Adithi Muralidhar

Email: adithi[at]hbcse.tifr.res.in

Phone: 91 22 25072222

National Committee Memberships

Member, FBLA Development Team, PSSCIVE, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) (2021-22)
The Fun-Based Learning Activities (FBLA) aims to provide a new framework for imparting 21st century skills to middle school students through pre-vocational education provided in the bagless days of the school curriculum (NEP 2020). FBLA Textbooks of class 6, class 7 and class 8 are available on PSSCIVE's Website.

Co-Instructor in Graduate Courses

Teaching Overview cum Practicum (Semester 1 for first year students, Semester 3 for second year students)
Course Code: SCE103.2 and SCE402.2
Instructor: Reema Mani, Kalpana Kharade, Adithi Muralidhar, Harita Raval and N. D. Deshmukh
Credits: 4   |   Duration: August 7 to December 6, 2019

Teaching practice and school internship / design of learning resource- Part 1
Course Code: SCE103.2
Instructors: Aaloka Kanhere and Adithi Muralidhar
Credits: 3   |   Duration: January to April 2018

Summer Course on Teaching practice and school internship / design of learning resource- Part 1
Course Code: SCE103.2
Instructors: Aaloka Kanhere and Adithi Muralidhar
Credits: 1   |   Duration: May 20218

Publications

(Books/ Papers in Journals/ Conference Proceedings/ Pedagogical Articles/ Edited Volumes/ Popular or Expository articles/ technical reports etc)

Muralidhar, A., Sayyed, H., & Pandurang, M. (2024). Infusing environmental studies in the undergraduate curriculum of a home science program: A pedagogical intervention. Voices of Teachers and Teacher Educators XII, Issue 1, July 2023, 57-66.

Muralidhar, A (Author) and Shenoy, N (Illustrator). (2023). मल-मल रास्ता.  India: Eklavya Foundation. (ISBN: 9789394552982)

Dutta, D., & Muralidhar, A. (2023, December). Sacred and sacrilege: Weaving resilience and exploitation through forest assemblages. Humans and Nature. US: The Center for Humans and Nature.

Muralidhar, A (Author) and Abbas, B (Illustrator). (2023). The poopy path. India: HBCSE. (ISBN: 978-81-958054-1-9)

Chunawala, S., Muralidhar, A., Malhotra-Dalvi, A., & Chougule, M. (2022). Design activity book. India: HBCSE. (ISBN: 978-81-958054-0-2)

Muralidhar, A., Jategaonkar, A., & Malhotra-Dalvi, A. (2023). Trace the waste: An educational game on waste management. Abstract Booklet of the Proceedings of the 13th IconSWM-CE & IPLA Global Forum 2023 (p.32). Mumbai: K J Somaiya Institute of Management. [Awarded Best Paper Presentation Award]

Muralidhar, A. (2023). Teaching Gen Z. Teacher Plus 21(8), 24-27.

Muralidhar, A. (2023, March). Let’s get beezy with bees. Teacher Plus 21(3), 26-31.

Chougule, M., Malhotra-Dalvi, A., Muralidhar, A., & Chunawala, S. (2022). Diversity of design solutions to help another person in a real world problem. In K. Seemann and P. J. Williams (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Biennial International Design and Technology Teacher’s Association Research Conference (DATTArc), 7-10 Dec.2022, in collaboration with the ICTE, TENZ and ITEEA. Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus.

Malhotra-Dalvi, A., Muralidhar, A., Dbritto, D., & Chunawala, S. (2022). Structure and symbols: A visual analysis of flags designed by children. In K. Seemann and P. J. Williams (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Biennial International Design and Technology Teacher’s Association Research Conference (DATTArc), 7-10 Dec.2022, in collaboration with the ICTE, TENZ and ITEEA. Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus.

Malhotra-Dalvi, A., Muralidhar, A., Chunawala, S., Dolas, A., & Shinde, R. (2022, November). Unfolding the newspaper: Newspaper design by children, for children. Technology and Engineering Teacher 82(3), 8-13.

Muralidhar, A. (2022, May-June). The science in nature. Teacher Plus 20(5), 26-29.

Jasir, M., Dhandrut, P., & Muralidhar, A. (2022, February). Developing relevant design tasks. Teacher Plus ,20(2), 35-37.

Chougule M., & Muralidhar, A. (2021, November-December). रंगीन द्रव पदार्थों की पहेली . Sandharbh, 80 (137), 84-88

Chougule M., & Muralidhar, A. (2021, August). Colour Columns. Teacher Plus 19(7), 6-8.

Dutta, D., & Muralidhar, A. (2021). From moong to mongoose: Exploring nature in cities. Current Conservation, 14(3), 5-8.

Muralidhar, A. (2021, February). “While” away at the window. Teacher Plus 19(2), 46-48.

Muralidhar, A., & Krishnan, A. (2021). Rediscover, describe, and draw birds. In B. Choksi, G. Date, A. Gupta, R. Mani and K. Subramaniam (Eds.), Exploring science and mathematics with Vigyan Pratibha Learning Units, Class 8: Teacher Version (pp. 105-136). Mumbai: HBCSE.

Muralidhar, A. (2021). Worksheets for Rediscover, describe, and draw birds. In B. Choksi, G. Date, A. Gupta, R. Mani and K. Subramaniam (Eds.), Exploring science and mathematics with Vigyan Pratibha Learning Units, Class 8: Student version (pp. 47-56). Mumbai: HBCSE.

Malhotra-Dalvi, A., Muralidhar, A., & Chunawala, S. (2021). Design of symbolic science characters: A visual design exercise with children. E-Proceedings of Designing for Children-With focus on ‘Play + Learn’, International Conference. Organised by IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, 28-30 January 2021.

Muralidhar, A., & Dutta, D. (2020, November). High and dry: The gradual erosion of Ladakh’s ‘dry toilet’ culture. RoundGlass Sustain

George, H., Malhotra-Dalvi, A., Muralidhar, A., Ladage, S., & Chunawala, S. (2020, July). Sing, draw, play or invent. Teacher Plus 18(6), 16-18.

Shinde, R., Muralidhar, A., & Chunawala, S. (2020). Making environmental studies engaging for elementary school students. ASE International, Issue 10, 45-57.
 
Dutta, D., & Muralidhar, A. (July, 2020). In search of a panacea: Herb collection in the Himalayas.Round Glass Sustain. Retrieved from https://round.glass/sustain/conservation/herb-collection-himalayas/
 
Mohan, A., Muralidhar, A., & Singh, B. (2020). “Gould’s Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus and Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major in the Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh. Indian Birds: Journal of South Asian Ornithology 15(6), 185-187.
 
Muralidhar, A. (2020, March). Desert National Park: The abundant life of the sand and scrubs. Round Glass Sustain. Retrieved from https://round.glass/sustain/habitat/desert-national-park/
 
Dolas, A., Muralidhar, A., & Chunawala, S. (2020, February). Triggering creative expression. Teacher Plus 18(2), 18-19.
 
Malhotra-Dalvi, A.,Muralidhar, A., Dolas, A., Shinde, R., & Chunawala, S. (2020). Designing and making roller coasters by Indian middle school students. In K.K. Mashood, T. Sengupta, C. Ursekar, H. Raval and S. Dutta (Eds.), Proceedings of epiSTEME8: Eighth international conference to review research on Science, TEchnology and Mathematics Education, HBCSE (pp. 199-201). India: HBCSE/Gaurang Publishing Globalize Pvt. Ltd.
 
Mohan, A., and Muralidhar, A. (2019). Nesting of Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica in Goa, India and a review of breeding records from peninsular India. Indian Birds: Journal of South Asian Ornithology 15(3), 90-93.
 
Muralidhar, A. (2019, August-September). दक्षिण का चेरापूंजी: अगुम्बे. Cycle 2(3), 10-13.
 
Muralidhar, A. (2019). Rendezvous with an Eighth Grader: Insights for Design and Technology Education. Voice of Teachers and Teacher Educators VII(II), 129-136.
 
Muralidhar, A. (2018, October). Discover, describe and draw birds. Teacher Plus, 16(9), 32-35.

Muralidhar, A. & Krishnan, A. (2018, August). Why study birds? Teacher Plus 16(7), 48-50.

Muralidhar, A. (2018, July). All that is left: Metal, glass and medical waste. BYN@88 Newsletter, Vol 3 (1), 4.

Muralidhar, A. (2018). What can we do with all that plastic? BYN@88 Newsletter, Vol 2 (3), 6-8.

Muralidhar, A. (2018). Environment education at HBCSE: A review. In Proceedings of One Day Teachers’ Conference on “Moving towards a better understanding of the environment” (pp. 3- 9). Navi Mumbai: Navi Mumbai Science Foundation.

Muralidhar, A., Kapil, R., & Chunawala, S. (2018). Design and technology education's potential to address diversity. In S. Ladage and S. Narvekar (Eds.), Proceedings of epiSTEME7: Seventh international conference to review research on Science, TEchnology and Mathematics Education, HBCSE (pp. 49-57). India: CinnamonTeal.

Muralidhar A. & N. Kulkarni (2018/17): Uncommon record of Dung Beetle (Family Scarabaeidae) feeding on Bamboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw, 1802) from Chorla Ghats, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 114. doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2017/v114/114151

Muralidhar, A. (2017). Traversing through wilderness: An urbanite's reflections. Blackbuck* (Special Issue 2012) Vol 28(1-4), pp. 7-13.

Muralidhar, A. (2017, August). Understanding the waste hierarchy. BYN@88 Newsletter, Vol 2(1), 1-2. 

Muralidhar, A. (2017, February). Addressing the elephant in the room, or rather the dumping ground outside your room. BYN@88 Newsletter, Vol 1(3), 2.

Muralidhar, A.  (2017, January 23). Children as change agents: A case study from Karnataka. The Last Wilderness Foundation website. Online retrieved from http://thelastwilderness.org

Gupta, D., Muralidhar, A., & Chunawala, S. (2017, January). What robotics can bring to the teaching table. Teacher Plus, 15(1), 38-40. 

Muralidhar, A., Kapil, R., & Chunawala, S. (2016). Design and Technology Education as an inclusive approach to teaching-learning. Paper presented at the National Seminar on Education of Socially Disadvantaged Groups in India, Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal. March 5, 2016.