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Innate evolved science and who follows it
Tuesday 11 February 2025, 06:30pm

Prof Milind Watve

Poster

Location : LH5
Darwin Day Talk:
We have invited Prof Milind Watve to give this talk. In his own words, Prof Watve is primarily a science teacher, having published some research as a by-product of teaching. His research spans various topics determined by student interest, with evolutionary biology being a general theme. He has worked for a long time at Garware College in Pune, inspiring generations of undergraduates. Most of the over 100 publications from his lab are co-authored by undergraduates and occasionally by other teachers, farmers, housewives, and even illiterates. He was also a Professor at IISER Pune but now works as an independent researcher, dealing with real-life problems. He is a practitioner of citizen science and has several examples of such successful programs.

The” Katta” Model: Doing science differently is a concept that Prof Milin Watve explains how he uses the idea of the “katta,” or a place to sit and chat, as a method for doing science with undergraduate students. He has a blog where he talks about various components of science and expresses his opinion about them. He has shared his thoughts on peer review, his encounter with ChatGPT, and Salary and Intellectual Property: The Indian Problem.

He will talk about Innate evolved science and who follows it—the key concepts in innate evolved science and their examples.

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