., & Manna, A. (2023). Making Knowledge Visible: Artisans, Craftsmen, Printmakers, and the Knowledge Sharing Practices of 19th-Century Bengal. In Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication (pp. 222-238). Bristol University Press. https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book/9781529226829/ch014.xml
Kankaria, S. (2023). Making a case for an Indian SciComm conference: Reflections from PCST 2023, IndiaBioscience website. Jul 10, 2023. https://indiabioscience.org/columns/indian-scenario/creating-dedicated-communities-of-practice-for-indian-scicomm-reflections-from-an-international-science-communication-conference
Duca, E., Klinkert, A., Cutajar, C., Rea, H., & Kankaria, S. (2021). Mentor, mentees & public engagement. 16th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2020+1), Virtual Global Conference, 26-28 May 2021. https://www.pcst.network/slug/mentors-mentees-and-public-engagement/
Kankaria, S. (2021). ‘Visible’ but not yet ‘Celebrities’: The Case of Indian Scientists during COVID-19. 16th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2020+1), Virtual Global Conference, 26-28 May 2021. https://www.pcst.network/slug/visible-but-not-yet-celebrities-the-case-of-indian-scientists-during-covid19/
Kankaria, S. & Manna, A. (2021). An Inclusive History of Science Communication. Lifeology University SciComm Program, Lifeology Inc. https://app.us.lifeology.io/viewer/lifeology/scicomm/a-brief-history-of-science-communication
Kankaria, S., Basha, C. B., Singh, V., Champak, S., Kapoor, Y., Anam, Z., Kaushik, A. K., Khan, F. (2020). Policy Recommendations for Strengthening Indian SciComm, SciCommSci Club and Science Policy Forum. https://thesciencepolicyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Policy-Recommendations-for-Strengthening-Indian-SciComm-Updated.pdf
Bhatter, N., Roy, R., Shah, S., Sastry, S. P., Parbin, S., Iyappan, R., Kankaria, S. & Rajyaguru, P. I. (2019). Arginine methylation augments Sbp1 function in translation repression and decapping. The FEBS Journal, 286(23), 4693-4708. https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/febs.15057
