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Kartik Shanker

How can we get scientists out of their ivory towers and democratise science?

The binary between academics and activism needs to be blurred to build bridges between thought and action.

Kartik Shanker
· Nov 25, 2020 · 03:30 pm
Age, privilege and gender hierarchies plague Indian academia – and #MeToo is one fallout of this

We must rid academia of age hierarchies, not simply because it benefits science but to embed values that will benefit society.

Kartik Shanker
&
Siddhartha Krishnan
· Dec 01, 2018 · 06:30 pm
Rethinking conservation: Cancer, communalism, climate change are more linked than you’d think

Environmentalism and conservation have come to represent a narrow set of norms defined by a particular urban elite community.

Kartik Shanker
· Sep 20, 2018 · 08:00 am

Saving turtles: real threats but unreal protests?

A conservationist questions whether the combative approach of environmental organisations can really solve the problem.

Kartik Shanker
· Jan 12, 2016 · 08:30 am