2026-04-15T17:05:53Zhttps://oai.catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/148522026-02-23T07:07:28ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchOH-004-4https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/archival_objects/14852Jayaraj, NanditaShah, ChayanikaJayaraj, NanditaChayanika Shah, 2023-05-122023-05-125 HoursenghinChayanika Shah is a queer feminist and activist. Born on 1 September 1958, she is also an educator and has been involved in many autonomous women's rights movements in India since the late 1970s. Trained in physics at IIT Bombay, she taught the subject at K.J. Somaiya College at Mumbai for over two decades. She is well known for her work in feminist science studies, pioneering courses where science is explored in a critical way, using the lens of gender and sexuality. Shah was one of the earliest members of the Forum Against Oppression of Women, Forum Against Sex Determination and Sex Preselection (FASDSP), a coalition of many women's organisations. She is one of the earlier members of a queer collective called LABIA – A Queer Feminist LBT Collective which started as Stree Sangam in 1995. Shah's education, work and activism at the intersection of science, feminism and queer rights, has involved a critique of science's control over women's bodies and sexualities. Shah has published several essays and publications on topics of gender, science and feminism and is considered a critical voice in the field of feminism, queer rights and science.The interviews in this collection were done as part of a collaborative project with Nandita Jayaraj of The Life of Science (https://thelifeofscience.com). Six interviews were conducted with women scientists across STEM fields between April and July 2023. Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. See https://archives.ncbs.res.in/accessOral History: The Life of Science Collaboration, OH-004