The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai.
| Photo Credit: HBCSE/TIFR
The eighth version of the International Conference on Women In Physics (ICWIP) would be the first to be organised in India when it occurs subsequent week on July 10-14.
The conference is an occasion of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. It was first held in 2002 in France, to deal with the gender imbalance in physics schooling and analysis worldwide.
The Gender in Physics Working Group of the Indian Physics Association and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, are organising it collectively. The conference shall be digital and shall be hosted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, a National Centre of TIFR in Mumbai.
The workplace of the Principal Scientific Advisor, the three nationwide science academies, the National Institute for Science Education and Research, and the Indian Association of Physics Teachers are supporting the occasion.
This version shall be “strongly focused on promoting quality and equity in science and mathematics education from primary school to introductory college levels,” in line with the official webpage.
This 12 months’s ICWIP is predicted to be attended by almost 500 members from 70 international locations, together with college students, lecturers, researchers, academicians, and scientists, to deliberate on issues associated to gender in physics.
There can even be a big contingent from India, in line with the organisers, together with physicists Rohini Godbole, Prajval Shastri, Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Sudeshna Sinha, and Srubabati Goswami, amongst others.
The conference schedule consists of lectures, networking periods, and interactive workshops, which can cowl “women’s leadership in physics”, “teaching physics online”, and “combating biases”, amongst different subjects.
“Organising ICWIP2023 in India is a unique opportunity to further India’s commitment to the cause of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in physics in particular and science in general,” the organisers mentioned in an announcement.
