Jayashree Ramadas

Professor (Retired)
Email : jr at tifrh dot res dot in
Phone : +91 44 4743 9108

Alumnus
Jayashree Ramadas
Professor (Retired)
Email : jr at tifrh dot res dot in
Contact : +91 44 4743 9108

Professional positions

  • Academic
    • Professor (H) TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad (2017-19)
    • Professor (H) Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai (2007-17)
    • Associate Professor (G) Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai (2002-07)
    • Senior Research Scientist (E) / Reader (SE) / Fellow (SE) / Fellow (SD) / Visiting Fellow / Research Fellow, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai (1976-2002)
  • Administrative
    • Centre Director, HBCSE (2011-16)
    • Dean, HBCSE Faculty (2008-11)

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Science Education) University of Poona, 1981
  • M.Sc. (Physics) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1976
  • B.Sc. (Physics) University of Poona, 1974

Awards / Scholarship

  • TWAS Regional Office Prize for “Development of Scientific Educational Material” (2011)
  • National Science Talent Search Scholarship (1971-81)

Visiting positions

  • Visiting Scientist, Institute for Math and Science Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill, USA (1998)
  • Visiting Scientist, Media Research Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA (1989)
  • Visiting Scholar, Center for Science and Math Teaching, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA (1988-89)
  • Research Associate, Center for Precollege Education, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA (1987-1988)
  • Visiting Scholar, Centre for Science and Maths Education, King’s College London, UK (1985)
  • Visiting Scholar, Centre for Studies in Science and Maths Education, University of Leeds, UK (1984-85)

Research group

  • Debashree Sengupta, Project Scientific Officer (D), TIFR Hyderabad (2018-19)
  • Anu Joy, Postdoctoral Fellow, TIFR Hyderabad (2018-19)
  • D. Chandrika, Senior Research Fellow, TIFR Hyderabad (2019-present)
  • Nitin Paul, Junior Research Fellow, TIFR Hyderabad (2018-20)
  • Manoj Nair, Scientific Officer, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai (2017-18)

Former graduate students

Name Thesis topic Year University Present affiliation
Sindhu Mathai Visuals and Visualisation of Human Body Systems 2010 TIFR Azim Premji University, Bangalore
Shamin Padalkar Spatial Cognition and Visualization in Elementary Astronomy Education 2010 TIFR Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai