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Pruthvi Mehta

Pruthvi Mehta is a contributing columnist for Physics World and a particle-physics PhD student at the University of Liverpool, UK. Her research is centred on the Tokai-to-Kamioka, Super-Kamiokande, and Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino experiments based in Japan. She is also a contributor for POC², a social enterprise which focuses on improving BAME diversity in STEM fields.

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Why it’s time to rethink how PhDs are examined

Pruthvi Mehta calls for PhD oral examinations to be standardized to make sure students are fairly assessed

Why we need to break down the language divide in scientific publishing

Pruthvi Mehta says more support is needed for non‑native English-speaking scientists who can feel isolated and disadvantaged in what to them is an unfair system

Science must listen to opposing views

Pruthvi Mehta says that the ongoing controversy over the Thirty Meter Telescope continues to stain the field

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