Nitin Kumar

Delighted to share my pedagogical article where I introduce active soft condensed matter and its relevance to the biological sciences in clear, accessible language. Grateful to the Resonance editorial team for the opportunity. @IAScResonance @IAScBng ias.ac.in/describe/artic…

I had a wonderful time interacting with all the members, especially the students for asking insightful questions. I am grateful to Prof. Bhatia for hosting me and for the warm hospitality. And spotting a peacock on campus was a delightful bonus @IiserMohali

A brief summary of our recent research work on developing a physical understanding of how motility emerges in a certain class of water-dwelling microorganisms.

Glimpses from Day 1: Resonance Science Outreach Program at IISER TVM 📸✨ Following the inauguration, the "Science Outreach Program: Connecting the Dots" kicked off with an intellectually stimulating session by Prof. Nitin Kumar from IIT Bombay. 🔬 Topic: "The Physics of Living Matter" @EduMinOfIndia @IAScResonance @iitbombay #IISERTVM #IASc #ScienceOutreach #STEM #ConnectingTheDots

@tapomoy89 @NCBS_Bangalore @MerckIndia @TIFRScience @DAEIndia @DBTIndia @ANRFIndia Congratulations bhai..well done! 🥳

Extremely honored that our lab @NCBS_Bangalore has been selected as the winner of the Merck Young Scientist Award 2025 for Scientific Excellence in Biological Sciences. Thank you @MerckIndia for this recognition! We thank @TIFRScience @DAEIndia @DBTIndia @ANRFIndia for support.

It is indeed a matter of great joy to spend almost two days with your teacher after five years—and an even greater joy when he goes to your whiteboard, discussing physics and inspiring your students. Heartfelt thanks to Sriram for a wonderful colloquium at @iit__mandi

Hearty congratulations to @Somnath73831947, on successfully defending his PhD thesis 🥳🎉! I feel immensely proud to have you as my first student. You will be truly missed in the lab. Wishing you the very best in all your future endeavors 😃

Thrilled to announce that this work has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters. 🥳 journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

@manohari_gowri Yes! I believe it is a global phenomenon

Same issues everywhere

@albert_kao Congratulations 🎉👏🏼

Congrats to my PhD student Shoubhik Banerjee for spearheading my lab's first 'real' research paper! elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr… In short, Shoubhik reanalyzed Dora & Taka's dataset and found that by simply averaging trajectories, pigeons get cumulative cultural evolution 'for free'.

@MithunC96527431 @NatureComms @tarak_patra @iitbombay @iitmadras @IITKanpur Congratulations to the team 💐 👏🏼. I never fail to mention your work to my family/friends everytime we visit Marine drive. 😉

Glad to see the great team effort published @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146… @tarak_patra @iitbombay @iitmadras @IITKanpur

@TheSquishyLab Congratulations 🎉

It's an honor to assume this responsibility. I look forward to upholding Reviews of Modern Physics' tradition as the venue for authoritative, foundational reviews across physics and staying responsive to the evolving landscape of modern physics & its connections to other fields.

@iitbombay Congratulations Varun and team 🎉 @starlabiitb

IIT Bombay students chart lunar chemistry from Chandrayaan-2 data What started as an inter-college competition led to fascinating new results as IIT Bombay students wowed ISRO scientists with their understanding of data, and then joined hands to map the Moon’s surface chemistry. The results have now been released to the global scientific community. Every year, students from the elite Indian Institutes of Technology gather together to battle it out in an arena of brains, science, and technology: the Inter-IIT Tech Meet. This year, scientists from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s U. R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) posed one such challenge: use data from Chandrayaan-2 to map the chemistry of the lunar surface. Among competing teams from India’s premier institutes, the IIT Bombay team emerged victorious with their exceptional analysis and innovative approach. Analysis and innovative approach helped to create detailed maps of the Moon’s geochemistry. The results have been submitted to an international research journal, and are avaliable online for all. @isro @starlabiitb

@BibhuRanjan @vishwas_vasisht Congratulations to the team 🎉

What happens when you confine an active particle in a GUV ? Find out from our latest paper. @vishwas_vasisht journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/1…

@SunitaSrivast Wow! Congratulations 🎉👏🏼

Self-assembly goes beyond fundamental studies in SMNL group (smnlphy.wixsite.com/smnl). Patent on assembly structures with state-of-the-art photothermal efficiency published.

Published in Lagmuir today! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

@JamesTate121 For the physics behind this, see our @PRX_Life paper from last year: doi.org/10.1103/PRXLif…. We used robots to model these navigation trajectories

A female falcon was equipped with a GPS tracker during her journey from South Africa to Finland. She covered approximately 230 km per day, flying in a straight line across African lands until she reached the desert in the north. She then followed the path of the Nile River over Sudan and Egypt, avoiding flying over the Mediterranean Sea. Instead, she crossed over Syria and Lebanon, also steering clear of the Black Sea—because if she got thirsty, she wouldn’t be able to drink from it. She continued in a straight line and reached Finland after 42 days. More details/photos: beautyofplanet.com/incredible-jou…

For the physics behind this, see our @PRX_Life paper from last year: doi.org/10.1103/PRXLif…. We used robots to model these navigation trajectories.

@Chakrabarti_Lab @ChemResSocIndia Congratulations 👏🏼🎉

I am truly honored to receive the Bronze Medal from @ChemResSocIndia Congratulations to all the medalists, award winners and endowment lectures. A special thank to my current and former group members @Chakrabarti_Lab for their hard work and constant support.

Coverage by @amitabhsin in @IndianExpress of our @softmatter paper on microplastics from tyre wear Tyres give off micro and nanoparticles. Many more nanoparticles form (and stay suspended) when vehicles are heavier and/or driven faster. indianexpress.com/article/explai… (1/9)