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SUMMARY:From Proof to Perception: How Ideas Travel
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Uzma Shaikh (TIFR Mumbai)\n\nAbstract: \n\nDesigning c
 larity\, visibility and impact in scientific work\nIn fields like computer
  science and mathematics\, ideas are often expressed through formal system
 s and technical language. These ideas also find their way to lectures and 
 conversations as well as informal explanations\, where structure and frami
 ng can influence how they are received and remembered.\nIn this session\, 
 we will explore how small shifts in organisation\, sequencing\, and explan
 ation can help make scientific ideas more accessible while retaining their
  rigour. Drawing on examples from science communication at TIFR\, we will 
 reflect on how researchers already navigate different ways of explaining t
 heir work and how these instincts can be developed further.\nThe session w
 ill also briefly introduce science communication as a possible career path
 way\, highlighting how skills researchers already use can extend their wor
 k’s reach and impact across different contexts.\nBio: Uzma Shaikh is a s
 cience communicator at TIFR\, Mumbai\, where she works at the intersection
  of research\, storytelling\, and public engagement. She holds an MSc in M
 icrobiology from St. Xavier’s College\, Mumbai\, and has been a science 
 facilitator and graphic designer at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Edu
 cation before joining TIFR. At TIFR\, she manages digital science communic
 ation initiatives and develops content to make scientific ideas accessible
  and engaging for diverse audiences across platforms.\n
URL:https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/web/events/1729
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260715T160000
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