Siddharth Kankaria

Position: 
Staff
Institute Name: 
NCBS Bangalore
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Communications & Program Coordinator
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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
 
Science Committee Member & DEIA Sub-Committee Co-Chair, The Netork 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 is the founder of SciCommSci Club. 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, and more than 8 years of work experience in the fields of science communication and public engagement with science.
 
Siddharth spends his time exploring the research-practice-teaching continuum within science engaement; contributing to mentorship, capacity-building & DEIA 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.
 
 
Publications:
 
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., Basha, C. B., Singh, V., Champak, S., Kapoor, Y., Anam, Z., Kaushik, A. K., Khan, F. Policy Recommendations for Strengthening Indian SciComm, SciCommSci Club and Science Policy Forum. 2020. 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
 
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