Jahnavi Phalkey
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| thesis_title = Science, state-formation and development: the organisation of nuclear research in india, 1938-1959.
| thesis_url = https://www.academia.edu/64966110/Science_state_formation_and_development_The_organisation_of_nuclear_research_in_India_1938_1959
| thesis_year = 2007
| doctoral_advisor = John Krige
| alma_mater = Georgia Institute of Technology
}}
Jahnavi Phalkey is a historian, specializing in the history of science and technology. In 2023, she was awarded the Infosys Prize.
Early life and education
After completing a B.A. from Elphinstone College and an M.A. from the University of Mumbai, she went on to obtain an M.Sc. from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1996. She completed her Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007.{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Mohit M. |date=2021-11-06 |title=In conversation with Jahnavi Phalkey |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/access-to-science-is-what-every-society-needs-jahnavi-phalkey/article37337395.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121080325/https://www.thehindu.com/society/access-to-science-is-what-every-society-needs-jahnavi-phalkey/article37337395.ece |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2024-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |title=Jahnavi Phalkey: The Scientific Storyteller |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/wpower-2024/jahnavi-phalke-the-scientific-storyteller/92079/1 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2023 - Jahnavi Phalkey |url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2023/jahnavi-phalkey.html |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.infosysprize.org |language=en}}
Career
Between 2011 and 2018, she worked as a senior lecturer at King's College London.
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Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London
Category:University of Mumbai alumni