AR-030 Oral histories of science from Mangalore
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Item Fr Leo D'Souza - Session 04AR-030-0001-4(00:00:00) The reason for his passion for research, specifically cashew research; history and uses of cashew (00:05:16) Hard work of Icy D’Silva; the difficulties of working with the cashew research institute in Ullal (00:08:35) Leading a women-majority lab; interactions with his women colleagues and students; Convincing the college to start a PhD programme (00:12:57) Accommodating for childcare needs of his students; career progression of his students (00:16:18) On his identity as a priest and scientist(2025-06-11)Item Fr Leo D'Souza - Session 02AR-030-0001-2(00:00:00) The circumstances that led to him going to Germany to study theology (00:05:25) Serendipitous meeting in Munich that led him to pursue a PhD (00:08:19) His embarrassing first meeting with the director of Max Planck Institute For Plant Breeding and beginning his doctoral studies there (00:11:10) Early days at the institute and reactions of colleagues to seeing him there; choosing his research topic. (00:14:45) Highlights of his research into cross-breeding wheat and rye; his experience speaking and writing his thesis in German (00:17:23) Doing the final stage of his Jesuit training called tertianship in Berlin (00:18:30) Return to India and receiving advice from MS Swaminathan to study cashew (00:20:18) Being sent to St Joseph’s College, Bangalore, and setting up his laboratory there. (00:22:08) Memories and impressions of Bangalore; associations with other scientists and institutes in the city(2025-04-29)Item Fr Leo D'Souza - Session 03AR-030-0001-3(00:00:00) Circumstances that led to his return to St Aloysius College as Principal; adjusting to administrative tasks and moving his lab (00:05:52) How he kept his lab running; an anecdote about hiring one of his students Smitha Hegde and his experiences working with his first PhD scholar Icy D’Silva (00:08:35) The journey of allowing women students to enroll at St Aloysius (00:14:29) The research that led to the first tissue culture cashew plant in the world(2025-05-28)Item Fr Leo D'Souza - Session 01AR-030-0001-1(00:00:00) Early schooling at St Aloysius, Mangalore; Jesuit training at Calicut; memories of teachers who taught him (00:10:44) Influence of his two brothers who was a Jesuit priest and a scientist at BARC respectively (00:13:20) Some glimpses of Mangalore, the city, as it was during his childhood (00:17:08) Early impressions of biology and how that changed; humorous incident in the laboratory(2025-04-28)