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Obaid Siddiqi Lectures
 
Annual lectures delivered by the Obaid Siddiqi Chair in the History and Culture of Science at the Archives at NCBS. Supported by TNQ Foundation.
 
Siddiqi Lectures: Upcoming Event
 
Obaid Siddiqi Lectures 2026
Coming in July 2026!
 
 
 
Siddiqi Lectures: Event Archives
 
 
Friday, July 11, 2025, 6.30pm
Bangalore International Centre
 
Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 4pm
Xavier Hall, PG Block, St Joseph's University
 
Friday, July 18, 2025, 4pm
PJEC Hall 2, Mount Carmel College
 
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Thursday, July 25. 4:00 PM

Contours of Feminist Science Studies

Gita Chadha

Surana College, Seminar Hall

 

Friday, July 26. 6:30 PM

Towards Feminist Archiving of Women in Science

Gita Chadha

Bangalore International Centre, Auditorium

 

Saturday, July 27. 4:00 PM

A Feminist Unpacking of the 'Man of Science'

Gita Chadha

National Centre for Biological Sciences, Lecture Hall 1 (Haapus)

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Obaid Siddiqi Lectures 2023 by Prof GN Devy
 
Jul 13, 14, 15 2023. 4:00 PM
India as a Linguistic Civilisation: A lecture in three parts
GN Devy
Mount Carmel College
Lecture 1: Heritage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRWI5SO88TU
Lecture 2: Diversity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQdRg_oWB4Y
Lecture 3: Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke7DH7koFtA
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Obaid Siddiqi Lectures 2022 by Dr MD Madhusudhan
 
Difficult Dialogues: Speaking Science to Conservation in India.
MD Madhusudan
NIMHANS: Seminar Hall, MV Govindaswamy Centre
 
ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ: ನಡೆದು ಬಂದ ಹಾದಿ (Wildlife conservation in India: a fifty year retrospective)
Speaker: ಎಂ. ಡಿ. ಮಧುಸೂದನ್ (MD Madhusudan)
Venue: ಎಚ್.  ಏನ್.  ಮಲ್ಟಿಮೀಡಿಯಾ ಹಾಲ್, ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು (National College)
This lecture is in Kannada
 
Pushing boundaries: Science and Politics of Mapping Nature
MD Madhusudan
Bangalore International Centre