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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Interview

This is a simple Q and A on issues that matter with the experts and practitioners who hold the answers. Interviews are across the various facets of life including politicians, artists, businessmen, academics and social activists.

‘Predicting Earthquake Is A Myth’

Kashmir-born young scientist, Dr Jawad Fayaz, who did his PhD from the University of California, Irvine, USA and worked as a postdoctoral research scientist...

‘We Go For Valve Replacements without Chest Surgery, Something We Could Not Dream About...

Renowned intervention cardiologist Dr Fayaz Shawl, who did the first angioplasty in the US's Military Health System (MHS), and later devised the ‘Shawl Technique’ visited...

‘Our Molecule As A Potential Drug Showed Promising Results In Preventing Prostate Cancer’

Srinagar-born scientist, Dr Hanief Shahjee, provides insights into his research journey in chemistry, encompassing his PhD in bio-sciences and Post Doc in molecular biology...

‘Obesity Is One of The Burning Issues In Today’s World

Born in Kashmir, young post-doctoral scientist, Dr Jameel Lone flew to South Korea for his PhD and is currently busy in his postdoc in...

‘Artificial Intelligence is Another Revolution’

From a state-run secondary school in Srinagar to IBM’s Watson Lab and now the Director of Engineering (AI) at LinkedIn, Dr Faisal Farooq has...

‘In Israel, I Discovered Something Which Was Not Known In Biology For A Long...

Plant physiologist, Dr Autar Mattoo struggled a lot before he landed in the US Department of Agriculture-run Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory at Beltsville, Maryland. In the...

‘We Are Trying to Understand the Pathogen Strategy’

After spending his entire research career at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, Dr M Ayub Qadri has joined IUST as Dean of...

‘We Must Look at Our Past with All Its Dissensions, Pain-learn and Understand the...

With PhD from the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture (1999) and a post-doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022), Dr Hakeem Sameer Hamdni’s...

‘Some Haakh Varieties Have High Anticancer Potential against Prostate and Lung Cancer Cells’

A junior scientist at SKUAST-K, Dr Khalid Zaffar Masoodi is an award-winning biotechnologist who has been working on cancer biology. Founder of Kashmir’s first...

‘Failure In Detecting Early Is The Reason Behind High Mortality Rates In Cancer’.

After spending a lot of time trying to locate the particular molecules that play a role in diverse cancers, Dr Zahida Qamri changed her career path...

‘Our Gut  Is Our Second Brain’

Kashmir neuroscientist, Dr Zahoor Shah, currently teaching at the University of Toledo, Ohio, is investigating the Gut-Brain axis in understanding various brain disorders, including...

‘We Are Nearly Successful In Creating Gene-edited, Cloned Embryos of High Yeilding Pashmina Goats’

Since 1997 when the first cloned mammal was born in Europe, there have been many abortive bids to use the technology in India. It...

‘Rice Can Now Be Grown Without Stagnant Water In A Field’

A teacher, researcher and innovator, Dr Jameel A Khan’s expertise in developing drought-tolerant varieties has helped address climate change challenges. Currently serving as Programme...

“We Created A Rice Variety Having Three Times More Yield”

Hinging hopes and envisioning, New Agricultural and Educational Policy to revolutionize the agricultural output and agro-education in Jammu and Kashmir, Prof Nazir A Ganai, Vice...

‘The Idea That A (urban) Planner Is A Genius With Grand Ideas Is Bogus’

Dr Samina Raja plans cities, towns, and regions to promote health and food equity. An award-winning professor and founder of a globally recognized Food...