Shekhar Mande
shekharmande.bsky.social
Shekhar Mande
@shekharmande.bsky.social
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Molecular Biophysics, Structural Biology, Computational Biology. Distinguished Prof @Savitribai Phule Pune University & former Director General CSIR. Views are personal.
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Glorious Morning Glory on the #PashanHill in Pune.
The wonderful library of IIT Hyderabad
Beautiful hills in the mid-Pune city. An absolute treasure, being eyed by "developer" community under the disguise of easing traffic 😞
The beautiful Pashan Hill in the heart of #Pune. Hills may not remain as serene, thanks to politician- real estate nexus.
Talking to class VIII - XII students in Kolkata at BITM on #AI in #Biology.
The beautiful campus of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology,Thiruvananthapuram
The iconic house in #Mysuru, where RK Narayanan did most of his writings. One of the quotes on the wall said, if Churchill could get the Nobel, how did RK Narayanan miss it? But nonetheless he was in good company of Tolstoy, Somerset Maugham etc.
My opinion on recent Covid-19 surge. Not all of it might be technically accurate, but the larger message to the general public is not to panic and observe standard precautions. Here's the link:

youtu.be/egJsEoS1Aqk?...
India Is Witnessing A Slight Covid Spike, Raising Concern About A Potential Fresh Outbreak | N18V
YouTube video by CNN-News18
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From our terrace garden:-)
Dorothy Hodgkin, an icon of Structural Biology, would have been 114 today. Seen in this photo during her visit to Bangalore, 1987, with my wife and I.

@iucrdata.iucr.org @royalsociety.org @ox.ac.uk
Greetings of National Technology Day. Commemoration of three iconic events happened on 11th May, 1998: (1) Pokhran-II, (2) Successful testing of Trishul & (3) Maiden flight of Hansa, leading to coining Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan by Sh AB Vajpayee, the then PM of India.
@timesofindia.bsky.social

covered our findings today. The headline reads a bit sensational, but the overall matter is reasonable as our findings. At times, emphasis of secondary findings garner more attention that the real ones.
The amazing petroglyphs of Konkan. These bridge the historical findings between much older Bhimbetka- like sites, and much later Harappa/ Dholavira sites. These are a must visit for any history enthusiast.
Charaideo Maidams near Jorhat, #Assam, @unesco.bsky.social heritage site.
Exciting findings about the Iron age. Was it independent origin of the Iron age in Turkey and India, or was it an active trade? Evidence of trade from later periods is abundant.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Earliest iron use found in India? Tamil Nadu digs spark debate
Tamil Nadu’s iron artefacts may predate Turkey's Anatolia, reshaping early Iron Age history.
www.bbc.com
Delighted to be at the seminar by Joel Sussman @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. He belongs to the generation, who have made structural biology an acceptable field of enquiry in Biological Sciences. His own contributions including structures of tRNA, Acetylcholinesterase etc have been profound.
Tank bund of #Hyderabad on a beautiful morning
Had the pleasure of giving a talk on History of Biomedical Sciences at IISER, Kolkata last week. Some photos of the beautiful campus and my talk.