Adithi Muralidhar

Designation: Scientific Officer (E)

Adithi has done her post graduation in Zoology and specialised in Environmental Sciences, from University of Mumbai. She has also done her MA in Educational Communication. She worked as a Zoology lecturer for a while, before getting professionally involved in several science education projects. At HBCSE, her work extends to the following projects: Design and Technology Education, Science Education for Diversity, Environment and Sustainability Education, School Science Research and Development, STEAMboat, Vigyan Pratibha, and Teacher Professional Development programmes. She also continues to work in the area of wildlife and environment conservation. Adithi has a keen interest in socio-cultural issues, and understanding the dynamics of society and environment.To know more, please visit HBCSE's Design and Technology Education Website: http://dnte.hbcse.tifr.res.in

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.

Chandrasekharan, S., Murthy, S., Banerjee, G., Muralidhar, A. (Eds.). (2015). Proceedings of epiSTEME 6: International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. Mumbai: Cinnamonteal.

Muralidhar, A. (2015, September). The big story..of everything. Teacher Plus, pp 41-42.

Muralidhar, A. (2015, August). Think, Create and test. Teacher Plus, pp 46-47.

Chunawala, S., Muralidhar, A., Nair, M., Prabhu, D., Gupta, D., & Sharma, P. (Eds). (2015, July). Reflections: Official newsletter of International Physics Olympiad 2015 (Issues 1-9). Mumbai: HBCSE. Online versions can be accessed from: http://www.ipho2015.in/reflections/

Chunawala, S., Birwatkar, P., Muralidhar, A., and Natarajan, C. (2013). Looking at science through the lens of diversity: View of Indian students and teachers. In Nagarjuna G., Jamakhandi, A. and Sam, E. (Eds.). Proceedings epiSTEME 5: International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (pp 185-191). Mumbai: Cinnamonteal.

Chunawala, S., Muralidhar, A., Birwatkar, P. and Natarajan, C. (2012). Towards Science Education for Diversity: A teacher Researcher Collaborative Workshop, HBCSE, Mumbai, December 2011.

Resource

Sinha, R., & Muralidhar, A. (2021, June). Interactive resource on birds. Retrieved from https://birds.hbcse.tifr.res.in/

Kulkarni, J., & Muralidhar, A. (2023, June). Stop Before your Shop: Says the Climate Clock. Mumbai: HBCSE.

Articles in Anandi Newsletter

Dbritto, D. & Muralidhar, A. (2023, June-July). नैसर्गिक रंग – भाग 2. Anandi, 5, p. 4.

Muralidhar, A & Dbritto, D. (2023, April-May). नैसर्गिक रंग. Anandi, 4, p. 4.

Muralidhar, A. (2022, October). साप: मित्र की शत्रू? Anandi, 8, p. 2.

Muralidhar, A. (2022, April-May). पक्षी जमीनीवरचे. Anandi, 4, p. 7.

Muralidhar, A. (2021, July). मला ओळखलं का? मी भारद्वाज. Anandi: Kutuhal, 2, p. 3.